Re: Garage Door Seals-Bottom and Sides
If there are door stops to keep your doors from swinging inside past the fully closed position, the vinyl flap door stops I mentioned earlier would also work installed on the inside.
As for the bottom, I think you are on the right track...the best residence door seals consist of several "sweep" fins on the bottom edge of the door, sometimes in conjunction with an adjustable height threshold such that you can adjust the threshold for maximum contact with easy movement and minimum wear.
Probably the most "sweeps" you would be able to install is one on the front surface and one on the rear surface, just barely touching the floor...too much contact, and the doors will be difficult to open. The problem comes if the floor is irregular or not sloped down away from the threshold. Ideally, you would have a raised threshold in the concrete about an inch high and six inches wide under the doors.
BTW, Terry, that garage I mentioned with the dirt floor also had a "lock" for the doors...holes crudely hammered through the corrugated door covering for a heavy chain and padlock (sealing out the weather, insects or rodents was not a priority). You had to lift up the bottom corner of the doors about an inch or two before you could move them. Once a modern car was inside the garage, you would have problems exiting. How far we've come.
If there are door stops to keep your doors from swinging inside past the fully closed position, the vinyl flap door stops I mentioned earlier would also work installed on the inside.
As for the bottom, I think you are on the right track...the best residence door seals consist of several "sweep" fins on the bottom edge of the door, sometimes in conjunction with an adjustable height threshold such that you can adjust the threshold for maximum contact with easy movement and minimum wear.
Probably the most "sweeps" you would be able to install is one on the front surface and one on the rear surface, just barely touching the floor...too much contact, and the doors will be difficult to open. The problem comes if the floor is irregular or not sloped down away from the threshold. Ideally, you would have a raised threshold in the concrete about an inch high and six inches wide under the doors.
BTW, Terry, that garage I mentioned with the dirt floor also had a "lock" for the doors...holes crudely hammered through the corrugated door covering for a heavy chain and padlock (sealing out the weather, insects or rodents was not a priority). You had to lift up the bottom corner of the doors about an inch or two before you could move them. Once a modern car was inside the garage, you would have problems exiting. How far we've come.
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