Best way to draught proof these doors?

[OneSugar1]

They’re in the eaves of my bedroom and blowing a bloody gale through the cracks, particularly at the top and down the middle where the two doors meet.

I put radiator foil on the back of mine (leccy cabinet) and added thin insulation strip on sides of the door. It did the trick. Now you can't feel anything when you pass it

How often do you access the space?
I'd hang a really thick, old, curtain behind the doors, and get the stick on draft excluder tape on all joins.

The stick on draught excluder tape will go round the outside. I'd stick something, even thick cardboard would do, behind one of the doors which will then block the draught through the middle, so you then open one door and then the other.

I have this issue on my understairs cupboards. What I'm going to do is add a small (half inch) inner frame that the doors will close against - instead of trying to insulate round the edges. Then I'll put a thin strip of insulation edging on the new strip. Previously I found anything stuck on round the edges gets pushed off by opening & closing.

Houses are often open at the eaves to allow air circulation in the attic.

I would not only want to stop the drafts, but also insulate the doors because they could be really cold.

As a quick fix you could add some insulating material to the backs of the doors and obviously seal off the gaps with draft excluder.

How well you can seal it probably depends on whether or not you want to reopen the doors or not.

You also might want to look at the wall insulation on the wall that screens off the eaves around the door, because if that is thin or simple plasterboard it might get very cold too and affect the temperature of the room.

Thanks for the responses :)
I should have added - yes I so need access to it - I use it for storage so would prefer something that goes behind the doors.
I forgot to add that there is already what looks like insulation board stuck to that back of the doors like in the picture shown. Maybe I will get another piece stuck into the back of one of the doors so it overlaps with the second, as suggested above - that should stop any draught from tgd middle crack.
Could I use foam tape for the crack at the top? Not sure where I should stick it on.

knickers. Just realised I can’t put an overlapping piece of insulation board at the back as the wooden pillar when you open the doors is in the way. Could use cardboard as suggested as a tempo measure but would prefer something more robust.

I would have a blanket lined curtain (or just a blanket) behind the doors.

Hi @OneSugar1 thanks for posting! Just wanted to point you in the direction of our page for the best draught excluders in case it's of any use at all. It's made up of recommendations from Mumsnet users as well as consumer reviews and features a wide range of options - hopefully there might be something there that can help with your doors! Please feel free to let us know if you've any feedback on the page

Thanks Jenny, I will check it out :)

I have stuck 6" Kingspan on the inside of my loft access doors to insulate it. I have single doors like the ones in your photo as well as one in the ceiling - Kingspan on all of them. I've never noticed much of a draft. I would have thought you could use panel pins -small thin nails) to attach some small battens of wood on the inside of the loft access opening so that the doors butt up against them when you close them.

These external door draught excluder strips.

www.diy.com/departments/diall-aluminium-silver-effect-aluminium-rubber-draught-excluder-l-1-05m/1802824_BQ.prd

You need a couple of basic tools,, screwdriver, small saw that can cut through thin metal, Stanley knife or good scissors.

Usually used on the outside of an external door but should work here too. You would fit them on the frame inside the cupboard and they add a lip to the frame so that when you push the door closed the door presses against the lip you've created sealing the gaps around the edges of the door.

Thanks both!

I have kingspan type stuff on the back of the doors already, but it’s the cracks in the door edges that the cold is blowing through.

I did think about those excluder type strips. They look like they’re supposed to go at the bottom of a door but I assume they’d work ok down the middle of one door at the back of it.

They go around the top and sides of an external door frame so you put them on the frame, then when you close the door towards them they form a lip that covers the gap around the door.. like this

www.juliancassell.com/1046/fitting-an-external-draught-excluder