2001 Boral Weep Holes Covers

Question

Hi there,
It's winter in Australia and my house is freezing because we don't seem to have covers on our weep holes! Do you think this will make the house much warmer. My family don't seem to think so. But I am hopeful! Do you post to Australia and how much would that cost? My have Boral 2001 windows. Have attached a pic of a weep hole cover we have. Thanks in advance!

Paul · Accepted Answer

A weep hole cover won't necessary make the house warmer, unless you have a lot of wind blowing in from the open cut outs. It'd have to be a lot, though! These are mostly used to manage moisture, not temperature. From your photo, it looks like you have aluminum windows. Are they thermal break? Aluminum will transfer the cold from the out side to the inside, unless you have a strip of nylon (or Thermal Break) embedded in the frame to break up the transfer of cold air. As for the weep hole cover itself, 26-173 looks close. I would just make sure the dimensions all match up.