Drafty Windows! Ugh. We had an old house, tall ceilings, a single pane window at top of stairs. Single pane windows throughout the home actually. In the winter, that big single pane window would create an actual flow of air that you could feel flowing down the stairs. Not bc it was drafty (poor seal) but the indoor air would hit the window, cool down, fall bc it was cooler, and flow down the stairs. We had to replace that window. But the whole house was generally cold due to the old style of non insulated walls, so during really cold spells we would wear hat and gloves to bed.
Our second house had double pane windows but original to the house, 25 years old. Worked fine, could have been updated, but waaaay to $$ as we did get an estimate from one of the big companies. It was a shocking amount.
This current house has generally smaller windows, all on first (and only) floor. It was definitely drafty in a few spots. So husband pulled off the trim around one large window in front of house, which gets the full force of winter winds. No wonder it was drafty…they had stuffed loose chunks of insulation around the window and kept it in with the trim. Out came the random insulation, vacuum out the debris, and used window spray foam to fill in gaps all around, add back the trim and it made a huge difference. We repeated this process to all the windows in the house. Much much better!!
