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How to Install Safety Cables
On Your Garage Door Spring
How to Install a Weather Strip to The Bottom of a Garage Door
Disclaimer
-- The follow is intended only for your information. Garage Master,
Inc. accepts no liability for the content of this article, or for
the consequences of any actions taken on the basis of the information
provided. Garage Master, Inc. recommends that experienced professional
service be retained to perform all necessary maintenance on your garage
door.
TOOLS NEEDED: Garage door bottom
weather-stripping kit (including nails), maybe a half-pound of 1"
or longer galvanized roofing nails, heavy duty staple gun with minimum
½" staples, hammer, sand paper or sander, wood preservative.
- Remove old
weatherstrip completely, including old nails.
- Sand bottom
of door and coat with a clear wood preservative to prevent moisture
accumulation between the weatherstrip and the bottom of the door.
- Position
the door at a comfortable working level, about chest height. (Use
your garage door opener to do this.)
- Unroll the
weatherstrip and trim off excess length.
- Important!
-- Position the weatherstrip so that the overhang extends to the
inside otherwise the overhang extending to the outside will hit
the garage door frame. Only install the weatherstrip with the
overhang outside if the outside level is significantly lower than
the area under the door.
- Sometimes
the bottom roller bracket where the garage door cable attaches
may get in the way of your fastening options on the first 3"
or so on either side of the garage door bottom to hold the weatherstrip
in place. So you will not do any fastening through the bracket
until you get the rest of the weatherstrip secured
- Line up
the weatherstrip so it lines up with or is slightly past the end
of the door, and with the outside edge where you want it. Staple
through the weatherstrip into the bottom of the door near to the
bottom roller bracket. Staple every 3" or so across the bottom
of the garage door.
- Trim the
weatherstrip so it will just meet the end of the door.
- Raise the
door to a comfortable hammering position, and put in the nails
that came with the kit. Place them between the staples. Attach
the weatherstrip to the two bottom roller brackets by drilling,
if necessary, a hole at the two ends of the door. Use minimum
1" long galvanized roofing nails instead of the short one
that come with the kit.
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