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Brian G

wrote:
Hi further to my last post, I'm still a little perplexed by the seal
on my new upvc doors. The outside one just does not compress at all..
now could this be a design feature so that as the internal one beds
in the external one starts to take up the slack ? They dont seem to
be letting in any draughts but the external seal has a clear gap (
fraction of a mm ) when I shine a torch at it. Can someone else go
and have a look at their doors to see if they are the same ? Have I
just got doors with rubbish seals on them ? maybe I'll give the
installers a bell and ask them if it's normal oo er.. worried now !

Try this trick to see if the seals are actually 'touching' - take a strip of
newspaper around 50 - 100mm wide and open the door. Place the strip of
paper between the seal and the door and then close the door and 'drag' the
paper out. If you cannot easily do that - or there is a slight resistance
to the pull as it comes out then the seals are working as they should.

If there is absolutely no resistance, then the seals are not working - armed
with this fact, its time to complain to the installers.