We have a wood panel overhead garage door that is letting in a lot of
cold air.

There is enough front-back give in the tracks that the garage door is
not held tightly against the frame -- so much so that you can see
daylight coming through.

I can manually and temporarily reduce the air leakage by pushing the
door back against the tracks.

What is the best way to fix this?

blueman wrote:
We have a wood panel overhead garage door that is letting in a lot of
cold air.

There is enough front-back give in the tracks that the garage door is
not held tightly against the frame -- so much so that you can see
daylight coming through.

I can manually and temporarily reduce the air leakage by pushing the
door back against the tracks.

What is the best way to fix this?

You can usually rig up some sort of rubber gasket (lots of them out there for
just this purpose) that will significantly reduce air infiltration.

There is a wood trim that has a built in rubber strip thats easy to install.
Most garage door retailers sell this trim It may be available at the local
lumber yard.

Tom


"Andy Hill" wrote in message
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blueman wrote:
We have a wood panel overhead garage door that is letting in a lot of
cold air.

There is enough front-back give in the tracks that the garage door is
not held tightly against the frame -- so much so that you can see
daylight coming through.

I can manually and temporarily reduce the air leakage by pushing the
door back against the tracks.

What is the best way to fix this?

You can usually rig up some sort of rubber gasket (lots of them out there
for
just this purpose) that will significantly reduce air infiltration.

"blueman" wrote in message
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Hiya Jeff.....


We have a wood panel overhead garage door that is letting in a lot of
cold air.


Probly no big deal........why (pray tell) are you heating your dammned
garage ???


There is enough front-back give in the tracks that the garage door is
not held tightly against the frame -- so much so that you can see
daylight coming through.


So the door opens smoothly, we can then ASSume ???


I can manually and temporarily reduce the air leakage by pushing the
door back against the tracks.


Eventually, you should probably seek more gainfull employment, I doubt it is
a worthwhile investment of time as opposed to your regular job....


What is the best way to fix this?


Exactly what is broken ???

--

SVL

"blueman" wrote in message
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We have a wood panel overhead garage door that is letting in a lot of
cold air.


Okay...I need to be straight up........it's always the best policy.......

....SO...

Here's a glimpse of a clew for Jeffy--hopefully he might think outa his box
for ONCE in his lifetime...

I doubt it--but here goes...and it's in all sincerity.....though he will
likely see it differently....

Jeff,

What you are feeling here is "hot air escaping"--its _NOT _"cold air getting
in".......

Try thinking outside of your own little box just for once, my
friend....perhaps even do a cursory study of thermodynamics if it's
something that interests you.....

Or just go ahead and seal the damned door if you are concerned with heat
loss through it.

HTH

--

SVL

"PrecisionMachinisT" wrote in message

Probly no big deal........why (pray tell) are you heating your dammned
garage ???

Many of us heat our garages at times. Mine is used for my wood shop. In my
case, it is onl heated when I'm working out there.



What is the best way to fix this?


Exactly what is broken ???

There is an air gap that has to be sealed from what was stated. There are
weatherstrippings that will seal it pretty well.

"PrecisionMachinisT" wrote in message

What you are feeling here is "hot air escaping"--its _NOT _"cold air
getting
in".......

Try thinking outside of your own little box just for once, my
friend....perhaps even do a cursory study of thermodynamics if it's
something that interests you.....

Actually Mr. Precision, both are happening. In the case of a large air gap,
the outside wind will easily infiltrate. This will, of course, force air to
leave by another port.

You can have heat loss through radiation and have no air exchange. You
cannot have air infiltration and now have air escaping in equal volume.

"Edwin Pawlowski" wrote in message
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"PrecisionMachinisT" wrote in message

What you are feeling here is "hot air escaping"--its _NOT _"cold air
getting
in".......

Try thinking outside of your own little box just for once, my
friend....perhaps even do a cursory study of thermodynamics if it's
something that interests you.....

Actually Mr. Precision, both are happening. In the case of a large air
gap,
the outside wind will easily infiltrate. This will, of course, force air
to
leave by another port.

You can have heat loss through radiation and have no air exchange. You
cannot have air infiltration and now have air escaping in equal volume.



Otherwise, pressure keeps building till finally the garage explodes....so
better fix that other port while he's at it then....

But I wasn't fishin for Ed's--catch and release is all.

--

SVL

"twfsa" writes:
There is a wood trim that has a built in rubber strip thats easy to install.
Most garage door retailers sell this trim It may be available at the local
lumber yard.

Tom

Thanks.

Now before I go off and buy/install the new trim, is there any rule of
thumb of what the appropriate "give" should be in an overhead door
track system. If that is part of the problem, then I would want to fix
it first and get the maximum natural tightness before adding the final
rubber stripping.