On Dec 8, 10:47*am, Jim Elbrecht wrote:
On Tue, 8 Dec 2009 07:08:48 -0800 (PST), Mike
wrote:

Hi all. *My garage door is old (maybe 30 years) and probably needs to
be replaced - but not right now. *In the short term, I'm seeking a
little advice from the good folks here. *When the door is closed, the
middle of the door makes good contact with the floor, but I can see
daylight on both ends.

How wide is the door & how much "daylight' can you see?

I bought another rubber strip for the bottom
of the door, cut it into pieces and nailed a few pieces to both ends,
but that didn't really have the desired effect - I can still see
daylight under the ends when the door is closed. *

'rubber'? * * What kind of strips? * A garage door bottom seal should
give you an inch and a half or so of leeway. * If the door is warped
beyond that [or the floor is heaved that much] you have worse things
to correct than seeing a little daylight.

Jim

The door is on a standard 1 car garage. I can see daylight on both
ends for about 20 inches, widest gap between floor and door at the end
and decreasing as it approaches the middle of the door which is
touching the floor properly.

The rubber strips I added initially were just a standard "bottom of
the garage door" thing. They helped a bit, but I can still see light
where the nails are (as the nails push the rubber all the way to the
door).

Oh, I do have more in mind than keeping out the daylight - I killed a
rodent that had made it's way in (presumably) under the door (it's now
getting cold here in the south and the rats are looking for warmth).
I noticed the rat behind a small flat piece of metal that was leaning
against the wall. I kicked the metal which stunned it, the piece of
metal fell flat to the floor and I quickly used my foot to smash the
rat between the metal and the wall. It's tail was wagging wildly for
about 10 seconds. It wasn't a big one, body was about 4-5 inches long
and the tail was probably twice that.

Thanks..

Mike