If you have a garage and you have noticed that it is considerably colder than it usually is, this might be caused by the space beneath the door. The heat from your house can easily escape using this tiny space, but it can also be fixed very easily as well by closing the space. This can be done by using a weather seal and will allow you to reduce your heating bills and have a more comfortable garage.
The process is very easy – even for a person that is not as handy as they would like to be! All you will need is a garage door seal which will usually come with the nails, but if not you can use roofing nails for the same conclusion. Besides the garage door weatherstripping you will also need a tape measure, pencil, and a hammer.
First, you need to make sure that you open your door so that you can reach the bottom of it.
Next, measure the {width breadth} of the door. Usually when you buy a garage door seal you will find that it comes in two sizes; 10 feet or 30 feet. You may need to cut the extra length with scissors, so this is why you need to measure first!
Third, you should remove any previous stripping that the door has along the edges. This can be done by using the end of a hammer to take out nails or by using a screwdriver to take out the screws. Next, you need to measure to the center of the garage door by measuring the width of the door and dividing that number in half.
Make sure you mark the center with your pencil so you do not forget! Then, lie out all the nails so that they are evenly spaced. There really is no need to measure this part, just make sure they are all spaced out equally. Next, lay out the garage door weather stripping along the garage, remember to make sure that you do not cut anything just yet!
Start on the right side of the door and work your way over to that it meets the left side of the door. Then, you can get your scissors out and trim off the extra length. Last, you would place the nails or screws into the garage door. This should allow you to have installed the garage door weather seal so that no more cold air gets into your garage.
