How To Cut Garage Door Seal

This video explains how to remove and replace the rubber seal at the bottom of your garage door.

How to cut garage door seal.

How to replace bottom weather seal on your garage door. Now temp nail the top seal to the jamb you want the inside edge of the pvc portion to be even with the inside edge of the jamb. Square cut the pvc do not miter and use the utility knife to cut the vinyl flap the same length as the pvc portion of the weather seal. Measure and cut the side pieces so they touch the header piece and extend to the garage floor.

Thread the t shaped edges into the weather seal track then slide the seal across the door. New weatherstripping comes in rolls and you can easily cut it to length with a utility knife. In this episode dave mars shows how to better insulate your garage door to help save energy and money. Door sweeps come in standard sizes but if you cannot find one.

If you have a wooden garage door rip off the nailed rubber seal. Clean the door bottom photo 2 then cut the new rubber seal to length with a razor knife. When the door opens the rubber flexes so as not to be an impediment and when the door closes the rubber provides a strong air seal. Trim the soft weather stripping at the top of the side pieces at about a 45 degree angle so the top and side pieces overlap nicely.

Put enough temp nails in to hold the seal up against the jamb.