How To Make Garage Door Airtight

Garage door air seals are an innovative product that enhances the performance of the bottom bulb seal of your garage door.

How to make garage door airtight.

Make sure the door from the garage to the house has quality weather stripping and self closing hinges. Many building projects use folding or sliding doors to provide wonderful wide openings but when the doors are closed shut how do you make the doors airtight to stop the passage of wind rain vermin heat cold airborne dust and other unwanted elements. Hinges that are not tight enough can cause draft issues so tighten any loose hinges to help make your door airtight. Simple to install inflate and use you will immediately see the difference.

Our patent pending air tube simply inserts into the bulb seal. Building airtightness can be always improved using seals manufactured by door seals. Weather sealing a garage door usually involves a simple process of adding or replacing the bottom door seal and the weatherstripping on the stop molding along the sides and top of the door. Apply three thick beads of sealant beneath the threshold.

Where joists cross the wall between the conditioned space and the garage install blocking in each joist bay and seal around the blocking with caulk or expanding foam. This takes 5 mins to do and costs nothing. Press the long edge of the seal against the garage door and hammer a nail through the short edge of the seal to secure it to the trim. Step 2 measure the length and width of your door for weatherstripping installation.

It s cheap to buy easy to apply and provides the perfect thermal insulation for your garage. Silicone or latex based builders caulk is ideal for sealing around gaps in the building to create an airtight weather and waterproof barrier. Gaps around the floor windows and door frames can all let hot air out and cold air in. It keeps the garage door pressed up against the outside rubber seal so cold air is not blowing through the gap.