How To Replace The Seal On A Garage Door

Remove the strip and follow the directions for applying adhesive in the area inside the pencil lines.

How to replace the seal on a garage door.

Step 2 insert a flat head screwdriver into each channel on the bottom seal retainer where the seal connects. Once you re satisfied that the garage door closes correctly use your pencil to outline the seal strip that is located inside the garage door. Clean the door bottom photo 2 then cut the new rubber seal to length with a razor knife. Try and make use of the existing screw holes that are there.

How to replace bottom weather seal on your garage door. If you have a wooden garage door rip off the nailed rubber seal. Raise the garage door to the fully open position. 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.

Put the seal in with the help of screws that are evenly spaced out. Plug your garage door opener back into the outlet. This video explains how to remove and replace the rubber seal at the bottom of your garage door. Then follow the same procedures to place and secure the outer door seal strip.

This will give you access to the ends of the bottom section of the door. Step 5 cleanup. Be patient it takes a lot of pushing and pulling even with a helper. Lower the door remove the vise grips from the track and lower the garage door.

This should go one inch beyond the door ends.