To replace a damaged exterior door threshold, follow these steps:
- Open the door and use an old chisel or screwdriver to pry out the splines that hold the gasket in place.
- Take the old gasket to a home improvement center or hardware store and buy an exact replacement.
- Cut the rubber seal to length with a utility knife and insert it into the grooves in the threshold.
- Check the threshold fit by closing the door and checking if the threshold fits snugly against the bottom of the door.
A template is essential for getting an exact fit on a new threshold. Use expanding polyurethane sealant under the threshold for insulation and adhesion. Secure the threshold with shims by inserting shims between the door bottom and the top of the threshold to hold it in place.
The task involves removing the old seal, cleaning the area, measuring and cutting the new seal, and installing it. The best type of seal depends on the specific needs of the door.
In summary, replacing a damaged exterior door threshold is crucial for safety and aesthetics. To ensure a snug fit, use a template, apply sealant, and secure the threshold with shims.
📹 Threshold doorway rubber seal install
Hey guys hope you’re having a good day today wanted to do a quick video on replacing the rubber trim in a threshold aluminum …
📹 Door Threshold Rubber Seal Installation
This is the easiest way to install your replacement rubber insert for your door threshold.
1) Measure your door and buy these at any home improvement store. Bonus points if you remembered to bring your old one to check for compatibility. Put a little dirt on it, because you’re paranoid you’ll be suspected of shoplifting. 2) Remove the old one by prying under the rounded edge with a screwdriver, or just cut it down the center with a razorblade if you’re feeling confident. 3) Go get something to kneel on, you’ll need it. For your cartilage mainly, but you might want to start with a prayer. 4) While you’re at it, grab windex, silicone spray, dish soap, or anything that doesn’t eat rubber. 5) A rubber mallet doesn’t hurt, unless you’re like me and managed to hit your thumb. 6) Blow, sweep or vacuum the threshold out and check that the screws that hold it in place are stable and down below foot-level so they don’t tear up the new rubber. 7) Start at one end of the track and the far side, away from you. Work in only that side by laying it away from you, rolling it to vertical. Push in from left to right, holding your progress pressure with one hand. Or get help to hold it down, preferably from a friend with a solid blue-collar name like Jack or Tammy. 8) Rotate the front all the way forward and make sure the whole rear side seated. 9) Do what is shown in the article for the second side, go grab the rolling pin as necessary. Just don’t tell her it was on the floor, it’s fine. 10) Stamp it down and kick it for good measure. 11) Attempt to close the door and realize that the dang part is too tall.
I sprayed a little rem oil (used on guns) down in each trough. Then I pushed both sides of the seal in as best I could, then took a hammer and “tapped” along and the top of the strip and it slowly worked it’s way in. I saw another article where the guy used Windex, but I thought a light oil (not WD40) would do the trick. Once I figured it out, it took me maybe 5 minutes. It took about an hour to figure it out.
Thank you for your article. I found these steps helpful, too: Remove the aluminum threshold and clean the dirt out thoroughly with Dawn dishwashing detergent. This clears the websites and makes the rubber easier to insert Over the years, the threshold gets stepped on and flattened. Bend it back a bit with two sets of pliers. This opens up the websites. Insert the new rubber material down one website of the threshold before reattaching the aluminum threshold. Now you only need to push in one side. Screw in the threshold and push down the other side of the rubber.
This is essentially what I was doing, but it would not lie flat and kept the door from closing properly, and when I’d open it it would tear out the strip. In frustration, I pounded on it with my fist, and it flattened it out. A couple good taps with a mallet and she’s good to go. Hope that helps someone some day.
I had a really tough time getting it to slip in the grooves. I ended up having success following the article and some of the additional comments here. I cleaned out the track with a vacuum and used dish soap to slip in the 1st website. Then I soaped up the second website and used the butt end of my putty knife wriggling it back and forth very quickly along the top center of the track. I would guide it into the groove with one hand and quickly follow with the putty knife handle. Thank you for the article!
Adam my I make a suggestion. Before you put the rubber in the track that you put Vaseline on the edges of the rubber and in the slots where the rubber is going. Then starting at one end while holding the rubber in place you take a rubber mallard and hit the rubber down . Of course try to miss your fingers.