How To Remove A Garage Door Seal

You may need to pry the track ends open with a flat screwdriver if they ve been crimped.

How to remove a garage door seal.

Inspect the fasteners that attach the seal across the bottom edge of the door. Remove the old garage door bottom seal. It installs with galvanized nails or screws. Lift the door just enough that the garage door track doesn t get in the way of the weather seal then slide out the old rubber bulb photo 1.

Try and make use of the existing screw holes that are there. Place one side of the seal near the end of the garage door and the other end of the seal near the other end of the garage door. Install new weatherstripping onto your door stops if your garage door doesn t have it or if it has old worn stripping that no longer seals against the door. This video explains how to remove and replace the rubber seal at the bottom of your garage door.

In this episode dave mars shows how to better insulate your garage door to help save energy and money. This should go one inch beyond the door ends. New weatherstripping comes in rolls and you can easily cut it to length with a utility knife. Raise the door so the bottom edge is at a convenient height.

Using a clean bucket mix a small amount of dish soap or car wash soap preferred with water with a soft sponge or cloth apply the soap to the door in a circular motion rinse off with garden hose for steel or fiberglass doors apply a light coat of spray car wax. Position the tip. How to replace bottom weather seal on your garage door. Raise an automatic garage door using the controls at the.