Thermal insulation pad

A thermal insulation pad for insulating a gap space between a window or door frame and a wall opening, said thermal insulation pad comprising:

• a compressible insulation strip having a rectangular cross-section, a length, a width, a top surface and a bottom surface, a first and second opposite sides defining said width, and a thickness;
• a flexible top cover strip covering said top surface;
• a flexible bottom cover strip covering said bottom surface;
• a stapling flange extending widthwise from said bottom cover strip, from said first side, continuously along said length;
• a flashing flange extending widthwise from said top cover strip, from said first side, continuously along said length, and
• a plurality of spaced-apart empty spaces in said insulation strip and said top cover strip wherein each of said empty spaces is defined between said first and second sides.

In combination, a wall having a wall thickness, an outdoor surface, an indoor surface and a wall opening therein, and a thermal insulation pad circling said wall opening, said thermal insulation pad comprising:

• a compressible insulation strip having an insulation thickness, a rectangular cross-section, a width substantially similar to said wall thickness a top surface and a bottom surface, and a first and second opposite sides defining said width said width extending perpendicular to a plane of said wall opening;
• a flexible top cover strip covering said top surface;
• a flexible bottom cover strip covering said bottom surface;
• said flexible top cover strip having a flashing flange extending widthwise therefrom, from said first side, and an interior flange extending widthwise therefrom, from said second side;
• said flashing flange being affixed to said outdoor surface and said interior flange being affixed to said indoor surface and said flexible top cover being stretched over said compressible insulation strip, and defining a perimeter of said wail opening.