New bottom seal too thick?

[Dudleyskitchen]

We live in a rainy climate and the bottom panel of our garage door was in rough shape. I replaced the bottom board and panels. Thankfully the cable hardware is bolted to the vertical boards as well, so I didn't need to mess with any of the dangerous stuff.

The repair looks good and the door works better than it has in a decade. There's just one problem. The new bottom seal is thick and its interfering with the side seals.


Also looks like the top panel isn't able to get fully vertical.



Just looking for ideas, hoping to keep the new bottom seal. The garage is unheated so doesn't need to be perfect.

 

[The Cobbler]

trim what's required . on mine I had to cut the weatherstrip carrier back a bit, I left the seal long .

 

[jack stand]

.... or trim your pretty new bottom style/rail horizontally to allow for full closure.
A little careful trimming might solve the side weather stripping issues.

 

[HalfTonTom]

Looks like you need to raise the house...

 

[CJ7VFR]

.... or trim your pretty new bottom style/rail horizontally to allow for full closure.
A little careful trimming might solve the side weather stripping issues.

I agree with this. If the door closed properly before you put in the new bottom board/style/rail and new bottom seal, then the combination of the new board and the new seal may be too big/wide and now the door does not close all the way.

If you want to check this before you take the new bottom board off and trim it, see if you can remove the new bottom seal from the door. Then manually close the door (disconnect any door opener if you have one) and see if the door will now close all the way and the top of the door closes properly.

This will let you see how much you will need to trim off the bottom of the door before you put the seal back on.

As for the sides, you can also trim back the ends of the bottom seal a bit to allow it to not come in contact with the side seals as others have mentioned. I had to do this with the new bottom seals I put on my two garage doors. They would come in contact with the side seals right near the top like you have shown. Trimming the ends of the rubber seals back about 3/4 of an inch on each side fixed that.

Oh, and you did a nice job on replacing the bottom board and the lower panel too! It looks great. Once you get it sorted out and painted no one will ever know there were rotten boards there.

Jim

 

[no704]

Any vertical adjustment available on your tracking?

 

[engineer2]

My door seal was high when it was new, but over time it flattened out a bit.

 

[jstroede]

This is happening because your bottom bracket is too high up on the door. Roller should be as close to the bottom as possible. As the bottom section starts to turn in the radius, it pushes the bottom of the door out.

You were seriously playing with fire if you replaced all that without removing the spring tension. I'm not sure your method was, and I am not sure I want to.

John

 

[PoorUB]

I agree, the bottom roller is way to high. It needs to be as low as possible.

 

[vwpieces]

Top rollers also need to be lowered to get top panel to set back vertical, against the wall.