Help with door seal

[IA Monsterbuck]

I have an issue with water getting into my pole building. The floor isn't exactly level where the garage door seal hits so there are sections where the seal doesn't seal against the floor.

How can I remedy this?

 

[LB-1911]

One possible option

Ultra Rubber Garage Door T-End Tube Bottom Rubber Weather Seal
http://www.northshorecommercialdoor...Wbr1Zi-PoM-z6MXqIXKklwusoW_1D7UaIpRoCHeTw_wcB

 

[pattenp]

Too late now short of cutting the apron, but the floor/apron at the door should have been sloped for the water to run away from the inside.

 

[matt_i]

I have same problem. What I will do someday is snap a chalkline on the inside of the door. Then use hand grinder with segmented wheel and flatten the area where the door gasket sits by 1/8". Some careful work needs to happen with a straightedge at the end to pick out the high spots and address those just like you were scraping a machine way.

Its not as ideal as pre-casting this into the concrete but I believe it will work except for he heaviest wind-driven rain. right now light rains seep in which I think is a product of the internal slope down towards the central floor drain.

 

[David-L]

My father in law had the same issue. He added a glue down garage door threshold that kept the water out.
Like this:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00008WFT7/?tag=atomicindus08-20

 

[Doorguy]

The threshold strips do work. I have installed a number of them. There is also the option of replacing the bottom 2" astragal seal with a 3" seal.

 

[yeldogt]

If it's the water running down the door .. the glue on threshold will work if the floor can be level enough to install. That's why it always best to have the door in-set a bit from the plane of the building or have an small awning/overhang over the door.
If its water running back to the door from the ground out front -- you may have a problem.

I always do my garage floors with a lip -- the door drops down lower than the garage floor. When the door is closed the rubber is now bellow the floor -- this stopes even wind driven rain and also keeps stuff from blowing into the garage.

 

[IA Monsterbuck]

If it's the water running down the door .. the glue on threshold will work if the floor can be level enough to install. That's why it always best to have the door in-set a bit from the plane of the building or have an small awning/overhang over the door.
If its water running back to the door from the ground out front -- you may have a problem.

I always do my garage floors with a lip -- the door drops down lower than the garage floor. When the door is closed the rubber is now bellow the floor -- this stopes even wind driven rain and also keeps stuff from blowing into the garage.

It's not water running downhill to the door. It may be rain hitting the door and running down.

So it sounds like either a bigger bottom seal for the bottom of the door or a threshold strip are the easiest solutions.

 

[IA Monsterbuck]

My father in law had the same issue. He added a glue down garage door threshold that kept the water out.
Like this:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00008WFT7/?tag=atomicindus08-20

How is it holding up after driving over it, etc?

 

[IA Monsterbuck]

One possible option

Ultra Rubber Garage Door T-End Tube Bottom Rubber Weather Seal
http://www.northshorecommercialdoor...Wbr1Zi-PoM-z6MXqIXKklwusoW_1D7UaIpRoCHeTw_wcB

Thank you for this information. I am going to look at the bottom of my door to see what the seal track looks like then give them a call.

 

[PassnThru]

I have same problem. What I will do someday is snap a chalkline on the inside of the door. Then use hand grinder with segmented wheel and flatten the area where the door gasket sits by 1/8". Some careful work needs to happen with a straightedge at the end to pick out the high spots and address those just like you were scraping a machine way.

Its not as ideal as pre-casting this into the concrete but I believe it will work except for he heaviest wind-driven rain. right now light rains seep in which I think is a product of the internal slope down towards the central floor drain.

I have a small roll up door that faces West and had the same issue. Since I was only dealing with a 5 foot wide area I did the grinder with a cup wheel from HF to take out the high spot. Work slowly and recheck with a level often. It's hard to put material back on. I was very conservative about it and so far so good. During a storm with wind driven I'll get some in but not nearly as much as before. During a normal rain all is dry.

 

[southview]

You can buy a rubber garage threshold strip at Harbor Freight. They work great. Had the same problem on an old house garage. I laid a bead of silicone and put it down. No more water.

 

[glentre]

I had the same problem with one of my three brand new doors installed only three weeks ago. While there is a pocket for the door to fit down into and no water can enter because of the step down, there was a crown in the concrete in the middle of the opening which would allow cold air and wind driven snow to get in on either side.

The installers came back and simply removed the bottom door seal and installed a thicker one which compressed more to fill the gap. Took them about ten minutes.

Glen

 

[Falcon67]

Have that issue on one corner of the door - if rain is forecast, I throw down a couple of big fluffy towels on that side and don't worry about it. I have more trouble with wind from the northwest blowing water under the man door past the seal. We're all about wind here LOL. 50+ MPH WNW last Sunday.