How to install a garage door seal
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- Опубліковано 28 сер 2024
- There was an uneven gap under one of the garage doors and I needed to seal and close the gap. After a few searches on the internet I found the perfect product on eBay.
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Thank you for solving the question of direction for installation. Not one video I've watched has explained why or shown this and many are installing it opposite to how you are.
UA-cam, full of homeowners with little clue.
Your explanation makes complete sense.
The package of the model I ordered from the U.S. (I'm in Canada) comes with no instructions either, lol. Thank you! Thumbs up.
Glad it helped
Ever since I poured my own concrete garage floor over 10 years ago, I had water coming in under the door. After racking my brains all this time for a remedy, this will sort the problem. Thank you!!
Brilliant - Cheers. Peter
Fitted the same kit to my garage door over 7 years ago and it's still working well.
Hi Chris, That is a great recommendation for the product. Cheers. Peter
Excellent video and pleasure to watch. I hope Garage Door Guru are very appreciative of such a marvellous independent presentation of their product.
Hi David, It must have been a big surprise for them when they came back to work after Christmas. Cheers. Peter
Installed a similar product last year. Well worth the money, time and effort. When installed correctly, it will keep out leaves, seeds and dribbles of water (that run off the garage door, or not collected by an exterior drain). It needs careful installation particularly if there are plates/bolts on the floor (forming part of the door frame). The seal should be fitted to hug the base of the door (not necessarily in a dead straight line), this will compensate for undulations in the garage floor.
Brilliant. Peter
Good trick to cut rubber is to wet the knife with water. Great video as always
Hi John, Many thanks. Peter
Bought mine from the same company before I watched you clip. Their customer service is excellent. Available on Amazon. DPD delivery good.
Great to hear! Cheers. Peter
Bravo Sir, you must be in education of some sort. Your manner, pace of speech and diction is first class. I would suggest you that you have the capacity to make the most mundane of subjects interesting. Be encouraged and just carry..... many thanks.
Hi Harry, You are so kind - many thanks. Peter
Harry are you American? Damn yanks.
@@kryptoniteee Yes, indeed he is.
Thanks Peter for not only introducing me to a new product but demonstrating its easy installation and use. The new shop I am building has two garage doors as well and this looks like a project for this spring. Have a Happy New Year!
Hi Gary, I must confess that I spent almost a whole day researching this and looked at all sorts of options. I am really pleased with this solution and have absolutely no hesitation in recommending it to my viewers. Good luck and I wish you and your family a happy and peaceful 2020. Peter
Excellent, after watching this yesterday, I've ordered an 11' 6" length for my uneven garage floor, many thanks for a good demo!!!
Hi Judy and Peter, Well done. I think it is an excellent product. Peter
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If it was me, I'd choose to mask off the drive area next to the rubber seal with duct tape. That way the sealant can be applied liberally near the edge where it's most likely to lift. Peel the duct tape away, and it's a nice clean line and secured right up the the edge.
I'm certainly looking at something like this myself as the gap below my garage doors are much larger and they are of the up-and-over type. I'd also say that there isn't much doubt which way it is orientated with that sort of door either.
Hi Steve, Many thanks for that tip which will help others as well. Cheers. Peter
Almost a perfect demo and recommendation; I would suggest just adding an “after” with the lights off to show the improvement. I found the same product (different seller, from Lancashire) after extensive research, but havent fitted it yet, so glad to see its easy and effective. Nice vid.
Hi Andy, Thank you - no light shines through. Cheers. Peter
Highly recommend these seals, Hormann fitted ours with our door and it makes a big difference in eliminating any drafts and helps with reducing humidity in the shop.
Hi Mark, Excellent. Peter
Thanks for the well presented video. Never knew this product existed. Just what I need for my garage door.
Hi Geoff, It is excellent. Many thanks for the feedback. Peter
I did a very similar type of job but used a 3” x 1” treated timber, from a fencing yard. I bedded it down onto silicon then screwed it all down with 2” brass countersunk screws, laid a strip about 1/2” wide of silicone in front of that covered with a strip of polythene on top, then I lowered the door down onto it and left it overnight. The next morning I pealed the polythene off which left a very smooth surface for the door to make contact with. My door is only 7’6” wide, and the whole thing only cost me under £10 and is very effective. I did this 2 years ago and it has been water and wind proof ever since.
I had already done something simlar to you but I wanted a waterproof and durable long term solution. Even treated timber that is allowed to get wet from time to time will deteriorate. I used Iroko where the floor ends but feel much happier with the garage door seal. I want mine to last 20 years minimum. Cheer. Peter
Well done! I have to do that here in suburban Mew York, I hope we have a product as good as yours.
I hope so too!
Looks like a quality product. Living in snow country, the main concern I have that precludes me from installing something like this is that water coming off of a vehicle (such as accumulated snow/ice) which would normally drain from the sloped garage floor to the outside passing under the door would have a dam preventing it from leaving except for the areas at the ends of the strip.
That would be true unless your garage is sub zero when the car is in there. Cheers. Peter
I used something similar for my garage door many years ago and these types of products are very good.
Hi Tahir, Many thanks. Peter
Thank you Sir very detailed video, and I am watching you, from the Inland Empire, in southern California. 👍
Thanks for watching!
And "when the store people find out" what one of the world's innate, greatest salesmen has done effortlessly; they are going to flip out. And..yet another manufacturer will be calling our "Mr Peter Parfitt". Oh indeed yes. And so it goes again. "Absolutely brilliant"; to a man that has helped SO many of us across the world, "Many hanks" to you kind Sir.
Hi Pat, You are, as always, the author of the kindest remarks. Many thanks. Peter
I think you’re installing it backwards. The flat part definitely is for under the door, but the ramp is for outside to help keep water away from going under the door.
If rain isn’t a concern at all, then the direction wouldn’t matter of course.
Good video and instruction. 👍🏻 Thanks.
If the large part is fitted out side then any rain water running down the outside of the garage door will be trapped or may even still enter the garage. Cheers. Peter
You're absolutely right.
Thanks Peter. Might have to do the same with my roll-up doors...
Hi Mark, It would work perfectly with those doors. Cheers. Peter
Nice job. I have the same issue under my front door - due to a bad job with installed ceramics, or a fan of concave curves.
Cheers. Peter
Must contact them as my shed has a sliding door with a great gap underneath, that rubber might be the answer, Thanks Peter Happy New year
Hi Bill, I hope it works for you. Cheers. Peter
Ill tell em I got the contact from you
If you installed the piece the other way around - with the door landing on the gradual slope of the piece, not the shallow (thin) part - then you could push the middle 2/3 farther toward the street, so as to eliminate the larger gap in the middle two thirds of the door. In other words, with the alternative orientation of the piece, you can control the effective thickness of the piece, to match the varying width of the gap under the door
I understand what you mean and that should work. In my case the gap, near the middle, was almost the same as that thinner section. I have a compressible sealing strip attached to the underside of my doors (they came like that) and so that can now compress down across the complete width of the door and form a perfect seal. Peter
I used a product named “tsunami” and was a simple install. They also send you 2 tubes of adhesive along with the caulking gun. It’s totally stop the water from entering the garage
Great video my door is sealing good - but nice to know this product is out there .
Brilliant 👍🏾 I wasn’t aware of this product. They don’t deliver to where live but I can get around that. Thanks for doing this video and I think the company should give you some form of refund and commission for the free advertising you have given to them. 👍🏾👍🏾
Hi Michael, Nice thought but I bought the product and felt it deserved a bit of praise. Cheers. Peter
Just what I needed have same problem. Well explained unbiased video - Thank You
Hi david, Thanks - it is good stuff and will last a very long time. Cheers. Peter
This looks like a great product at a very reasonable price. Thank you for such an informative and well made video
Good luck with your channel - it looks very interesting. Peter
you can use the offcuts as window or door wedges
Brilliant - cheers. Peter
Superb....just what I need. Thank you for the find and such a well presented video.
This video was very helpful. I have been looking for something like this for a while.
The floor is sloped that way so if you pull your car into the garage while it is raining the water that drips off will drain under the door to the outside . In your case, it does not matter since it is only being used as a workshop .
I think that it would be off more use if it was attached to the bottom of the garage door rather than the floor, otherwise it may become loose every time you drive over it. ...
That's what I thought.
And you have to remember not to trip over the raised edge when entering or leaving the garage ,.plus it is more difficult to sweep out the garage floor of dirt and debris because the raised lip is there. Particularly important here in Canada with all the salt, grit and ice/ snow that will drop on your garage floor. Sorry, but for me a door bottom edge seal is a no brainer.
I got the same thing when I had my garage door fitted great pice of kit stops water and rubbish getting in
Hi Dale, Many thanks. Peter
Excellent review.. I need something like this ive 5-7mm gap in places and I think that's how mice are getting in
The mice I have known might chew the rubber !! Good luck. Peter
Mice will *always* find a way in if they want to. You need to remove or seal whatever they come in for.
interesting video. My one small concern would be the introduction of a trip hazard if you don't already have a rise in floor level inside the garage.
Yes, in some cases it may be an issue but any water barrier will need some height and hence present a hazard. Peter
Shouldn't be a trip hazard as the "bulge" is hollow!
No, it is not hollow, it is solid which is why it is so good. It will last a lifetime. Peter
Well done sir looks like a very useful door seal i may have order a bit of that to the states my door has the same issue
Hi Jerry, The company was not shipping overseas but I have spoken to them and they are investigating ways of making the shipping more reasonable. Cheers. Peter
Got a few skydiving mates accross the pond maybe i can call in some favors see what they could do thanks for the info
@@RGCbaseace Hi Jerry, Watch they don't drop the package on your head or house - it is quite substantial stuff. Peter
Lol nah thoes lads are quite good where i work we ship all over the world
Very well produced video
Hi Terry, Many thanks. Peter
thank you for this video. you didn't move the camera all over the place so thank you. I'm in the USA so I don't know if they sell the same product here :-(
I am sure that something similar will be available - do some Googling ! Cheers. Peter
Hi Peter. I hope it works. Happily my new door came with a similar seal at the bottom and it's watertight. . Mike
Hi Mike, I am in no doubt about it - simply brilliant. Cheers. Peter
Fitted the same seal on both my garages....washing up liquid makes the rubber much easier to cut.
Hi Stuart, What a neat idea - cheers. Peter
How so? Do you do the dishes & get the missus to cut it or what?
hangableauto soap is a lubricant and stops the knife binding. Apply it to the blade b4 you start, then reapply it to the open cut. Works a treat
@@stuarthayes5880 That's a great tip! Many thanks (my missus was struggling!).
Nice job, I must do that to our garage soon. Peter
i just use old garden hose slice the side lenghth ways and screw to the bottom of door
Hmmmm.....Screw through the metal door? I bet it looks wonderful.
Very pleasant video. Thanks very much
Glad you enjoyed it
Excellent product and instructional video will install on mine also as a result .
Perhaps the Garage Door Guru will run out of material soon ! Cheers. Peter
Good job , enjoying the videos , many thanks
Useful thorough review, thank you
Many thanks, May the force... Cheers. Peter
Hello Peter, I have a garage door similar to yours, but at the bottom of the gate there is a rubber sealing strip attached. Because of this the gate closes perfectly and I don't have to drive my car over the rubber strip. This does not mean that you have done the job perfectly.
Hi Andre, Yes, I understand what you mean but in my case the floor below the door was uneven and the rubber attached to the door now makes full contact with the new rubber seal all along the length of the door. Cheers. Peter
Hello Peter, thank you for this very useful demonstration video. I’m about to install something like this and a recommendation from you goes a long way to persuading me to purchase this material. I’ve noted you have insulated your garage floor, without going into too much detail - could you please tell me what have you used? Many thanks.
Hi Martin, I used YBS insulation from Screwfix here in the UK. It is described as "SUPERQUILT MULTI-LAYER REFLECTIVE FOIL INSULATION 10 X 1.5M" and has a product code 68120. I made a video about it:
ua-cam.com/video/vciZ3PR4PPY/v-deo.html
Peter
Outstanding video. Well explained
Exactly what I needed, Thanks, subscribed
Hi Pete, Excellent. Peter
Brush strip is usually pretty good
The exit music sounds like something from "The Benny Hill Show". Thanx for the video.
If you're looking for an even cheaper solution get some architrave and mount it on extrerior silicone with screws. It won't be as durable but you should get 12-15 years out of it if painted.
good product looks a good quality hard wearing easy to install enjoyed the video.
Hi Ratch, Cheers. Peter
Looks good I need something like this thanks for the video
Hi Mark, You are welcome. Peter
If you dip the blade of your Lino cutter in water it will cut thru rubber with ease.
Hi Carol, Yes, someone pointed out that it is even easier if one has a dash of washing up liquid in the water - I tried it and it works. Cheers. Peter
Good job Peter Have a Happy New-year!
Many thanks and I wish you and your family a happy and peaceful 2020. Peter
Sloped side outside of door to repel rain water? Run a hose from the outside so we can see the water come in?
It has to be inside the door otherwise water running down the outside face of the door will come in. Peter
Great video as always Peter, I love your garage door, looks insulated. What brand is it? I am building a small workshop of my own and I was thinking about this problem before I seen this video. I am going to pour a self leveling compound about 2 inches thick and I was going to let it float right upto the garage door when closed with a thin board between them. As the inside floor will be higher than the original garage floor where the garage door closes I hope that will solve this problem.
Hi Dan, Have you been away ? !! The make is Gliderol and it is the Panel Glide. Despite your plan to have the self leveling higher than the bottom of the door you do need to look at a sealing method - rubber (like mine) works really well. Cheers. Peter
@@NewBritWorkshop hi Peter, iv been busy, I just moved house and while I'm getting settled I have started to build a new workshop in back garden, I'm nearly upto wallplate level. I was concidering a roller shutter but yours looks great
Hi Dan, The doors are very good and the mechanism works well and is easy to maintain. Also, the panels have some insulation in them and so are not running with water in the winter. Cheers. Peter
Really useful video - many thanks Peter. Happy New Year to you !
Hi Paul, Thank you and I wish you and your family a very happy and peaceful 2020. Peter
It looks great but I wonder what the look is from outside the door.
Hi Erin, All you see is the very bottom of the thin edge of the rubber which, in my case, matches the (rather inadequate) rubber seal that came attached to the garage door at the bottom. Peter
A good fix Peter!
Hi Darrel, It really is excellent and far better than I imagined. Cheers. Peter
Hi. What is uneven floor on the one side? I imagine I have to calibrate the door to not damage when shutting on the strip. I have a larger gap on left side and smaller gap (if any gap ) on right side. Best advice before I stick down?
I am not sure how much difference in height the gap is across your door. If it is 8 mm or less then you could easily use more sealer to even things up. Alternatively you could grind away the area below the door to make it level. Good luck. Peter
Wouldn't it be better to attach that seal to the bottom of the door so you won't have a Ledge on your garage floor where it makes it hard to sweep things out
It might be tricky getting it to stay stuck to the door. Peter
That's what I was thinking. I'd of fixed it to the back of the door in the upright way so the concertina part hung low and when shutter goes down to home position it would squidge down to all the uneven levels?? Just my thoughts on your job. Anyway great video to watch. Subbed ya 👍
Hi Andy Cheers. Peter
So do you take the existing weather stripping off the garage door?
Hi Dave, In my case no as it is joined to the underside of the door and in excellent condition. Peter
Excellent video! May I ask, what kind of flooring you have in your workshop? And is it layed over an ordinary concrete/ screeded floor?
I have put 3/4" chipboard flooring on battens with polystyrene insulation and a damp proof membrane over a concrete floor. Peter
Great video , we have just had a roller door fitted , even tho the bottom of door has a rubber curtain there is still gaps where the light gets through . This is due to the floor which is block paving . Do you think this product would still work ?
Hi Bob, I had a similar problem with the rubber at the bottom of my door not quite meeting up across the whole length. What I have found is that the shape of the garage door seal allows a greater gap closing range between the existing rubber at the bottom of the door and the seal. I think that it should work fine. Do get it positioned (fore and aft) for the best fit to your existing door. Good luck. Peter
Do you think this would work for an "up and over" door ?
Hi Russel, Yes, particularly if you position it so that the inside vertical face of the door is against the steep vertical piece of the rubber seal. Peter
@@NewBritWorkshop I'd like to see a demo of this product fitted on the floor below an up and over door!
How do I seal the panel of the entire garage? It’s a concrete garage and noticed the walls and floor has a small gap all around and I think bugs are coming in and out. Any inexpensive way I could fix this on my own? I’m trying to sea the entire border on the inside
Hi Liana, I have not investigated seals for the top or edges but there must be loads of stuff on the market. Try Garage Door Guru. Good luck. Peter
Looks very good! Did you have this in mind when you did your previous mod to the floor? - or did it just work out perfectly!
Hi Steve, I had a similar idea in the back of my mind but had not identified a product at that stage. It is a complete fluke that it fits perfectly. Had it been too wide then it would be easy to trim a bit off. Cheers. Peter
It would have been useful to show the rubber seal in place with the garage lights turned off to see if it cured the gap problem
Hi David, Trust me - the problem is solved. Peter
How do you squeegee inside water out after thiis installed.
should be no water inside !!
Great for a converted garage but for storing often wet cars a bit air through flow is exactly what you need to prevent corrosion.
Hi Ray, There are extractors, windows and other options for ventilation rather than a gap at the bottom of a door where water can get in. Peter
@@NewBritWorkshop I hear that but I don't see the point - for a garage used as a garage - in spending money to seal one gap to then spend more money on other facilities to create ventilation. Unless the floor has been laid with the fall running in the wrong direction water ingress will never be more than an inch or so. If you have a driveway running downhill to the garage door then you should have a drain trench in front of it.
Hi Ray, You may not have seen my other recent videos - water has flooded into my garage and the seal at the bottom of the door prevents that from happening again. Peter
@@NewBritWorkshop Hi Peter. I hadn't seen that, this was the first of your vids I have watched. Sorry you were flooded, hope the damage wasn't to great.
Hi Ray, It was not great at the time but no long term damage. Cheers. Peter
Could this garage door seal be used on an up and over garage door and down the side of the door. As well
Hi Michael, It can be used on an up and over door but it is not really the best solution for the sides. Peter
@@NewBritWorkshop thanks young man been looking for some solution for my garage door just thought I'd ask about this Cheers again
Did you install a wood floor over your concrete in your garage?
Yes. Peter
New Brit Workshop why did you need to do that? Concrete rough?
Hi Peter
Is the product durable enough to be driven over by a car ( not on a regular basis though)
Hi Phill, I think it would be fine if it were to be driven over every day. It is solid and quite hard rubber and so it should be very long lasting. Peter
New Brit Workshop
Thanks Peter, I’ll give it a go.
Would a hot knife do the job ? Also do you think would work on a very old styled manual garage door ? My garage door has not that rubber band that the electric doors have . The floor is pretty chipped and irregular , what would you suggest to do ? I have ordered exactly the same product , has arrived next day with dpd as well . The weather guy said it would stay dry until Friday so i would like to take advantage of it and have it sorted out by then . If anyone can reach my comment by then and input me some more info it would be much appreciated . Thank you x Thank you for the upload , very usefull indeed . New subbie here :)
Hi Karmina, The sticky stuff that comes with the kit should be able to fill the gaps if the base is uneven. If it is seriously uneven then you may need to do something else but I had a lot of the sticky stuff left over at the end. Also, the rubber is quite bendy on its thinner sections and so will be able to dip down into some of the gaps. Good luck. Peter
@@NewBritWorkshop The sticky stuff lol did the job , indeed . Filled up all those little holes and stuck the rubber band in place . Thank you for the tip .
Nice video. Can I ask what make of garage door that is.
Hi Jay, Gliderol. Peter
Hello all - the website does not seem to exist anymore but folks on here say it can be ordered from Amazon - can anyone point me in the right direction please?
Just put "Garage Door Guru" into Google and follow the Amazon link. All the stuff is there. Peter
The placing of the rubber was edited out. I wonder why. (I recon he needed the Camara man’s help).
I think you might be right.
Did it stop the light in the middle from coming in? Hope so ?
Yes, I would have said if it did not. Peter
Don't call me "Frankly" it's Frank or big daddy Tank... Thank you...
Well installed and looks great...
I Like the flooring, how have you kept the damp from coming through?
Hi Michael, The original garage has a damp proof membrane under the floor and there is damp proof in the walls as one might hope or expect. I have put an additional membrane down under the chipboard floor. Peter
Thanks for this! I ordered some for my garage doors!
I am interested in your garage flooring, what is it please, is it insulated or resting on an underlay?
Thanks, Geoff
Hi Geoff, The floor is chipboard on battens with insulation and a vapour barrier. Cheers. Peter
How to know what one to buy, are they all the same?
Hi Del, Contact the company if you are not sure or get the same as mine. Peter
Are there any seals for an UP AND OVER garage door ☺
I would think this would do fine as the door, when it closes, will close down against the thicker section of rubber. Peter
For up and over, fit it the reverse way. Put it behind the door from inside when it’s down so it’s tight up and no gaps and mark it. Mine is perfect.
Great, just seen this. Downside is product now not available, grrr
Hi Mike, Oh dear, it was a little while ago but maybe someone else is stocking the same product. Google might help. Peter
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I would have thought that this rubber should be attached to the door and screwed to it along the bottom. Who wants a permanent bump on the floor that could cause someone to trip over it??
Hi Dick, There may be garage door seals like that but that means that when the door closes you are hoping that it makes a fresh seal against the floor every time. Peter
A link in the description would have been nice...
I have just done that for the Amazon store but there are loads of options not just the one shown. Peter
New Brit Workshop Thank you sir.
Peter you don't have a link to this do you?
Regards
William
Hi William, thegaragedoorguru.co.uk/ Peter
Narrow opening 🤔
I would think the car tires after many times go over this material the material will break where the tires roll over.
I doubt that would be an issue unless ultra violet light were allowed to shine on the rubber strip. Peter
Two reasons why it's a bad design for a seal. 1) On the ground it's exposed to the sun and rain. 2) The car tires will be going over it day after day.
Its rubber, as long as you are careful car tyres wont damage the seal, if its a concern chase the concrete a few mm along the length and again sun and rain (UV) are not a problem for modern plastics, for many people the car tyre thing is a none issue because 90% of folks dont keep their cars in garages.
As long as it last for 25 years should't be a problem , much longer than your tires
@@knoxieman Well looks like George Carlin was right 90% of people "park in drive ways and drive on parkways"
Hmmm. Looks like a trip hazard to me. I'm super sensitive to such things as my wife slid on the ice a month ago, and is recovering from a hip replacement and fractured wrist.
I am sorry to hear about your wife's accident but this solution solves the issue of water getting in which could be a worse hazard on very cold days or if there are precious things stored in the garage. Peter
So can I order this product here in thr U.S?
Hi Paul, The UK company currently do not post abroad but I imagine that the material will be available from a US supplier somewhere ! Peter
It’s sold on Amazon UK so should ship to the States.
Just checked and they don’t ship to the US but you could try contacting them.
I did contact them and they do not ship abroad. Peter
You didnt show us without the light on
There is no light coming through - as I have said twice before already. Peter
I haven't tried them yet, but this is the equivalent product available in South Africa: garagedoorsealsouthafrica.co.za/
Superb video Peter. Can you come and do mine for me please? I will make you nice cups of tea and serve you with Hot buttered sultana scones. Teddy UK xx
Hi Teddy, No problem - where in the UK are you ? Peter