Progress Delayed

Things were going so well, too. I procrastinated a couple days too long, and in that time winter arrived. I was dithering over which caulking or foam to use, and couldn't make the decision.

I have a can of "DAP multi-purpose insulating foam sealant" which I had planned to use. Reading through some other blogs it seemed that the best option would actually be a straight outdoor caulk job. The DAP says to apply above 7deg Celsius, and it's most certainly below that now. Also, I used it last year in replacing the outdoor lights on the side of our house. That work seems to have broken down into crumbly pieces (the temperature was character-building that time too). After this job, I plan to re-do around the lights.

But, back to this job. With winter weather, I'm at a loss... do I wait for warmer weather (the snow likely won't last), and do it with the expando-foam, or do I buy a caulk gun and some outdoor caulking and just do it now? I guess I should make a move, one way or the other. Tomorrow I'll see if the outdoor caulking products will do okay in cold weather. In the mean-time... we wait.

Updates soon.

EDIT (Nov 24/07): Birney Summers over at Energy Boomer tells me DAP is good stuff for this after all. Soon as the weather warms a little I'll give it a shot and report back.