In this blog entry, the professional Charleston garage door installation and Charleston garage door repair team here at A1 Garage Door Repair Charleston will detail the most important things to know about garage weatherstripping installation.
Weathertripping Advantages
Weatherstripping has a wide range of advantages. It can prevent nasty outdoor odors from entering your garage. It prevents outside air from entering your garage – and home in turn. It also helps indoor air stay inside, ensuring that your air conditioning and heating bills stay low. With weatherstripping, heated or cooled air will remain in your property. Weathestripping also prevents insects like ants or roaches from entering your home through unsealed cracks. Weathestripping additionally functions like a sound barrier, drastically reducing the outdoor sounds that enter your home.
What are the best times to install garage weatherstripping?
Keep in mind your climate. We recommend installing weatherstripping in the early Spring and Early Fall, as this time of year has the most comfortable temperatures. We recommend ensuring that weatherstripping is installed in a careful and thorough manner – it’s better to be careful to ensure that there are zero gaps, cracks, or leaks in your garage seal to better keep your energy bills low.
How is garage weatherstripping installed?
First, remove the old weatherstripping with a pair of pillars, from top to the bottom, making sure that the seals don’t get stuck in the garage door crevices. Clean the weathersripping surface area with a vacuum cleaner hose, paying attention to corners and crevices. Then use a paper towel and a damp cloth with rubbing alcohol to loosen and remove extra dirt. Then measure the weatherstripping seal to make sure that you have enough material – use measuring tape. Then apply the weatherstripping to the garage door, and keep in mind that a certain amount of the seal will need to protrude out in order to actually close the gaps when the garage is closed. Then test that the weathertripping works by placing a hand over the weatherstripping and see if you can feel any airflow.