Why Is The Rubber Seal At The Bottom Of My Garage Door Important?

Eco Garage Doors Austin, TX - Podcast

"It helps keep the weather and elements outside of your garage on a rainy day keeps insects out protects that bottom panel from just rusting if it's just hitting the concrete like that also helps ensures your door is closing properly." - Alex Dalton

How is the rubber seal at the bottom of your garage door? This is an important piece of the overall garage door system. It keeps the pests out, it keeps the weather out, and it protects the integrity of the entire garage door.

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Podcast Episode Transcription:

It helps keep the weather and elements outside of your garage on a rainy day keeps insects out protects that bottom panel from just rusting if it's just hitting the concrete like that also helps ensures your door is closing properly. This is the check a pro radio show check a pro Joe has assembled a team of pre-qualified home service contractors to bring you the latest in services products and techniques now here's your host the man with a hard hat and tool belt check a pro Joe the garage door is something we use on a regular basis many of us use it as our front door we park our cars in there if we're not using it for storage which many people do this question comes up a lot though is the rubber weather seal at the bottom of my garage door important and it's kind of interesting if you think well what does it matter it's just that the bottom and when the garage door closes there's not that much of a gap I've asked an exploding garage doors Alex Dalton to join me here on the program he's with eco garage door service in Austin TX hi Alex how are you I'm doing great how are you doing I'm fantastic so the question of the day is is the rubber weather seal at the bottom of the garage door important yeah absolutely it is I'll just keep the weather elements outside of your garage on a rainy day and it keeps insects out protects that bottom panel from just rusting if it's just sitting the concrete like that I'm also health insurers your door is closing properly and you have a nice tight seal to keep all those off and inside things like that it's very important you know much like you might have a weather seal on your door to your house or maybe on windows and so forth it's important because it does keep the elements out and keep insects out and actually if you have a big enough gap snakes and rodents will come in yeah absolutely they will I've had a customer send me a picture of a snake in their book in their garage actually one time odd because they had a little piece of their water seal torn off on the side of the garage and that's how it got in there and it's a big problem especially here in Texas and I'll tell you that's going to be like one of the least expensive things to get repaired on a garage door is the seal and honestly I'm a little picky if it's either damaged or missing that would drive me crazy because it's supposed to be there right exactly yes exactly should be there OK so it is important to have the rubber weather seal at the bottom of your garage door For more information contact Alex Dalton at eco garage door service in Austin TX all of this contact information is located here in the description of this podcast thanks Alex thank you check a pro is your local source for pre-qualified contractors stay tuned for more of the Check A Pro radio show.