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Garage Door Threshold Seal
Installing a Garage Door Threshold Seal or
Garage Door Seal
By: Mark J. Donovan
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A garage door threshold seal is used
to keep your garage dry and clean, as well as free from rodents, reptiles and
insects. A garage door threshold seal also helps to keep your garage and home
more energy efficient by preventing cold and hot outside air from entering your
garage and home. A garage door seal also helps to prevent wind driven rain and
snow from entering the garage.
A garage door threshold seal mounts to the garage floor and is used to create an
air and water tight seal with the bottom of the garage door.
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It is fastened to the garage floor
with an adhesive. A garage door seal, on the other hand, is nailed to the bottom
of the garage door and again is used to create a tight water and air seal with
the garage floor.
If your garage door threshold seal or garage door seal has failed it’s time to
replace it. If you see puddles of rain water, snow, or melted snow inside your
garage adjacent to the garage door after a storm chances are your garage door
seal has failed. Open the garage door and examine the garage door threshold
seal, or garage door seal, for cracks and splits. If you see any damage to the
garage door seal or threshold seal then replace it. If, in the case of the
garage door seal type, you do not see any damage then you may need to adjust the
garage door so that it closes more tightly with the garage floor.
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Installing Garage
Door Threshold Seal
Garage door threshold seals can be purchased from any home improvement center or
hardware store. Typically they come in 10 to 30 foot lengths and should be
fastened to the garage floor with an adhesive. Make sure to purchase one that is
rugged and that will withstand severe temperate swings without cracking.
Prior to installing a new garage door threshold seal first remove the old garage
door threshold seal with a scraper or flat edge tool.
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garage floor and position it so that it fits perfectly centered underneath
the garage door when it is closed. Make sure you position the seal in the
proper direction per the manufacturer’s directions. Also, trim the garage
door threshold seal to the required length. With the seal positioned in
place trace out its outline with a pencil. Then set the garage door
threshold seal aside and apply a recommended adhesive to the garage floor in
the area that you marked with a pencil. Then reposition the garage door
threshold seal into place and press it firmly into the adhesive.
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Next, close the garage door to make
sure that it sits centered tightly over the garage door threshold seal. With the
garage door closed, allow the adhesive to set up for 24 hours before driving
over the threshold seal.
Installing a Garage Door Seal
If you are replacing a garage door seal use a hammer and flatbar to remove the
old one from the bottom of the garage door.
Using non-corrosive nails fasten the new garage door seal to the bottom of the
garage door moving either from left-to-right or right-to-left when installing
it.
Once the new garage door seal has been fastened to the garage door bottom, trim
the excess side garaged door seal material to the width of the garage door.
Close the garage door to make sure there is a tight seal with the garage floor.
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