Hiw Often Change Garage Door Seal

A guide to sealing the sides of a garage door.

Hiw often change garage door seal.

If the door goes down and then reverses once it hits the floor you ll need to adjust the close travel limits on the operator so it doesn t go down as far. If you have a wooden garage door rip off the nailed rubber seal. The exact time that you should change your seal will depend on where you live and how often your garage door is used. Be patient it takes a lot of pushing and pulling even with a helper.

If your garage door is being opened and closed multiple times a day and is subject to extreme weather then you might find that it will need to be changed after a year or two. Over time the rubber seal on your garage door will start to show signs of wear and tear. Rubber often cracks from age and severe heat and sometimes pesky critters chew at the seal causing it to be replaced. Plug your garage door opener back into the outlet.

Thread the t shaped edges into the weather seal track then slide the seal across the door. Suffice it to say if you can fit so much as a pencil into the gap between your garage door and the door frame you ve got a problem on your hands but as i ve said fixing it will be a breeze as long as you know what you re doing. Run the garage door opener sometimes a new seal will add a little height to the door since it s not all flattened out like the old seal so it s a good idea to run the opener see if it closes properly. Clean the door bottom photo 2 then cut the new rubber seal to length with a razor knife.