Sealing Swing Open Doors

[red vette mike]

I have 4 door openings on my garage. These are 9x10 and each has a swing out carriage style double door. I think that I can figure out a way to seal (insulate) where the doors **** up to the jams, although any ideas are appreciated. I especially need some help as regards sealing off the bottom of the doors. Should I try to buy some sort of seal that is screwed, nailed or glued to the concrete and the doors seal off against it? Or should I try to put some sort of sealing element onto the bottom of each door? Each door swings close to the level of the concrete floor.
Also, should I try to seal off where these doors meet each other in the middle? Thanks for any ideas.

 

[chaingang]

I would get a McMaster Carr catalog (also on-line) and look for the extruded rubber seals. They can be had in alot of different shapes and continuous lengths of probably 100ft or more. I will be trying to accomplish the same thing when I get to that point as I want swing open doors for my 9x10 openings. Don't want tracks across the ceiling and prefer the look of carriage doors.
Love to see some pics of the front of your garage.

 

[Pops]

I started buying the materials to convert my slab overhead door to swing open doors. I've been thinking about the sealing issue as well. I'll be watching this thread...

J.

 

[red vette mike]

I started buying the materials to convert my slab overhead door to swing open doors. I've been thinking about the sealing issue as well. I'll be watching this thread...

J.

Pops and Chaingang: Go to the 'Garage Gallery' section on this site and scroll down to a title that says 'Garage Construction-Start To Finish (pics)'. That is my garage addition and has some photos of the carriage house type doors. I have more pictures of these doors that I need to post. Thanks for the responses.
Mike

 

[red vette mike]

I have 4 door openings on my garage. These are 9x10 and each has a swing out carriage style double door. I think that I can figure out a way to seal (insulate) where the doors **** up to the jams, although any ideas are appreciated. I especially need some help as regards sealing off the bottom of the doors. Should I try to buy some sort of seal that is screwed, nailed or glued to the concrete and the doors seal off against it? Or should I try to put some sort of sealing element onto the bottom of each door? Each door swings close to the level of the concrete floor.
Also, should I try to seal off where these doors meet each other in the middle? Thanks for any ideas.

I have started on this process. I bought some 1x2's at Lowes and will nail them to the jam so that the door presses lightly against the 1x2 when closed. I bought some white extruded, nail-on insulation (comes in a roll) that should seal the point where door meets 1x2. This little job is going pretty fast. I will still have to caulk and paint. The solution to sealing the bottom of the doors has not been found yet.
I am also installing the windows in these doors. They are 18x36. A local glass co made them up for me. They are double pane, about an inch thick (and they will cut you if don't watch it!) I am using some 1x1 pressure treated wood that I ripped for the molding. These require a 3/8 inch spacer in the bottom of the window frame. I will take some pictures of all of this and post.
Mike

 

[RonBou]

Follow the link for threshold sealer. I bought 2 of these 3 years ago and they work great.

http://www.jnkproducts.com/storm-sh...rce=overture&ovmkt=3B4BNEUDB4MMJOR7NDTVHIMGUC

 

[red vette mike]

Follow the link for threshold sealer. I bought 2 of these 3 years ago and they work great.

http://www.jnkproducts.com/storm-sh...rce=overture&ovmkt=3B4BNEUDB4MMJOR7NDTVHIMGUC

RonBou: Those look like what I need. I am going to get one to try out before buying the four 10 footers that I need for the opennings.
Thanks for the tip.
Mike

 

[RonBou]

That's what I did. Did one opening and 2 months later did the other one. Secret is to be very carefull not to miss any spots with the adhesive so a driving rain doesn't manage to sneak under the threshold.

R.