Just installed these around my garage door...

[eschoendorff]

If you've seen my garage, you'd know that it is pretty basic and was never really constructed that well (what can I say? It was here when we bought the place... maybe a remodel in a few years). There was a pretty good gap around the garage door - no wonder it is always cold in there! So, I went to home depot and bought some sealing pieces that go around the garage door molding:

You owuld not believe the difference! It is quieter inside and the wind doesn't whip through like it did before. My mother (of all people ) suggessted that I do this.... less than $35 total cost! I don't know why I didn't do this sooner! Come spring, I'll have top paint the screwheads..... (and a whole bunch of other stuff)

 

[TNToy]

That's pretty slick. I'm going to keep an eye out for that stuff on my next trip.

I'm lazy. Would have just spent the extra $$$ on stainless fasteners to avoid painting them all.

 

[Toolmaann]

Did you happen to notice if they had different colored trim?... I have brown trim, and that seems like a real good idea.

 

[Junkman]

I have them around all my garage doors, and the only thing that I don't like about them is that in the summer, the plastic will expand and bulge out between the nails. If I were to do it over, I would use stainless steel screws so I could take it off and trim it after it stretches. I believe that it comes in all the colors that the doors come in. Your install looks top notch..

 

[hitek]

Did you happen to notice if they had different colored trim?... I have brown trim, and that seems like a real good idea.

there is also a brown..pretty sure I bought it at Home Depot before

 

[PAToyota]

Yep, those came with my Wayne Dalton door. Have worked well for about ten or eleven years now.

 

[eschoendorff]

I did not see any brown - in the store. It might be available by special order. I looked all over for white exterior screws... I was gonna go with SS, but since I will just be painting over them anyway, so I went with galvanized.

 

[bmwpower]

I have the same trim. I didn't know they had it at Home Depot. Mine are put in with white trim nails. Same nails you use to install aluminum trim.

BTW, I had my trim installed during cold weather. Big mistake. When it was hot out, the trim buckled like Junkman said.

I had it redone again, this time in the warm weather. Fine now.

 

[D-Cal]

A brown version of that was installed with my doors new.

 

[Finley]

i have the exact same stuff on my garage door...love it! made an amazing difference in the warmth and sound deadening! i think it cost me around 20 bucks total...
the only thing i did different was i trimmed the overlapping piece to clean up the edge, and i used brad nails

 

[volvo]

Takes paint real good , trim and rubber face. I would never paint the sealing side though...H

 

[mjribeiro]

If you go to a real garage door store you can get almost any color of that trim. I used a 'clay' color to match my doors.

 

[Special55]

While we're on the topic of garage door seals

What do you guys prefer for the bottom of the door? When mine was installed the guy cut it about 3 inches too short. Not very effective here in Michigan. Since I will need to replace it anyway I figured I'd see what some of you like.

I have seen the threshold type, the bulb type and the lip type. Any others and what works best for you?

Rich

 

[sndwks]

Those are great, that's one of the first upgrades after buying my home.