help! draughty door!

ronaldmacdonald

We have got an internal garage with a door leading to the house. The garage door itself is one of those electric roller types that has huge gaps at the side where the garage door frame attaches to the brickwork, and also between each of the corrugated sections of the door itself - so basically not really wind proof.

The internal door leading to the house does not fit flushly so the wind howls through the garage's roller door and then straight under/around the garages internal door to the house :eek:

What can I use to provide a better air seal around the internal door (don't think there is anything that can be done about the design of the roller door). The sticky back foam seal is cr*p, is there anything better than this?

Ronald

NastyMatt

I personally would not want my garage fully draft excluded. Why? Put your car away when it's wet and it will stay wet, you will need some gaps for the water to evaporate.

And when you have an Italian car like me you'll understand why you don't want water sitting on your car!!

I'd sort the internal door if I was. I know this is not the answer you were looking!!

ronaldmacdonald

NastyMatt wrote:

I personally would not want my garage fully draft excluded. Why? Put your car away when it's wet and it will stay wet, you will need some gaps for the water to evaporate.

And when you have an Italian car like me you'll understand why you don't want water sitting on your car!!

I'd sort the internal door if I was. I know this is not the answer you were looking!!

Funnily enough I don't use the garage for storing the car - its more an extra loft - plus I have a german car and it likes water!

jennifernil

Fit some proper seals/draughtproofing. Take a look at the WINTUN range, we have them on our door to the garage and they are excellent.

coolagarry

I've found that the best seals are the solid plastic ones with the little brushes on that are nailed inside the door. (I've tried to find a picture but I can't) Most of the diy stores have them.

aylesby

I had the same problem.
A white plastic strip with a plastic brush is easy to fit once cut to size and makes a big difference.
From Focus £5 or from B&Q £8. They are in different wrapping but I can not tell them apart,