Hi Chaps,
After the last few days gales, I realise that
quite a lot of water is being blown under the bottom
of my roller shutter garage door.

Is there a semi-rigid rubber flap style product that could be attached
to the inside at the bottom of the door which would stop the water being
blown in?

I was thinking that the rubber flaps used for stopping you tripping over
pa cables in studios might do the trick, but I'm not sure how to attach it.

The other thing I was thinking of was a 4 in strip of pond liner or some
such.

Any other ideas?

dedics

Ian & Hilda Dedic wrote:
Hi Chaps,
After the last few days gales, I realise that
quite a lot of water is being blown under the bottom
of my roller shutter garage door.

Is there a semi-rigid rubber flap style product that could be attached
to the inside at the bottom of the door which would stop the water
being blown in?

I was thinking that the rubber flaps used for stopping you tripping
over pa cables in studios might do the trick, but I'm not sure how to
attach it.
The other thing I was thinking of was a 4 in strip of pond liner or
some such.

Any other ideas?

A mortar fillet on the inside. Mark a line along the inner face of the
door, screw a 2 x 1 timber batten along the line & another a couple of
inches away. Use ready mix mortar mixed with PVA. Remove battens before
mortar sets completely.


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
01634 717930
07850 597257

The Medway Handyman wrote:
Ian & Hilda Dedic wrote:
Hi Chaps,
After the last few days gales, I realise that
quite a lot of water is being blown under the bottom
of my roller shutter garage door.

Is there a semi-rigid rubber flap style product that could be attached
to the inside at the bottom of the door which would stop the water
being blown in?

I was thinking that the rubber flaps used for stopping you tripping
over pa cables in studios might do the trick, but I'm not sure how to
attach it.
The other thing I was thinking of was a 4 in strip of pond liner or
some such.

Any other ideas?

A mortar fillet on the inside. Mark a line along the inner face of the
door, screw a 2 x 1 timber batten along the line & another a couple of
inches away. Use ready mix mortar mixed with PVA. Remove battens before
mortar sets completely.


Or save yourself a lot of effort. Mark a line along the inner face of
the door, screw a 2 x 1 timber batten along the line. Job done. (Maybe
slap a bit of paint/PVA/varnsih on it.)

If you can't face screwing a batten to the floor, you could try
gripfill/pink stuff/building adhesive. Would need some means of holding
batten in place and weighted down for glue curing time. But very
difficult to remove if ever needed.

--
Rod

Hypothyroidism is a seriously debilitating condition with an insidious
onset.
Although common it frequently goes undiagnosed.
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On 11 Mar, 23:44, Ian & Hilda Dedic wrote:
Is there a semi-rigid rubber flap style product that could be attached
to the inside at the bottom of the door which would stop the water being
blown in?

How about Screwfix P/N 29327.

CRB

"Ian & Hilda Dedic" wrote in message
...
Hi Chaps,
After the last few days gales, I realise that
quite a lot of water is being blown under the bottom
of my roller shutter garage door.

Is there a semi-rigid rubber flap style product that could be attached
to the inside at the bottom of the door which would stop the water being
blown in?

I was thinking that the rubber flaps used for stopping you tripping over
pa cables in studios might do the trick, but I'm not sure how to attach
it.

The other thing I was thinking of was a 4 in strip of pond liner or some
such.

Any other ideas?

dedics

Why not contact a roller shutter company and ask?

My thoughts would include a rubber fender fitted to the bottom of the door

maybe something from

http://www.polymax.co.uk/Catalogue%2...%20Fenders.htm

or a ramp either side of the shutter so that the shutter drops into the slot
between them

A rubber or plastic skirt could be fitted to the outside but needs to be
heavy enough that the wind would not lift it,
something 5mm thick at least I would have thought. Certainly pond liner
would not have the weight to stay down

Tony

Neil Barker wrote:
In article ,
says...
Hi Chaps,
After the last few days gales, I realise that
quite a lot of water is being blown under the bottom
of my roller shutter garage door.

Is there a semi-rigid rubber flap style product that could be attached
to the inside at the bottom of the door which would stop the water being
blown in?

Wickes sell something specifically for this - basically a length of
rubber with a metal frame for where it attaches to the door, so it's
flexible where it meets the floor. It's designed really for over/under
garage doors, but it'll probably do what you want.

They're about 14UKP.

Thanks for all the suggestions chaps, I've even found a bespoke garage
seals online supplier now as well, so now I need to decide which of your
suggestions to implement.

and I didn't even get a sarcastic/silly response from anyone!


Thanks again

dedics

On Mar 14, 3:45*pm, wrote:
Thus spake Ian & Hilda Dedic ) unto the assembled multitudes:

After the last few days gales, I realise that
quite a lot of water is being blown under the bottom
of my roller shutter garage door.
Thanks for all the suggestions chaps, I've even found a bespoke garage
seals online supplier now as well, so now I need to decide which of your
suggestions to implement.
and I didn't even get a sarcastic/silly response from anyone!

Really? *Because I was about to suggest that you completely demolish the
garage, break up the concrete base on which it is built, then bebuild both
such there is a very slight doorward incline, just enough to prevent water
from flowing in under the door. *No-one else thought about that now, did
they, eh?

;-)

You really go for the quick bodge job don't you.
Demolish the existing garage and rebuild it on a powered rotating base
so the door is always facing out of the wind.
Proper job.

Realistically, the batten idea works but the sharp edge may crumble if
you drive cars over it. I screwed a length if 1" angle to the floor
and concreted a fillet behind that.

John

On Mar 14, 7:01*am, Ian & Hilda Dedic
wrote:

and I didn't even get a sarcastic/silly response from anyone!


Dig a trench in the garage floor just behind, and the full width of,
the door and fill with gravel.

John wrote:
On Mar 14, 3:45 pm, wrote:
Thus spake Ian & Hilda Dedic ) unto the assembled multitudes:

After the last few days gales, I realise that
quite a lot of water is being blown under the bottom
of my roller shutter garage door.
Thanks for all the suggestions chaps, I've even found a bespoke garage
seals online supplier now as well, so now I need to decide which of your
suggestions to implement.
and I didn't even get a sarcastic/silly response from anyone!
Really? Because I was about to suggest that you completely demolish the
garage, break up the concrete base on which it is built, then bebuild both
such there is a very slight doorward incline, just enough to prevent water
from flowing in under the door. No-one else thought about that now, did
they, eh?

;-)

You really go for the quick bodge job don't you.
Demolish the existing garage and rebuild it on a powered rotating base

....so far so good...

so the door is always facing out of the wind.
Proper job.

Nah. Then spin at sufficient rpm to make any water fly out of the garage.

snip or do I mean spin?

--
Rod

Hypothyroidism is a seriously debilitating condition with an insidious
onset.
Although common it frequently goes undiagnosed.
www.thyromind.info www.thyroiduk.org www.altsupportthyroid.org

On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:59:48 -0700 (PDT), John wrote:

Realistically, the batten idea works

For some measure of "gales" that amount to no more than a stiff breeze.
A 1" up lift won't stop heavy rain being driven up and over with a decent
blow. I get some over a 1 " rise behind out up 'n over door and that has a
brush strip along the bottom edge that reaches the ground and is pushed
against the up rise.

--
Cheers
Dave.

wrote:
Thus spake Rod ) unto the assembled multitudes:

Demolish the existing garage and rebuild it on a powered rotating base

...so far so good...

so the door is always facing out of the wind.
Proper job.

Nah. Then spin at sufficient rpm to make any water fly out of the garage.

Makes parking the car a bit of a challenge, though.

What have cars got to do with garages?

--
Rod

Hypothyroidism is a seriously debilitating condition with an insidious
onset.
Although common it frequently goes undiagnosed.
www.thyromind.info www.thyroiduk.org www.altsupportthyroid.org

Rod wrote:
John wrote:
You really go for the quick bodge job don't you.
Demolish the existing garage and rebuild it on a powered rotating
base

...so far so good...

so the door is always facing out of the wind.
Proper job.

Nah. Then spin at sufficient rpm to make any water fly out of the
garage.

We have a winner...!

Man at B&Q wrote:
On Mar 14, 7:01 am, Ian & Hilda Dedic
wrote:
and I didn't even get a sarcastic/silly response from anyone!


Dig a trench in the garage floor just behind, and the full width of,
the door and fill with gravel.

This one's quite sensible!

Thanks guys,the other suggestions made me laugh out loud!!!!!

dedics