This important hack will stop cold air and heat escaping your windows and potentially save you money. All it requires is flicking a hidden switch on UPVC doors
People have been left amazed after finding out that a hidden switch on door locks will make them less drafty following a viral social media clip.
With the cold weather now firmly approaching and an increase in heating bills, it’s important to try and keep rooms as warm as possible.
And while many will wear extra jumpers and use hot water bottles to keep themselves warm, there is another way to stay warm – draught-proofing your home. If you’ve got wind whistling through your doors or a breeze flowing through, this hack could save you money and keep your home warm. One TikTok user shared how you can flick a hidden switch on UPVC doors and shared a step-by-step guide to ensuring the heat stays in.
The social media star Aljacy posted a video last year that went viral and showed him pulling in the seal tighter in the window frame so there was less chance of a draught getting in. Demonstrating his free and simple door hack, Alijacy said: “Just a little tip if you have UPVC doors and they’re a bit draughty, they have a summer and a winter setting.”
He then panned in on small metal sliders featured on some UPVC doors.“The sliders they have a little mark, you twist it out and then it will pull your seals tighter.” By tightening the door seals this means there would be no space for cold air to blow in and heat wouldn’t be able to escape too. TikTok users were stunned after witnessing the hack, one person wrote: “Why don’t they tell you this when they fit the door?”
Another commented: “Wow, I never even realised.” And a third said: “Wait… 43 YEARS and now you’re telling me this information?” “It actually does work, just done mine and I had a gap in top of door and now I don’t. Thank you,” confirmed another user. One user reckons that you may been an Allen key to properly implement the hack. They said: “Not quite, most doors it would be an Allen key adjustment for compression, if it’s that loose it’ll roll back the first time it engages on the keep.”
