How To Install Weatherstripping Around A Garage Door

You can usually find the types of door weather stripping shown here at well stocked hardware stores and home centers.

How to install weatherstripping around a garage door.

In this episode dave mars shows how to better insulate your garage door to help save energy and money. Hence open and close the garage door a few times to see if it works smoothly. Now the last step is to check the garage door. To prevent this garage doors usually have rubber or vinyl weatherstripping installed onto the wood door stop molding that is attached to the door jamb and nearly touches the front face of the door.

Step 6 weather stripping testing the garage door. Vinyl garage door weatherstrip. Wind and rain can also get into the garage around the sides and top of the garage door. At the top of the side pieces cut the weather stripping at a 45 degree angle so that it is nicely fixed.

If there are any problems fix them accordingly. This flexible weather seal limits air flow into the garage resulting in a more comfortable environment when your garage door is closed and helping keep dust and debris outside the garage. Use a door sweep to seal the bottom of the door. How to install weather stripping around an exterior door is easy.

Installing garage door weather stripping also known as astragal fills the gap around the edge of your garage door.