Garage Door Seal Types

A garage door seal also known as weatherstripping or astragal is a type of sealing mechanism that closes the gap between the ground and the garage door.

Garage door seal types. Tall barrier to the garage floor. Also used in single channel retainers the j type creates two letter j s on both sides when the door is closed. The garage door threshold seal creates a tight seal for your garage door which will keep leaves dirt water and snow from being blown under the garage door by the wind. The garage door bottom seal or door sweep is a long strip of rubber or vinyl that attaches to the bottom edge of the garage door.

We carry a complete line of garage door bottom seal materials garage door bottom seal kits which includes everything you need to replace the bottom of the garage door including channels rubber seal and fasteners. Garage door bottom seal for wood doors. The flexible material compresses when the door closes sealing the gap along the floor to keep out water dirt cold breezes and critters. In stock custom cut sold by the foot.

Aluminum retainer and epdm rubber seal for 2 car garage model a13xt 18 a 2. It is used with single channel retainers and is pretty similar to the j type seal. If you look carefully you can find the sealing on all four sides of the door along the edges. Simple enough the t type seal is an inverted t.

There are four main types of garage door bottom seals.