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pinballlooking 01-21-14 04:48 PM

Door gasket / seal review
 
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I bought 5 new door seals at home depot “Frost King E/O 1 in. x 7 ft. White Vinyl Clad Foam Kerf Door Seal”
Frost King E/O 1 in. x 7 ft. White Vinyl Clad Foam Kerf Door Seal-DS7W/25 at The Home Depot

This is did not work well at all it is better than what I had but not very thick or wide enough.

I went to Lowes and bought 1 “M-D Building Products 1-in x 6-ft 9-in White Vinyl Clad Foam Door Weatherstrip”
Shop M-D Building Products 1-in x 6-ft 9-in White Vinyl Clad Foam Door Weatherstrip at Lowes.com
This is good stuff ¼ “ wider than the other stuff even know the same size is stated.

It is also thicker. I will be replacing all the ones I bought from home depot with this product.


In the pictures first one the top one is from Lowes (M-D Building Products ) the second picture the one the top one is from home depot (Frost King).

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Minimac 01-22-14 07:56 AM

It's too bad you have to do it twice, but thanks for sharing.

Daox 01-22-14 08:36 AM

Something that has been suggested here before is magnetic door seals similar to what your fridge door has. It almost guarantees a good seal.

pinballlooking 01-22-14 10:28 AM

I usually buy stuff at Lowes first because I get a 5% discount but Home Depot had magnetic door seals and Lowes did have them. When I got there they had some but they were in terrible shape. They really were not usable so I bought the Frost King seals.


The M-D Building Products ones are sealing well it was windy yesterday and I had air coming through the door until I put in the new seal and it did a good job.


If you have steel doors it probably is hard to beat magnetic door seals. Does anybody have a good brand they recommend?

Daox 01-22-14 10:37 AM

BTW, thanks for post this! It reminded me that I could definitely benefit by replacing mine. Mine are kind of crushed, non-magnetic ones. I'll have to do a review of what I find at the store.

RobbMeeX 01-22-14 04:20 PM

Please do, I'm going to add this to my Reno thread.

warmwxrules 01-27-14 09:44 PM

I tried using some of that tape backed epdm sealing on a garage door. Horrible. The stuff just falls off when it gets cold. I guess i should have known better. I'll be interested in any other thoughts, comments, reviews because I have a few doors that need some help. I also still have a slider that is covered in poly (non useable) because it leaks air so bad.

lt190b 01-28-14 09:29 AM

MD building products has (or had) a door seal called jamb up weather strip kit. In the past I have used these on wood jamb exterior doors. They worked well.

pinballlooking 01-28-14 09:35 AM

I just bought M-D Building Products 01610 Beige Magnetic Weather Stripping For Steel Doors –
M-D Building Products 01610 Beige Magnetic Weather Stripping For Steel Doors #0029926 at HardwareAndTools.com

Hopefully this weekend I will be installing them and I will post pictures and a review.
One big issue is some of my doors closer at the top than the bottom and the bottom is too far for the seal to work.

Wanna Beco 05-16-20 11:38 AM

Any updates? After 6 years?? LOL Asking because I am tacking this now. Never even new magnetic was possible. What magnets are used on the door?


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