How To Replace The Seal On A Garage Door

Try and make use of the existing screw holes that are there.

How to replace the seal on a garage door.

Folding the seal back onto itself will hold the seal in place. Lower the door remove the vise grips from the track and lower the garage door. Remove the strip and follow the directions for applying adhesive in the area inside the pencil lines. 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.

Raise the garage door to the fully open position. Clean the door bottom photo 2 then cut the new rubber seal to length with a razor knife. This should go one inch beyond the door ends. How to replace bottom weather seal on your garage door.

Thread the t shaped edges into the weather seal track then slide the seal across the door. Engage the door to the garage door opener check your garage door opener manual most will re engage automatically. This video explains how to remove and replace the rubber seal at the bottom of your garage door. If you have a wooden garage door rip off the nailed rubber seal.

Be patient it takes a lot of pushing and pulling even with a helper. This will give you access to the ends of the bottom section of the door. 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. Step 5 cleanup.

Step 2 insert a flat head screwdriver into each channel on the bottom seal retainer where the seal connects.