Any ideas how to warm up a door??

[mom-from-missouri]

Burr. Cold air is just radiating off our doors. The are insulated steel doors, and there is also an insulated storm door as well. Yet when you walk by them, the cold just grabs you.

The doors are metal and fit very snug. No air is coming thru any cracks. I did the candle test to be sure. Its coming thru the doors. It is below zero right now and rather windy. The house is only 10 years old, and has very good Anderson insulated windows and doors. I think it is just the way the wind is blowing, as I have never noticed it before.

All I can think of is to stuff something in between the two doors, but that didn't work too well. Tape wouldn't stick to hold up a blanket, and we have to be able to get out in the morning. I tried to put a blanket up in the inside, but they are too heavy and keep falling down-plus I have the issue of DH needing to get in the door in the wee hours when he comes home from work....

So, the next best idea I have is to hang a curtain rod above the doors and put a wool blanket or thermal drapes on that.

Anyone else have a better idea???

[PrincessPerky]

Metal is cold..even without cold air outside, metal is always cold (except when it is hot)...I remember one time leaning against a wall in a store and it happened to have a metal strip..I about jumped in shock at the 'burn' of the cold metal strip....

Why would anyone build a door out of metal? I mean it has to be hard to break into...but ouch.

If you have any sort of entry way, I would think a buffer zone enough to admit your husband (well any person) between the curtain rod and door would allow access, but keep you from freezing on the way past. If not I would worry that opening the door would pull the rod down.

[mom-from-missouri]

Looks ugly, but I nailed a blanket up above the door. I am wondering about hemming the blanket and possible using a tension rod that could put inside the door frame. It would require no hardware, and if knocked down would be no damage...

The one door is in our bedroom that goes to the hottub deck. (Like I really am going to use that door right now to go for a soak.) The wind is howling and of course that even makes it feel colder yet.

[PrincessPerky]

But at least the one in the bedroom you can cover up and not worry about anyone coming in....

[CreditExpert]

I would get a blow heater, and direct the warm air of the heater towards the door. The heat will warm it up, but your electricity bill will rise!

[GrimJack]

You could buy some of that tape that is used to keep ducts and pipes warm in unheated crawl spaces. If you attach it at the lower hinge bellow the hinge pin on the frame and up above the hinge pin on the door so the stress on the wire is not perpendicular to wire it is less likely to fail from the stress of opening and closing the door.

This is an off-label use of the product and not recommended by any but the most conscientious of di-it-yourselfers. Do not run wire through a bucket of water; do not chew on wire if it is plugged in; do not wrap wire around neck while standing on a chair; do not submerge door in swimming pool while plugged in and so onl

[LuxLiving]

Put a good size heavy rod above the door and get yourself some of those round drapery hooks that you then pinch to clip it onto the heavy quilt or blanket. It can then slide to the side to admit someone thru the doorway.

[Tim_1983]

The problem is that metal conducts the cold or the warmth. I agree with Luxliving a thick curtain is the best idea.