How To Seal Garage Door Gaps

The garage door bottom seal or door sweep is a long strip of rubber or vinyl that attaches to the bottom edge of the garage door.

How to seal garage door gaps.

1 inspect the garage door threshold which is the strip of rubber. Garage door stops strips of trim running along both sides and the top of the door opening cover the gaps between the door s edges and jambs and provide a weather seal by means of a flexible flap or flange that overlaps onto the door when it s closed. Our garage door seal products can fix the gap between your garage door and the floor to create a weatherproof barrier that will help protect your garage and everything in it. The stops on your garage door are rubber seal that runs along the edges of your garage door.

If there are gaps between the doorframe and the wall seal them with caulk. Use weatherstripping to keep bugs from getting in around the sides and top of the frame. If there s a gap at the bottom of the door install a steel or aluminum threshold at the bottom along with a door sweep on the lower edge of the door. The flexible material compresses when the door closes sealing the gap along the floor to keep out water dirt cold breezes and critters.

We offer a full line of garage door weather seals for residential and commercial applications in multiple sizes. Replacing the garage door bottom weather seal. You can easily seal all gaps or holes in and around your garage door as an important step towards mouse proofing your home. They re there to create a seal when your garage door is closed keeping the door from staying open and keeping the weather out of your garage.

Typically you will see a 3 4 gap on both ends of your garage door due to the rubber material shrinking. If there are gaps it could be that the stops aren t aligned correctly on the door.