Threshold Seal

[Vintage Veloce]

I have a level garage floor (by choice) and the driveway doesn't slope down until about 1" away from my roll up door.
In certain conditions, like when the wind blows hard rain against the garage door, I do get some water seepage under the door into the garage.
It looks like I have some tiny gaps under the seal where the floor isn't perfectly flat.
I replaced the seal on the bottom of the door and that seemed to work when the seal was new, but as it flattened out it stopped sealing perfectly.
So...
I have decided to try a threshold seal. I bought this one because it was well reviewed:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07XLFF22J/?tag=atomicindus08-20

I carefully installed it with the high point of the seal (where the yellow line is) about 3/8" inside the door. And I glued it down with two beads of Liquid Nails Fuze*It.
The hardest part was getting it straight... I really didn't want a wavy yellow line on the ground, it would have just annoyed my perfectionist tendencies forever! ;-)

So far it looks good. I can't really image how water could get around it. But we will see when we get a good storm.

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[pmiranda]

Nice find!

 

[Matt M PA]

I did something similar 10 years ago on the three doors of my garage. I had water getting under the door. These have made a huge improvement.

 

[Vintage Veloce]

I have to say, these seals have been working great! No water came in this rainy season and the seals really help reduce dirt and leaves coming in when we open the doors.

 

[m32825]

Thanks for the update, I think you're about to cost me some money...

 

[Vintage Veloce]

I should mention, the last 2 feet of the strip was pretty wrinkled from being rolled up in the packaging. I highly suggest getting a longer strip than needed so you can just throw away that wrinkled section.

 

[four.cycle]

Looks like the same stuff that girlfriend installed in her garage on January 13th.
Her garage door faces southwest, which is where the predominant winds come from during the winter. She had water all over the garage floor prior to her installing this strip, which she did herself. She used the bricks to deal with the wibble-wobble of the yellow line and the "crinkly" end of the roll.
Garage floor is now dry even during heavy rains.

 

[nadogail]

Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I will consider it for a rental property.