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? on side slide gargage door

edwardh1 | Posted in General Discussion on December 14, 2006 10:09am

I have seen side sliding garage doors, they roll on a rail at the top.

How do they seal the garage door opening? and how well?

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  1. woodway | Dec 14, 2006 10:16pm | #1

    Seal it from what?

    1. edwardh1 | Dec 15, 2006 01:59am | #2

      outside air.regular up and down doors unsually have vinyl strips around the edges

    2. calvin | Dec 15, 2006 02:27am | #3

      Generally the seal on barn style sliders isn't good except to keep out large vermin.  They are usually "hooked" at each end to pull the door to the garage.  You might be able to use the same garage door weather strip.   There is however a slider (I think still available) that has a track, both top and bottom that pulls the door in on the final couple inches.  This could be weather stripped pretty well. 

      Then again, not familiar with commercial garage door companies offers in this area.A great place for Information, Comraderie, and a sucker punch.

      Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.

      http://www.quittintime.com/

       

      1. woodway | Dec 15, 2006 03:55am | #4

        That was essentially what I was thinking too. The one's I've had experience with will keep most people and dogs out but the HAWK still has more than enough room to get in at will.

  2. r | Dec 15, 2006 05:55am | #5

    I hope more people chime in, cause I want one, too.  I put a very wide door opening on my under-construction-for-two-years-now workshop so I could drive the riding lawnmower in and out with the bagging attachment on.  The wind would catch a regular hinged door that big and blow it into the next county.

    Norm has the door we want on his New Yankee Workshop;  I'm going to look at the TOH website to see if it has any info.

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      PearceServices | Dec 15, 2006 12:40pm | #6

      For sliding doors, Bristle seals work much better than vinyl. See http://www.Sealeze.com. For some reason, rodents will not go through the bristle either, I guess the theory is that the ends of the bristles feel like needles to them.   If you create a little pocket for the door to close into you can keep better seal, and better security. also see http://www.farmtek.com for hardware.

      If you "cant" the header, it will allow for the bottom seal to stay off the ground until just before the door closes, increasing the life span of the seal. Notice the retainers on the sealeze website, you should use them, so that when you need to replace a piece of bristle, all you need to do is to pry open the end crimp, slide out the old, slide in the new, and recrimp the end by hitting it with a hammer.

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        BossHog | Dec 15, 2006 07:34pm | #7

        You can buy hooks that pull over center to pull a sliding door tight to the frame, and they seal it up fairly well. Around here they stock 'em at farm supply stores and some lumberyards.The hardest part is the bottom. You can't have the door TOO low, or it will drag on the ground/floor as the seasons change.
        When one teaches, two learn. [Robert Heinlein]

        1. DanH | Dec 15, 2006 07:56pm | #8

          The ideal thing would be to have a deal on the bottom that would press down once the door was closed, both sealing and securing it.
          People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt. --Otto von Bismarck

      2. r | Dec 16, 2006 01:46am | #9

        Thanks for the info, and I will check out those two websites.

        Happy Holidays.

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