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You mean mount a brush seal on the top edge of the top section?

After further review... It appears the placement of the weatherstrip is particularly citical because the original installation of the high lift track is not ideal. The horizontal tracks have 15" radius ends and a 6in piece of straight track between between that and the vertical track. But that...

Thank you. And what is the free width of the strip when it's not touching anything? My strip is 3" wide, so if I set it like that it would barely touch the door

That's exactly what I did and apparently I'm a poor judge as to how hard to push it against the door. Ended up too close. I don't want to do trial and error until I get it right.

Well, you need to either draw a pencil line or make a simple gauge block or something like that. The seal strip is much too floppy to stay straight by itself, especially an 18ft piece. That to me is a measurement of one kind or another. Here is a pretty good install video where the guy says he...

I am looking for any MEASURABLE method the pros use to set the strips correctly. Eyeballing it has not worked for me.

Yes, that's what my old one looked like and worked fine. New one looks the same but is too tight. I need a more actionable method than "looks". I don't want to trial and error it too many times. It's a bit awkward at 18ft long. LOL

Jack, the old one on my garage lasted close to 25 years and no issues. It did not expand or contract. I replaced it only because I changed colors. I can't tell you what brand mine was but obviously you just got hold of crappy product. Get some from a garage door installation and service company...

@loganb: Angle is very hard to judge as the flap is flexible and when pressed against the door it is curved and wants to become tangent to the door and the jamb. Some installations I've seen are almost a perfect quarter circle. But 70 degrees sounds like a lot of deflection. I'm pretty sure I...

This question is about the outside weatherstrips. Like these: https://www.homedepot.com/p/M-D-Building-Products-2-5-in-x-7-ft-White-Dual-Vinyl-Top-and-Sides-Garage-Door-Weatherstripping-87684/100353490 Is there a generally accepted "best practice" way to position it with respect to the door...

Thank you. Absolutely correct. I wasn't completely following you until I called Clopay and spoke at length with a knowledgeable tech. Finally got the real story of how this works. To put it simply, all the plumb and level and square stuff is necessary for optimum operation but does NOT keep the...

I did? That's news to me, LOL. Yes I do have a laser and one horizontal track is about half inch higher than the other. Both are dead level over their length. Is this what you mean by "higher at the arc"?

With all due respect, that sounds good in theory but doesn't work in practice. Yes my tracks are very slightly out of plumb "funneling" down and the door is off center. The rollers, even if they were constrained to running tightly in the track (which they are not, they are quite loose in the...

Ok, so you pushed it over and it stayed there? What's to keep it in the new position?

Can one of the experts here tell me how to center (side to side) a garage door? Background: 18x8 Clopay 5 section residential insulated steel garage door, installed roughly 20 years ago. Works fine and had a local company adjust the springs recently. The door is off center, spring adjustment...