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Gormy Cuss

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5. Before you do that, consider contacting the installer.

Reply to Sienna86 (Reply #3)

Sun Dec 18, 2011, 03:27 AM

Dec 2011

As Stinky wrote above, the install usually includes new door stops on the exterior so that there's sufficient overlap to get a decent seal. When I had my door replaced the worker didn't install the stops and I called the company to complain about the gaps. They sent a worker back to install the stops and the manager apologized because it had been on the original work order.

If the installer is a pain in the neck about it, the foam seals are worth the small investment of time and money.

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Gap around garage door [View all] Sienna86 Dec 2011 OP

Is the gap between the door and the (presumably new) door stops? Stinky The Clown Dec 2011 #1

You didn't specify what sort of home this is tech3149 Dec 2011 #2

Thanks Sienna86 Dec 2011 #3

Adjust the brackets that hold the door so the door is held tight against the door stop madokie Dec 2011 #4

Garage doors are designed so that they push into the seals as they finally set down to the floor Kolesar Dec 2011 #6

Before you do that, consider contacting the installer. Gormy Cuss Dec 2011 #5