Call me The WeatherStripper

Because it feels like that's all I do for fun right now.
Saturday before I had to take off to do Bee Things, I rolled down to Koopmans to pick up the 3 screens I had them do. It cost $96, and they were done in less than a week. My first-time screening didn't look so bad in comparison, but where they had me beat was that they didn't tear the edges of the screen next to the spline.
The last of the fiberglass screens is now clad in aluminum, which means that short of damage I probably won't have to rescreen any more. Weatherstripping, on the other hand...
I started putting up the screens, but that means re-weather stripping. Some areas on the north side of the house still have their fuzz. But also have moss and lichens.

Something here is no factory original.

Some areas on the east and south of the house are so badly worn, it's not that there's no fuzz, it's that there's barely even a backer left in the channel.

That little black stitched looking line in the channel is all that's left of the weatherstripping.
The black stuff is aftermarket adhesive backed rubber the former owner tried to retrofit with.

At some point if the nice weather ever comes, I'm going to have to go window-by-window with the goo-gone (to get rid of prior attempts as fixing the windows), a bucket of soapy water (to clean the outside sash and window wells), a razor blade (to get rid of old caulk), and the caulking gun (to reseal it again.
There's a good argument for replacing some of the windows. The two in the master bedroom should be done, as the seal is shot in one of them. As I've mentioned, they are not quality windows.

I've found that if I use the short-fuzz (.25) weather stripping on the windows, and the long-fuzz (.4) weather stripping on the screens, it's enough to bridge the gap. I'm getting pretty good at it. I've only got 4 more windows to do, and I'll be done with the first floor.

Today I had the furnace cleaned. I had the receipt to show that it had been done in October before the house was sold, but I wanted to make sure it was ok. The filter situation had me a little concerned, and I wanted to see what he thought of the balance. He was able to fix the filter situation in about 3 minutes, gave me tips on balancing the system, and said that if I wanted to know about micro-ducts (for the bedrooms upstairs) I'd have to call and talk to a sales guy in the office. Super nice, answered all my questions and was pretty quick. Since my system is only hot air (no AC, no hot water) it doesn't get a huge amount of stress. Now I know that it takes 20x14" filters (x2). So I'll see about picking some of those up - the "filters" that are in there are really just good at "keeping squirels out" per the cleaner.
A few more flowers are up!

Tulip!