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Old 10-01-2023, 07:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Keefelane66 View Post
Stu the idea of a tight window is to stop heat and cold from entering home making heating and cooling home more efficient.
Geez, do you really think that us retirees in our 60's and 70's haven't lived in houses long enough to understand this concept? Do you really think these are totally new concepts after watching TV commercials, and paying heating bills for 40+ years?

I had a poor oil burner cleaning in a 200 year old house once, where the exhaust of the oil burner went into the basement. We all got a touch of CO poisoning and was saved by VERY LEAKY VERY UNTITE windows. .

There are reasons for not having perfectly tight windows and doors, under certain conditions, and for this reason, we leave a window cracked maybe a 1/16th inch all year round in some of the modern houses we have lived in. . .