I installed a new garage door this summer. Unlike the old one there is a weather seal on the bottom. There is a very slight dip in a 2 foot portion of the floor where the weather strip makes contact that collects water, which freezes and door is stuck. Does anyone know of a product that I can use to…

[image] COROLLAGUY1: Fill up the void with expanding foam then cut it flush with the floor.Won’t be pretty but who knows,it might work! Expanding foam isn’t strong enough to be driving a car over it.

Yeah, I’ve had this problem before as well. When I was able to make a good seal to the floor, it kept the water on one side and was less prone to freezing to the floor. My first place, I sawed a channel as wide as a galvanized pipe I had. Maybe 1.5", was a long time ago. Chiseled that out deep enou…

Have you looked at Garage Door Threshold Kits? Home Depot, Lowes and other hardware stores sell them. I don’t have your problem but I did install two of them because I had a very slight slope on the bottom and the kit takes permanetly care of it.

I have the rubber thresholds on all three of my garage doors. They are high enough to hold the water back so even if it freezes it won’t freeze the door down. [image] image The other thing as long as we are talking car garage doors, I have been very unhappy with the lousy quality of the steel do…

It’s been many years ago so technology may have changed, but I would cut with masonry blade a saw cut around perimeter of affected area about 1" deep. Then chisel out area to 3\4" deep or whatever instructions say. Then thoroughly clean area. No dust. Then apply bonding agent. It was pink back then.…

[image] tcmichnorth: Tomorrow I will see if I can find the right stuff on internet and let you know. Thanks. I think it might be better just to leave it alone. It’s been that way for 20 years.

It just might be loose screws on the hinges.

[image] George_San_Jose1: You folks have any ideas on how to make my garage door into a rectangle again? Heh heh. Haven’t seen one of those in a while. Pics? I guess depending there are several ways the elders used to do it. One of course is adding wood cross bracing on the inside. If yo…

I was thinking of removing it and s quaring it up while it lay on the ground, but the problem is I’d have a tough time getting it back on the hinge & spring hardware. It’s really, really heavy. A spring broke last summer and it was a huge chore even to get the door into it’s “up” position to rep…

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George_San_Jose1 December 5, 2019, 1:37am 18

You folks have any ideas on how to make my garage door into a rectangle again? It’s the one-piece type that swings out, rather than a sectional. Plywood on a 2x4 frame. Aged, it’s sagging at the middle point, the bottom edge is u-shaped, which is preventing the edges from meeting the floor.

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