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Garage Door Seals
How to Install Garage Door Seals and Garage
Door Threshold Seals
By: Mark J. Donovan
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Garage door seals play an important
role in preventing cold air, wind driven rain, snow, dust, rodents, snakes, and
insects from getting into your garage. A garage door threshold seal helps to
keep the contents of your garage cleaner and drier. In addition, it helps keep
your garage warmer and more energy efficient. In some cases garage doors may
have garage door seal weather stripping attached to the bottom of it. In other
cases garage door threshold seals are attached to the garage floor just
underneath where the garage door closes. And in some cases, both may be
installed.
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It is important to inspect garage
door seals and threshold weather stripping annually for cracks, splits, and
warping. If damage is observed, the seal should be promptly replaced.
Garage door seal kits can be purchased from home improvement centers as well as
on-line. Garage door threshold weather stripping can also be purchased in 10 to
30 foot lengths. When choosing a replacement garage door weather seal make sure
it will hold up to extreme temperature changes. It’s important that the garage
door threshold seal be flexible in even the coldest of temperatures. Otherwise
it may become brittle and crack under cold temperatures.
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When installing a garage door
threshold seal make sure to thoroughly clean the garage floor first where the
weather stripping will attach to it. When installing a garage door seal to the
bottom of the garage door also make sure the bottom of the garage door is
thoroughly clean after removing the old garage door seal. To remove the old
garage door seal use a hammer and flat bar to gently pry it away from the garage
door bottom.
Installing Garage
Door Seal
If attaching a garage door seal to the bottom of the garage door use
non-corrosive nails, preferably the ones that that come with the kit, to attach
it to the bottom of the garage door.
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seal in the proper direction per the manufacturer’s directions. Work from either
left to right or right to left when fastening the garage door seal to the door.
Also, do not trim the garage door weatherstripping until after you have
completely fastened it to the garage door.
Installing Garage
Door Threshold Seal
If you are installing a garage door threshold seal, simply position it so that
it will sit centered underneath the closed garage door and trace out its
location with a pencil. Also trim it to length as necessary.
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Then temporarily
remove the threshold garage seal, and apply the adhesive to the garage floor in
the traced out area. Reposition the garage door threshold seal into the traced
out area and press it firmly into place. Finally, close the garage door to make
sure the garage door seal lines up correctly and does not shift when the door
rests on it.
Allow the garage door to stay closed and wait 24 hours before driving over it.
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