Homemade Garage Door Bottom Seal

Helps block drafts dust and moisture from entering under the door.

Homemade garage door bottom seal. Durable vinyl seal forms a weather tight seal under garage door. I do this to. Next using scissors chop the weather seal into its needed length. Clean the door bottom photo 2 then cut the new rubber seal to length with a razor knife.

You don t want to have any dirt or corrosion in the garage door so clean it out by using a screwdriver and stiff brush. If you have a wooden garage door rip off the nailed rubber seal. Then you ll need to thread the t shaped edges into the seal track and slide it through the garage door. Be patient it takes a lot of pushing and pulling even with a helper.

The flexible material compresses when the door closes sealing the gap along the floor to keep out water dirt cold breezes and critters. It keeps the garage door pressed up against the outside rubber seal so cold air is not blowing through the gap. Published on dec 6 2013. 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.

Durable vinyl seal forms a weather 10 ft. This takes 5 mins to do and costs nothing.