Having a good garage door seal and weather seal on your garage door is important to keep out snow, leaf, water, elements. If you have an uneven garage floor you can use a larger bottom seal to help close off gaps. For extreme garage door gaps you may consider using a new garage door bottom seal along with a garage door threshold to close off gaps at the bottom of your garage door.
Replace your garage door bottom seal
Step 1 Remove the old garage door seal
Lift the garage door to about 6 ft. high and pull the old garage door bottom seal out through the gap behind the door track.
Step 2 Clean the track
Scrape dirt and corrosion out of the garage door bottom seal track with a screwdriver and a stiff brush.
Step 3 Straighten the track
Pry open the slots that serve as a track for the bottom rubber gasket on either end of the garage door, using a screwdriver. Straighten the tracks along the bottom of the door with the screwdriver to make it easier to insert the new garage door seal.If your door currently does not have the ability to accept this style of weather seal, consider replacing the bottom retainer on the door.
Step 4 Lubricate the rubber and install
Mix a drop or two of dish detergent or other soap in a spray bottle filled with water. Spray the soapy mixture on the track and new gasket to serve as a lubricant.
To make it easier to feed the new gasket onto the track, hold the gasket at the same level as the track about 12 inches outside the door, then push and pull the new garage door bottom seal into the track.
Rubber seals are made of durable black EPDM synthetic rubber, and is more durable and and flexible than vinyl, and withstands extreme weather temperatures ranging from -40 to 240 degrees. Our garage door seals are generic and fit many types of residential and commercial garage doors.
ASIN: X0023R9DOD
BOWSEN Garage Door Bottom Weather Seal with Retainer
ASIN: B07Q6N2PDC
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Item# : SPM9170237023
Model # : iSH09-M993051mn
