How To Make Your Iron Doors More Energy Efficient?

Seal all gaps with weatherstrips

The Seals, also called weatherstrips, can avoid the door leaves bumping into the frame directly, cutting down on the infiltration of sound, light, drafts, moisture, fire, and smoke, and stop the air leak and heat loss. There are usually 3 places that need weatherstrips.

• Seals around the glass panel
• Seals around the door leaves but attached to the door frame
• Seals in between the gap of two door leaves (necessary for a double door )

Come with door sweep

The door sweep is an aluminum strip permanently installed at the bottom of the door. It has a flexible brush for dragging softly across the threshold when the door opens and closes. The door sweep provides an air-tight seal to eliminate the gap between the threshold and the bottom of the door leaf, thus sealing your home from not allowing the intrusions of water, air, and insects, preventing the air leak and heat loss.

Inject foam for door frame

The injected foam in the door frame can prevent heat transmission. How to know whether the door frame is injected with foam or not? A simple way is to knock on the door frame. It will sound solid.

Use Low E glass

Please tell the manufacturer you need Low E glass for the iron doors when placing an order for a new door. For the existing doors, if they are not using low E glass, change it to low E glass for energy-efficient.

The standard glass for a door is a tempered dual-pane panel, consisting of two layers of about 6mm thick toughened glass and another layer between the two-layer glass .it is always injected with inert gas. The inert gas and the dual-pane glass panel can act as a barrier to stop heat transmission.

Low E glass will be more energy-efficient because the low E coat lets the sunlight in and blocks the harmful UV ray; what is more, it can also reflect the heat.

There is a rate to measure the energy leakage, U-FACTOR. What is U-Factor? it can show you the heat-transmitting index. The lower the U-Factor, the more energy-efficient the door’s glass panel.

Install properly

The vital key to keeping iron doors energy-efficient is the proper installation. A poor installation might be uneven, and this will have space for air leakage or heat loss. Many iron doors are manufactured as pre-hung; they are easy to install; if you do the installation yourself, please double-check if the door is even after installation. And don’t forget to fill the gap between the door frame and the wall. If you are unsure about the installation and think it is troublesome, you can also pay the installation cost to find a professional installation team or company to help you.

Shut off doors when not using

Shut off doors when not used; this can significantly avoid energy loss through an opening door.

Check regularly and change the rotten seals

Check the door seals regularly, say one time each month, especially on those rainy days, because there is more or less water entering the weatherstrips and staying there. Wipe off the water in the weatherstrip right now and wait for it dry, and if you find the old bad weatherstrips, change them to stop any leakage.

How to keep iron doors energy-efficient?

Nowadays, most manufacturers make iron doors with weatherstrips, door sweeps, and injected foam in the door frames during production. A homeowner needs to require the manufacturer to install low E glass for doors when placing an order; do the correct installation; shut off doors when not used, and check regularly and change the rotten seals. Thus he can stay at home comfortably with saving energy. All the Home best iron doors are energy-efficient, contact us to get professional advice and an instant quote!