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Weatherstripping is an easy DIY project that can lower your heating and cooling bills for years. Get some for 40% off during Amazon’s spring sale.

Andrew Blok has been an editor at CNET covering HVAC and home energy, with a focus on solar, since October 2021. As an environmental journalist, he navigates the changing energy landscape to help people make smart energy decisions. He’s a graduate of the Knight Center for Environmental Journalism at Michigan State and has written for several publications in the Great Lakes region, including Great Lakes Now and Environmental Health News, since 2019. You can find him in western Michigan watching birds.

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If you’ve lived in a drafty house, you know how rough it can feel. When the heat or cold leaks inside through gaps in your windows or doors, it’s a drain on your bank account while making your home uncomfortable at the same time.

Luckily, you can boost your comfort and lower your bill with one easy do-it-yourself project that requires just one inexpensive tool that you can score for 40% off on Amazon: weatherstripping.

You can grab 18 feet of rubber weatherstripping for just $12 and start blocking up drafts today. Simply cut it to the right length, peel the adhesive backing and stick it to a door jamb or window sill. Install it so, with the window or door closed, it plugs whatever gap was letting in air from outside. Match your home’s color with a white version too.

There are other forms of weatherstripping (and dozens of brands) too. You might also buy what’s often referred to as cord weatherstripping — it’s a bit like the tacky substance you might have hung a poster with — to plug up holes around doors or windows you don’t need to open.

Any form of weatherstripping is a quick, easy, energy-saving project you can accomplish with just a few spare minutes.