Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Black double front doors on a snowy day - Dolores M. Harvey/Shutterstock If cold drafts are coming into your home through a gap ...

Believe it or not, you can save energy and keep critter entry to a minimum in your home by investing in a single product: door sweeps. Most doors have a slight gap between their base and the floor.

Q: We had a handyperson put in a door sweep on the left-hand door of double front doors that swing in. The sweep does not cover the threshold, which has a wooden or maybe plastic strip attached over a ...