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I had a new garage door installed several months ago. I notice on extremely windy days, I can see daylight around the sides of the door when I step into the garage. Is this an installation problem and/or is there someway I can insulate the gaps?
Stinky The Clown
(68,445 posts)If that's the case, I'd call it an installation problem.
tech3149
(4,452 posts)Generally a garage door needs a fairly open track to move freely. My last place was a townhouse with attached garage. I had the same problem as you. It was irritating because I used the garage as a workshop. My solution was to install foam rubber seals around the tracks. Most hardware stores stock different sizes with adhesive backing that only take a few minutes to put up. The stuff is sold as doorway or window seals. The stuff I used was about 1/4" thick and 2" wide. Worked pretty well. I used a little piezo heater during the winter and that $20 cut down the heater operation by half.
I think the foam rubber seals might work. There's too much wiggle room in the tracks. When the wind is strong, it literally blows the door in towards the garage.
I appreciate the help.
madokie
(51,076 posts)when the door is closed. Problem solved. a 7/16 wrench should be all you need, tool wise
Kolesar
(31,182 posts)Note that the brackets that hold the wheels have different standoffs from the surface of the door. The standoff gets bigger with height. The user could adjust them so that they push in more.
:. What Madokie said!
Car windows are like that too.
Gormy Cuss
(30,884 posts)As Stinky wrote above, the install usually includes new door stops on the exterior so that there's sufficient overlap to get a decent seal. When I had my door replaced the worker didn't install the stops and I called the company to complain about the gaps. They sent a worker back to install the stops and the manager apologized because it had been on the original work order.
If the installer is a pain in the neck about it, the foam seals are worth the small investment of time and money.