THERE is a simple way to stop cold draughts coming inside during winter and it’s been on the inside of your doors and window all along.
The windows and doors in your home are likely to have this secret mode to keep you warmer in winter, and you will already have the tools at hand to get it done.
Dan Pye, a voice actor from the UK shared the home hack to his TikTok after coming by it completely by accident.
“I just learned some valuable information about these little screws,” he said in the video which showed the inner frame of his UVPC doors.
He showed the inside of his UVPC door where the lock mechanism was and saw a screw near the top and bottom of the door.
Dan demonstrated how each screw had a small indent and you simply had to turn screw so the indent faced the seal to make it tighter and therefore keeping the cold air out.
“It pulls the door tighter for the winter,” Dan explained.
“And then if you turn it the other way, across to here, then it loosens it so it lets a little bit more air in during the summertime.”
The hack works by tightening the straight plate in the frame which means the closed window or door will be pulled tighter.
Alternatively, when summer comes around again, you simply need to turn the screw back the other way to ensure a bit more of a breeze enters in the hotter months.
The hack can be completed with an Allan key on doors and a screwdriver on windows.
Dan’s tip for stopping cold air at home comes as the country is hit with an amber cold health alert issued amid freezing temperatures.
The UK Health Security Agency issued the amber cold weather warning for large parts of the country from Monday until Saturday morning.
The amber alert is in place for the North East, North West and Yorkshire and the Humber.
It came into force at 12 noon today and will expire at Sunday at 8am, said the UKHSA.
The amber alert is likely to cause “significant impacts across health and social care services” including an increase in demand for health services.
Warnings that temperatures inside places like hospitals, care homes and clinics dropping below the levels recommended for assessing health risks have also been put out.
A rise in deaths, particularly among those aged 65 and over or with health conditions, are also big risks.
Meanwhile, a yellow “cold-health alert” is in place for the rest of England between 12pm on Monday until 8am on Saturday.
