The secret feature you can use to stop draughts coming through your patio doors – and it’s on some windows too
THERE’S nothing worse than sitting down for a cosy evening, to find a draught is coming through your patio door.
But one man has shared a nifty hack to stop that from happening – and it works on some windows too.
Demonstrating on his own door in a video on his TikTok page, Dan said: “I just learned some valuable information about these little screws.”
Turning the camera onto the screw, situated on the metal inside catch of the door, he explained: “See this little notch here?
“If you turn that so it faces the seal, it pulls the door tighter for the winter.”
It also works in the summer too, as you can turn it the other way to “loosen” it and let in a “bit more air” when it’s hot outside.
“It’s amazing!” Dan concluded.
“So do this now to stop your house from getting drafty during the winter.
“There we are!”
“Important information to help keep draughts out in winter!” Dan captioned the video.
“This little screw can be turned to tighten your door seal in winter and loosened to let air flow in summer!”
And people quickly took to the comments to praise Dan for sharing the hack, with one writing: “I did my doors today after seeing this video.”
“How do you turn it?” another asked.
“I tried – won’t budge!”
“I used a my drill with a 5mm allen key end, just because it was a little stiff!” Dan replied.
“Just adjusted all my doors and windows and can’t thank you enough,” a third commented.
“Did this on all my windows and it works!” someone else wrote.
“I have one window up the back of my living room that always had a draft.
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“Done this last year and it doesn’t now.”
“Thank you! This has solved my issue after an age of trying to figure out how to adjust my door,” another added.
“Learned something today ,thanks lol,” someone else wrote.
“Why did we not know this before? Thanks for sharing!” another gushed.
As someone else added: “You are a legend for showing me this.
“Works for windows too, but I assume you know this.”
However, others warned people not to adjust things if you aren’t sure about it.
“They are for adjustments,” one wrote.
“There’s other bits you can adjust as well but once you start you mess with the alignment of the doors, the locks and handles won’t catch or be tight.”
“Be warned, if you have never done this before your window might not open again!” another added.
“I did it to my door and the lock broke as it wouldn’t open after doing this.”
“It does nothing for draught,” a third commented.
“It’s a treaded bolt that moves nothing.”