How To Replace Your Damaged Garage Door Bottom Seal! NOT AS EASY AS YOU THINK! The DIY Truth!
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Winter is coming! On this video I will be showing you How To Replace Your Damaged Garage Door Bottom Seal or weather bottom seal stripping. A lot may say this is a super easy project to do, BUT it may not be AS EASY AS YOU THINK! I'll show the install in real time and struggles you may encounter on this once thought of easy install. The DIY Truth!
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ITEMS I USED ON THIS VIDEO:
- Garage Door Seal Bottom Rubber Weather Stripping - amzn.to/3Lm0Gfi
- WD-40 White Lithium Grease Spray - amzn.to/3eSeXUR
- Retractable Utility Knife - amzn.to/3RSxXkT
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The strip I received from Amazon had curves in the plastic, so when installed both looking at it and closing the door the door does not seal. You can see the sunlight outside from the inside where the long strip was curled. Any suggestions on how to smooth the bended and buckled spots? The door can not be pushed down any tighter.
This may be in the comments somewhere, but it would be helpful if you advised people that the tracks holding the seal in place are different shapes depending on the manufacturer of the door. The rubber seals have edges that are either T shaped, bead shaped, triangle shaped, L shaped, etc. Dimensions for the seal's edges are important. If the seal doesn't match the aluminum guide you are installing it in, it may not fit, and if you do get it installed, it may pop out in use if the seal and guide do not match..
Yep, got me.
THANK YOU!!!!! I could not understand why my new seal did not slide into a tract, so I took the tract off… thank you.
Thanks for that info!
Well cleaning the tracks, and generously lubing it with "silicone based" lubricant , even a rich foam from a dish washing detergent can make the installation much easier ..
and last tip: keep your your rubber seal refrigerated for a few hours prior to installation to make it a bit harder and rigid ..that helps it slide through like a hot knife into butter
Thanks for the honest video. Just did this myself and it was one of the toughest “short” DIY projects I’ve ever done. Definitely would have been easier with a second person to help pinch and feed the tail end.
When installing flexible seals make sure you pre-cut it first and add a bit of allowance for shrinkage then let it settle on the door slot, should be pretty close to what you pre cut it to. If you install this without pre cutting it first..with all the tagging ang pulling to install it you will end up with longer excess material and if you cut that exactly the length of your door you will surely have a gap when the seal finaly settle due to shrinkage. You can also allow the seal to shrink for a few hours then cut to size + extra. Learned all this in my junior years in the Navy installing rubber seals on the ships water tight doors..We want water out of compartments to maintain watertight integrity 😁😁😁
Good tip.
Thank you!!! I orders my item via Amazon , arrived overnight and installed it by my self in about 45 minutes. Slide, guide and push. Great video!! You saved me at least $100
Hi, I saw this video some time last year in 2022 but totally forgot about it. Then, I did this same install with the aluminum track and one of these bulbed T-track (1/4" instead of the 5/16" that you have) bottom seal rather than the one without the bulb like your original one. The material definitely thicker than ones without the bulb. I installed it myself thinking it'll be easy once I lubed it with WD-40. Basically, I'm guiding it in like what your dad was doing and at the same time pushing with my left hand like what you were doing along the length of the garage door. This pushing and feeding was like 1 inch per minute! I wished I had another person helping but another thing I found that helped was spraying WD-40 onto a towel or paper towel and then wiping it onto the rubber T-track ends as you're feeding the seal into the tracks. it actually sped things up to 2-inches per minute! Took me over 2 hours to do this. Finally, once I got it in, I thought I can fold the ends in like I did with the old one. Nope, this rubber seal is way too thick even if you cut out the bulb on the inside. I decided to use zip ties on either end by drilling a pilot hole through the back side to the front side just above the bulb that sits on the inside. Fish the zip tie through and secure. I don't tighten the zip ties at all so that either end will be loose enough to maintain the U-shape.
Anyway, after doing the installation and I'm all proud and all, I close the garage door only to find that the threshold from the compression of the seal re-opened the garage door once the seal hit the concrete. I adjusted the gap so that the garage door doesn't bounce back up. However, what I noticed is that the seal, because of it's thickness and having that bulb inside, is no longer as flexible as those thinner seals. Therefore, the gap from the garage floor to the aluminum track bottom is now anywhere between 1-1/8" to 1.5". Second thing I noticed is the top panel gets pushed against a center ledge once the door is completely "closed" but it is not. Since the bottom is raised about an inch to 3/4" due to the seal not compressing as much, the top is also raised by the same height. My top is not completely closed since there is now an inch gap where the door is actually slanted inwards after the garage door motor track tries to push against the door's top side. I think this seal is too thick and the Chamberlain garage motor thinks the door is hitting something at the bottom as the seal is trying to compress. I can't get the door to compress another half an inch with this seal. I got it to compress another 1/8" more by adjusting the force on the other side of the motor but I didn't want to go any further since my belt track starts to bend upwards to press the door against the top part of the door. The other issue I have with my garage door is that the top is a parabolic curve, which sucks to get the outer trim seal to go flush with the door. I might have to take this bottom seal out and get the traditional bottom seal without the bulb so that the door closes down half an inch further without having to correct a 2x8 board that is sticking out and preventing the door from being flush against the top. The bulb in the seal is a nice idea but the stiffness of the seal makes this installation a nightmare TBH!
Ok, I am now officially overwhelmed and will hire someone.
PRO TIP:
Step 1: Feed the inside track across the length of the door. Its very easy to do just the one rail by yourself. The seal will just hang from that rail with the inner tube facing out
Step 2: Working from one side to the other, slip the back lip of the front rail "T" in the slot. Hold the "T" at an angle to slip it in and hold it in place.
Step 3: Using a PLASTIC screen roller, roll the front lip of the rail "T" in the track. Use the concave side and be firm but careful as not to cut the rubber lip.
Step 4: Trim the ends leaving approximately 1/2" overlap to account for expansion and contraction.
You'll know it is in properly when A) it doesn't fall out and B) slides left and right across the length of the door with minor effort. The rubber will stretch and slack at different points so it's best to work it back and forth as you move across the length of the door.
The whole effort took 15 minutes once I stopped trying to feed both rails at the same time as shown in the video. Your shoulder will thank you by doing it this way. IYKYK
Great video, thank you!....Keep in mind that lithium grease is petroleum based and will break down rubber products. Use silicone lubricant. .(..Same reason you don't want to use petroleum jelly with condoms).
We just did this "repair" last weekend... First thing I wish we would have done is chosen a cooler day. 105 degree weather isn't the best for this task. We were miserable! But we did take your advice and went with the better seal material. We don't want to be doing this again any time soon. It was tough as my husband kept pushing up from the bottom. Once I explained that it needs to be pushed together like a Taco... it was easier. I fed through from the end and had a flat screw driver to fix it when it popped out of the track, Hubs pulled until I said stop, I'd fix the material into the track and we'd feed more though. All in all, it took us a long while but we're happy with the results. Thank you for the honest video.
Picked up the products you listed and did the job. Took two people and followed your tips. Worked perfectly! Thanks!
I swear you have a video for every issue I am rocking with. Always great info! Thank you for your helpful easy-to-use advice and instructions 😊
I’m glad I could be of help! Thank you for the love and support! 🙏🏽😊
Thanks for the video. The lithium grease is the way to go. Also greased the rubber strip before I put it in the track - that helped. Also have someone hold the non-feed end up so that the rubber does not bind.
I used this video as a guide for leading an install on my family's garage door. Thank you for the information and honesty!
Great video! I’m glad to see there’s a better door seal that helps prevent memory. I was going to install a 1” backer rod when I change it but no need to with this one. Thanks from New Orleans 👍🏼🎭👍🏼
Thank you. I think I saved about $200 on what I was quoted buy a company to do it for me. Having a person help push the seal material through was critical. My wife was able to help me. I don't have strong hands so I used groove-joint pliers on the front end to pull it through. I had about 2 feet of extra as most two-car garage rolls are 18 feet. I pulled through about six extra inches and trimmed off any possible damage on the front of the seal material from using the pliers on it. I also had to straighten out bends in track as you did in your video. The set screws were over-tightened which lead to some bending. I didn't see a need to put the set-screws back in as I used a heavy-duty seal that should stay put on its own.
Thanks for such a clear demo. I was looking to see if this is a DIY project I can manage. I’ll get a helper and try this method.
Thank you so much for your video, first one I found here, I need to replace mine way to old and bad quality also, I like the rubber stripping you’ve got, looks strong . I need to check if the track on my door will be same fitting before buying. I thought I could do it myself but looking at your video, sure I will need help . Thanks again for a very well explained steps and info to change the weather stripping in a garage door.
Also, thanks to the added info from all messages here
Great job! Thanks for sharing the video and installation tips!
Just tried to do it myself. Thats why Im here. Learned a lot. Came out good. Got a new subscriber. Was fun to watch. Great video
Great video guys! I have been putting off replacing my garage weather seal. Your video helps a lot. I am a DIY around the house and I will get this seal ordered and get to work! Good presentation and helpfully explained throughout.
Great job by you and your pops, thanks for the video, much appreciated
Good job. Determined team work makes a difference.
Used the exact same product and after cleaning the grooves in the door with a brass wire brush and spraying wd40 in both grooves, my wife and I finished in under 15 minutes. More importantly no yelling or screaming was involved. We found it easier to just push from just the one end (the end you feed from) as you noticed later on in your video (thank you). We cut it afterwards to ensure we did not cut it short. I am thinking of 'filling' in the holes (circles) at each end to prevent water from getting in there.
Nice job. I need to replace my bottom weather strip too...water leak into my garage when it rains. My door is under 10 years old but like you've mention...manufacture used cheap products and it didn't last long. Thanks for sharing
I was going to replace my own seal. Glad I watched this! Need to hire a handyman for this job.
Thanks this was really helpful. I sprayed the old gasket with some silicone spray lube and it made the removal much easier. It took me longer to identify what type of gasket I needed then to actually replace it.
WOW! I can't believe how cheap this thing is. I will definitely be getting a couple of these for my garage doors. I really do appreciate the video, I've had this on the list of things to do for the garageominium build and was pleased to see this video.
Nice job fellas! Your dad was very patient.
Thank you Marlon! Love my Dad and doing these father and son projects together 😊🙏🏽
Excellent installation video!
My parent's garage - it must be 17 years old - and the garage motor repair guy said all the stripping should be done as it "well shrunk" from the edges. Great tips, and the better edging style; would not have known to ask about that.
I just ordered this seal and this is exactly the video I needed thanks
I’m glad I could be of help 👍🏽🙏🏽😊
Thanks man! I also found lubing the tracks to be the best.
I have been dreading this. Totally agree with the new product being better. Thanks
Thanks! Some other tips I picked up from the comments here and on other vids: The vertical tracks on both sides of the door made it very hard to feed in the rubber, so I took them off. This made it easier to access the track because I could tilt the bottom door panel inward. Even after cleaning and lubing the tracks and the rubber, I couldn't pull it through, so I put one track in place easily. Then used a screen roller to push in the other track. Still took time and elbow grease, but it worked. Also noticed that my garage floor is no longer flat due to house settling, but hoping the rubber will conform.
Thank you for covering this topic.
It was my pleasure Lee! Thank you for watching! 🙏🏽😊
great video, very informative. Thanks!
Wow, thank you for showing us how the job could be done and the materials.
My pleasure!🙏🏽😊
Nice. We got the same one and found it to be more difficult than others had claimed. We thought we were doing something wrong, but it's just a matter of a little more effort. Thank you
Same
Thanks for the great video. I will be doing this soon.
Use a box cutter and slice the old rubber track in the middle from end to end will make it a lot easier to remove it.
Your comment helped me so much!!! My old rubber seal was stuck on by rust/corrosion. It wouldn’t slide out whatsoever!
@@blumby4883 Nice! I replaced mine last week too.
Do you mean basically separating the old rubber piece into 2?
@@gregz1235 YES! Run a box cutter in the middle from left to right. Also make sure you grease the tracks before sliding in the new one. Good luck!
Your a lifesaver
Great video. Thank you!
Awesome thank you so much. Exactly what I was looking for and the links really helped!
Thank you so much for showing some struggle, all the other videos I watched glossed right over that and I was frustrated it was such a struggle.
I’m glad I could be of help! 🙏🏽😊
Great job explaining the process. Thank you
Thank you so much! 🙏🏽😊
Thanks. I ordered the same one and will be doing it this weekend.
Thank you! I’m glad I could be of help! 🙏🏽😊
Thanks, always welcome information and great presentation.
Thank you Lisa! Means a lot! 🙏🏽😊
Great video -- reinforces the need for me to hire someone as I can no longer do this myself anymore. We also have insulation weather stripping on both sides of our 2 garage doors, and they need to be replaced as well due to age and weathering.
Steve, who can I hire to instal weather stripping for the sides and bottom seal. Handyman or garage guy?
Your videos are top tier my friend. 🔥
Thanks so much for this video. I was looking for this weather strip and could not find it.
Great video. Thanks
Esto es en algún momento que necesito hacer, pero no estoy seguro de cómo. Gracias por esta información y demostración.😊
Great info flow. TY
Thanks for the good info!
Thank you for this video! Just did mine and wow it is even worse doing by yourself.
Nice me and my father in law changed mine last year was definitely 2 person job but we used a wet silicone spray in the garage door groove and a dry silicone spray on the T of the seal so didn’t make slippery when pulled works pretty well
Thank you so much for sharing your experience and the method you and your father in law did! 🙏🏽😊👍🏽
You should crimp the ends of the aluminum track. The rubber seal will shrink over time leaving a gap. when cleaning out the track before installation use a stiff brush and get all the grit out. Dish soap also works as a lubricant. Like a pervious commenter said the T shaped ends can be different sizes making it difficult to install. While the inner tube is helpful, if the opener is adjusted properly not to squish the weather-stripping it is not needed.
THANK YOU!
Excellent video sir. You working with your dad makes me proud of you!!
Thank you so much! Any chance I could spend time with my Dad to get that father and son time is always my favorite! 🙏🏽😊
Great video!
All good, i used channel locks (pliers) to pull my new seal into thru the channel.. i did it myself..feed-pull..feed-pull .. yeah it took longer than two people would.. the seal would bind some when feeding it.. little frustrating but do able..
Great video thanks. I undid the bottom rollers so the bottom panel swung out and away from the side roller channel, easier to do this operation then by yourself.
I thought about that, but the bracket that holds the bottom rollers are attached to cables either side which are under a lot of tension from the springs, not sure how you did that.
@@ernestwilson5591I rolled the door to the top, unloading the springs, the cables should not be taught, then you can do it.
Well I do agree that it is definitely not as easy as you think! Removing the old weatherstrip was the hardest part, I didn't have to deal with the corners of the channel pinched together but for some reason whoever installed the weather strip they ran sheet metal screws through each end of the strip which were not not visible. I couldn't figure out why I could not get this to slide out. I finally took a utilty knife and started to cut it out then saw the screws on either end. I'm not sure now why I did this but I took the track off to clean it out which did help a lot with installing the new weatherstrip. I had a can of spay silicone lubricant which I sprayed both ends of the channel with, as soon as my wife came home I had her help me pull this through the track while I lined it up and fed it through. I had a little over 1.5 hours removing cleaning and reinstalling the track and about 45 minutes with my wife helping putting the weather strip back. The job did turn out fine, it was my first time maybe if I had done one or two before it might have gone easier.
Fantastic. Great tips👍
Thank you! 🙏🏽👍🏽😊
Great video very helpful, I'm going to replace my garage door seal.
I’m glad I could be of help! You got this! 👍🏽😊
Thank you for the very informative video!
I’m glad I could be of help! 🙏🏽😊
Another awesome video!
Thank you so much Tammy! 🙏🏽😊
Sweet, thanks for video and link
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You are most welcome! 🙏🏽😊
I just ordered mine Unfortunately, I gotta do it myself. Good job guys.
You got this my friend! Just take your time and use the grease to make it a little easier, I did mine too myself and it wasn’t as much longer, but it was worth it in the end 👍🏽🙏🏽😊
Thank You!
I also wanted to seal the sides and the top of the door, as I am wishing to convert the garage to an art studio for my wife. I am from Australia, so we don't have the extreme cold weather you have in the USA, but dust, leaves and insects are a problem.
This was very helpful.
I’m glad I could be of help! 🙏🏽😊 thank you for watching!
Thanks man, this is really helpful.
I’m glad I could be of help! 👍🏽🙏🏽😊
I guess it would help if you lubricate the rubber edges before you insert it into the channels. Even watering them might make the job easier.
Thank you for all your videos.
Use Windex to spray in the two channels...works great with no harm to the seal.
Awesome ! thanks man.
I’m glad I could be of help! 🙏🏽😊
I need a new seal. I used your link to order mine!
Thank you
So I have to do that same job on 2, 9' doors, thanks for showing me a few tips.
I’m glad I could be of help Rob! Wish you the best on your project! 👍🏽🙏🏽😊
Any plans to do a video about garage door insulation types?
Well played
Good job. I have to replace the weather stripping on my garage door. How about a video on installing the insulation on the inside of the garage door like on your fathers door.
We replaced ours a few years ago. Unfortunately our garage had 2x8 studs on both sides if the garage door track. No way to feed it so we removed the first rollers so the first garage door panel could be moved clearing the studs. You advice on spending time on cleaning and repair of the bottom track was very important. Lots of White lithium grease too.
Thank so much for sharing your experience and obstacles you overcame on the install. So many different scenarios that can happen! Thank you for explaining how you solve your issue! Have a great day! 👍🏽😊🙏🏽
Raise door to where the rollers that’s obstructing or in way of the channel that contains the seal / gasket. Bring the door up to the seal / gasket starts into curved, you’ll see an unobstructed opening to work with.
Place seal / gasket in a bucket of warm water with dish soap submerged enough to cover the gasket 😮 you’ll have a easier time sliding on.
Having a helper makes it easier.
Have fun 😊
thank you
Thanks. Subscribed.
Thank you so much Findlay! Means a lot! 🙏🏽😭
Nice job. Just did my 9’ foot door and it’s not as easy as some guys say.
Glad I watched this. I just assumed the track come off and then screw it back on. 🤷♀️👍
Thanks for saving me a bunch of time. Your mom's slippers are the best. How much does your dad charge? Could use his help.
Great tutorial! Though, I wouldn't use WD-40 as it denatures rubber
Nice You might want to add a protectant before installing soak seal in 303 much easier to install plus will help seal once a year spray down seal CHEERS
Thank you for a great video I like the way you have door height adjusted not going all the way down and crushing the new seal. Also makes me happy seeing you help your father good man !
Thank you so much Johnny! 🙏🏽😊
Thank you for a well explained project--great job!
Thank you so much for watching! 🙏🏽😊
May I suggest that you dust the rubber seal with corn starch. It is very slippery and silky. It will help with moving the seal into place
There is a lot of factors that play into why it wasn't going smoothly. I think the number one factor is the size (thickness) the T is.
I think a simple google search on the manufacturer spec would help with some guidelines.
Other than that, great video! I've learned a couple things.
Hi man
Do you have any ideal about how to fix the damaged garage door bottom section was hit by my car. Much appreciated it
Are they standard size for your every day average garage door from the builder. Thanks
Looked like you sprayed WD-40 in the track channel and not lithium grease ? I used some electrical lube used mainly for pulling electrical wiring through a tight spot over a long distance and it worked really well .
How does this work with automatic garage doors? Will the chains need adjusting? Will the garage door act as though it is hitting something and not close?
It actually was as easy as I thought! I tried to get help based on your video, but it turns out I didn't need it. I think you had a hard time because 1) the tracks were crimped and 2) you didn't spray the lube in the tracks until you'd already started. I was able to get it in by feeding it and pushing it along, pulling it occasionally. Thanks, though, for the great video! I wouldn't have known what to do without it!
I have a grage like this very similar design but it has a slight dent and not the aluminum weather stripping came off. Will something like this work on mine since it is all rubber?