landroversforever Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Having been up the workshop painting today I've noticed a little problem with water. It was absolutely lashing down and the water was coming in a little at one point of the door. Where the roller door comes down onto the concrete it's not level and one part is probably ~1.5" lower. Has anyone got any ides for some kind of seal? I've not found anything yet in my searches. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 a big diameter P seal ot a rubber strip or some thick waterproof foam sheet attached to the door bottom lip would do the job. Wickes do this http://www.wickes.co.uk/garage-door-seal-2134mm/invt/161200/ more ideas on ebay http://www.ebay.co.uk/bhp/garage-door-seal http://www.weatherstop.co.uk/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogMonster Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Roller doors are all useless when it rains, if there is any kind of wind blowing against them. The only real solution is to make the concrete floor with a lowered lip at the edge for the door to drop into, but that isn't much help if you already have it. I've got vague plans to make a Z shaped bit of steel that is riveted to the door skirt and sticks out past the edge of the concrete and drops an inch or so down over it - that way most of the water will run down the door, out over the bit of steel and off the edge of the slab. It will still get in the corners, but at least it won't flood my garage. That or build the garage on a slope so the water runs back out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddy Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 If you can find a long length of rubber pipe you can rivet or glue it along the bottom and it will squish to make a seal, that's basivly all the new sectional doors at work have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverik Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 The roller door at the MR garage has got a wide strip of soft thick closed cell foam stuck to the bottom, that seems to keep the weather out pretty well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Domestic pipe insulation stick in place with duct tape Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 I made a small (2" tall) ramp from concrete with a gulley along the middle for the door to sit in, it does gather water & crud over time but stops it coming in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MECCANO Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 http://www.weatherstop.co.uk/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbeaumont Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 http://www.weatherstop.co.uk/ That looks very similar to what I cooked up using some old cable floor ducting (no idea what the proper name for it is - the rubber 'ramps' that are used to run cables across office floors and the like without creating a trip hazard. I scrounged some for the garage two houses back, which had been built with rather generous clearance at the bottom of the door (leaves and rubbish blowing in was more of an issue than water - big drifts of them), and it migrated to the garage after that. Worked very well, was tough and as it wasn't bolted down it could be easily moved out of the way if necessary (for instance to drag something without wheels in or out). I think I'd always want something like this now, even if there weren't problems with water or litter ingress as it also cuts the draughts down dramatically - makes the garage a much nicer place to work in the winter, and a lot easier to keep clean when painting and the like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L19MUD Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 For my workshop I fixed some wide flat bar approx 6mm thick to the floor just behind the door, sealed down with silicone Easily driven over without noticing and stops the water blowing in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogMonster Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 I did something similar with my old garage - a piece of 1x6" timber sealed and siliconed to the floor just inside the door, so that the door came down immediately in front of it. Diverts most of the water, I suppose it would divert leaves and rubbish but since we don't have any trees I'm not sure!! I've also been looking recently at the brushes that are made to stop drafts/rain coming in around the sides of the door and the gap along the top - anybody got any views on how effective these are? I find in the winter that if there is very fine powdery snow around on a windy day, it blows up through the gap where the "roll" is along the top, and have been pondering what to do about this but a brush seal seems like the best idea. It isn't a big problem as we don't get a lot of snow, but it happens, and with 240V electrics on the inside of the door, I'm not keen on it getting damp! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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