How To Seal Moulding Under Sliding Glass Door

Brush fin or fin seal type weather stripping installed between sliding doors reduces energy loss and helps to weatherproof sliding glass doors.

How to seal moulding under sliding glass door.

Lift the door up and tilt it toward you. If you feel a draft from your sliding glass door it means air is slipping through the cracks between the door and doorframe. Most of our seals are pre taped. Secure the first piece with your carpentry nails.

Nail the molding once at each end and then once in the middle. To install the glass door seal on the glass you need to measure the height and cut the seal accordingly. Attach the insulation panel to the flat door frame over the stationary window by driving a drywall screw through each corner of the insulation panel into the flat door frame. To view the previous video in this series click.

To realign your doorin the tracks at the top and bottom of the frame remove the door from the track and reinsert it. A sliding glass patio door correctly installed and maintained will mitigate most of these issues but annual preventative maintenance with an elastomeric sealant around the perimeter is a must. Sealing the exterior of a sliding glass door only requires a few minutes of your time but it prevents excessive drafts from entering your home saving money on heating bills throughout the winter. Both brush fin and fin seal use synthetic brush.

Ensure the screws are. Seal the exterior of a sliding glass door to prevent drafts. Water intrusion in some sliding glass doors can occur with wind driven rains at speeds as low as 22 miles per hour. You can also use the un taped seal or sweep and fix it using double sided tape.

Remove the door from the opening by grasping it with both hands on either side of the door. In either case once you re ready to begin choose a side of the door to begin with and start lining the molding up in the exact spots you measured and marked earlier.