Best adhesive for attaching rubber seal to garage door floor

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#3203193 4-Mar-2024 22:04

One thing to look out for there is that a lot of the cheap Chinese ones will outgas plasticiser for weeks, months, or possibly years, so check reviews for complaints about them smelling before buying.

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#3203207 5-Mar-2024 02:00

Gordy7:

Following with interest....

I was looking for info on how to fit a door seal and came across a Youtube video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od3GQIfKdyc

The interesting snip I saw was the compressible strip... whereas the Dick Smith is a solid strip...

Well spotted. If it was me, I’d be wary of a solid strip - may not seal at all well if the strip and the bottom of the door are not perfectly parallel.

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#3203213 5-Mar-2024 06:36

Alternately the job of the strip on the floor is to provide a step that stops water and is durable enough to be driven over. The flexible air seal should be on the bottom of the door.

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#3230735 15-May-2024 12:22

An update to this. I installed the floor seal and although not needed and I don't think it added anything but replaced the bottom seal on the door also (bit of a mission as i wasn't able to remove the seal carrier). Just survived its first direct downpour today and pleasingly zero water in the garage. Would recommend the floor seal I used 100% if you have water ingress into your garage. The only thing I did wrong was probably have it a little stretched when I installed it as there has been some minor shrinkage at the far end at the installation. Fortunately behind a flashing still so doesn't impact performance.

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#3230810 15-May-2024 14:40

Bung: This has come up before. It's not the seal but having a dam to stop water. A seal only has to have a slight gap for water to get blown under. Good concrete placers incorporate a step in the doorway.

I still see a few new houses under construction where they fail to install a recess for the garage door. My brothers house the builders failed to install formwork for a garage door recess, so they had to get a concrete grinder in to create one after the pour . Otherwise you are solely relying on a seal on the door which is crazy. Garage door companies usually show the recess for the concrete and dimensions in their installation diagrams.

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#3230814 15-May-2024 14:55

s house the builders failed to install formwork for a garage door recess, so they had to get a concrete grinder in to create one after the pour . Otherwise you are solely relying on a seal on the door which is crazy. Garage door companies usually show the recess for the concrete and dimensions in their installation diagrams.

Yes crazy they don't install a recess in every garage floor poured. You not only get water in the garage, it also (as in my case) is directly adjacent to the wall bottom plates on both sides of the door and gets into them and rots them. Fortunately they weren't as hard to replace as I thought they were going to be.

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#3230837 15-May-2024 16:04

andrew75:

s house the builders failed to install formwork for a garage door recess, so they had to get a concrete grinder in to create one after the pour . Otherwise you are solely relying on a seal on the door which is crazy. Garage door companies usually show the recess for the concrete and dimensions in their installation diagrams.

Yes crazy they don't install a recess in every garage floor poured. You not only get water in the garage, it also (as in my case) is directly adjacent to the wall bottom plates on both sides of the door and gets into them and rots them. Fortunately they weren't as hard to replace as I thought they were going to be.

This thread from last year was a good example of the floor not being properly prepared for a garage door.

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