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Default How to stop entry door leaks?

"Tony" wrote in message
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benick wrote:
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HerHusband wrote:

In the future, I'm thinking of installing special sill flashing like
www.jambsill.com, but that's of little help with the current doors.

Anthony

I could have used one of those before installing my garage entry door.
Only a problem with wind driven rain, but it only takes a very light
wind.


We have wind driven rain A LOT here on the coast of Maine and even the
cheap doors I bought a Homedepot do not leak even though I don't have
them flashed or the siding on yet...I think you need to talk to a pro and
have him look it over...No offense , but you obviously messed up
something on the install as everyone you did leaks......If it were just
one in a specific location it would be one thing but that is not the
case...


Huh??? Every door I installed leaks? Where did you get your information?
I've only installed one steel entry door in my life. When the wind blows
the rain to the area where the weather striping touches the steel door, it
gets wicked in between the two and flows down and runs both inside and
outside. The door opens into the garage so the water wicked between the
door and the weather stripping is already on the inside part of the jamb.

Now where are all the others I did?




Sorry for the brain fart , I was responding to the OP... Quote from the
OP...

"I have installed several prehung exterior steel entry doors over the last
few years, and virtually all of them have minor leaks somewhere around the
bottom. The first was the entry door to our garage, which has now rotted
and will need replacing this summer. Obviously, I don't want any other
doors to rot like the first one, or worse yet cause structural damage to
the buildings"

End quote....I should have said...To the OP...