I have minimal DIY abilities, so please be patient with me with this basic question. I have a storm door with "captive" storm windows and screens, mounted, unfortunately, so the breezes and winds blow and interfere with its closing. Am struggling to install the piston-style door closer. I "get" playing with the adjustment screw to adjust the damping of it closing. But it seems like 85% of the settings just allow the door to slam shut (at least it's closed), and the other 15% damps the door so much that it damps beautifully but then doesn't latch, which is unacceptable anyway, but especially with the breezes that could blow the unlatched door open. My initial and default setting in mounting the piston was to have the bracket on the door such that the piston, completely withdrawn, came to it. When that failed, I moved the bracket away from the hinge (maybe 0.75 inches), so that the piston, with the door closed, would still be pulled out a bit. That seemed to make the door more prone to slamming. If I could have a choice between slammed but closed, versus beautifully damped but not latching, I'd pick the slamming. But I'd rather have the optimum, where the door damps a couple times as it closes, then quietly and firmly pulls shut and latches. What am I doing wrong? I am using the heavier duty of two choices I had at Home Depot.

I have a 6 foot half round window (6 foot diamter, 3 feet bottom to top) That is above a set of regular windows in my living room with a catheral ceiling. In the winter time, the sun shines right through this window and I really want to block it. I dont want to spend major dollars for a workable blind set for this type of window and dont want to have the window constantly blocked. I have decided to use the non-glue adhesive window cover (like Colorforms) so we can also have a nice stained glass design. I can get a 4x8 sheet for about $100. Figuring this would be a big pain to put up, and that it would be tough to change if I wanted to, I have decided to do the following. A while ago, I bought a 4x8 of 1/8 plexiglass that I will cut to the shape of the window (I already routered out the molding for this window so I have my router all jigged to do the cut). Then, I will put the covering on the plexi and hang the plexi over the window. This way, it will be easier to work with the flimsy film since I can do it on a table, and I can take the plexi down when I want (and change the film). My question is, what is the best way to hang the plexi. My two thoughts are: 1) Cut it so it is the same size as the glass portion of the window and press it right up to the window. Then use a few "L" shaped brackets to screw into the wood part of the window (not sure if this is the sash). This way, the plexi would be braced right up against the glass. My concern is that heat could not escpape and might damage the window. I had a friend that had a front door warp because the sun was on it all summer and his storm door was closed without a window on it - the heat could not escape. 2) Hang the plexi from a couple of chains that are screwed to the inside of the window frame. This way, heat could escape. I am just not sure if that would be too heavy and might also damage the window. Any thoughts?