Just as I was feeling smug that I had just about taken care of
all the energy-saving measures that I reasonably could, the
arrival of a brisk cold wind has reminded me of a problem
relating to my west-facing gable end

The aluminium back door has brush seals which are a bit tired,
and in one area, possibly due to a bit of frame movement, have a
gap that is too great to even make contact. As far as I can tell,
the seals must have been slotted into the door frame extrusions
before they were assembled together, which would make it
difficult to try and slide in a replacement, even if I could
source one. Perhaps I could Dremel a bit of the slot away to
facilitate this?

Being aluminium, anything else would have to be stuck on,
presumably outside, and I'm not sure how long it would last.

Any thoughts?

Chris
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Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK


Have dancing shoes, will ceilidh.

On Wed, 05 Oct 2011 15:00:48 +0100, Chris J Dixon wrote:

Being aluminium, anything else would have to be stuck on, presumably
outside, and I'm not sure how long it would last.

Small, short self tappers no good?

Failing that one of the modern grip adhesives for exterior use is
likely to outlast the seal and they have quite a long life. There are
various draught strips on the outside of our exterior doors that we
didn't fit and we have been here 11 years... Those draught strips
still work very well.

Getting the strip fitted neatly with a goo rather than nails/screws
might be tricky.

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Cheers
Dave.

In article , Chris J Dixon
writes
Just as I was feeling smug that I had just about taken care of
all the energy-saving measures that I reasonably could, the
arrival of a brisk cold wind has reminded me of a problem
relating to my west-facing gable end

The aluminium back door has brush seals which are a bit tired,
and in one area, possibly due to a bit of frame movement, have a
gap that is too great to even make contact. As far as I can tell,
the seals must have been slotted into the door frame extrusions
before they were assembled together, which would make it
difficult to try and slide in a replacement, even if I could
source one. Perhaps I could Dremel a bit of the slot away to
facilitate this?

Being aluminium, anything else would have to be stuck on,
presumably outside, and I'm not sure how long it would last.

Any thoughts?

Search for brush pile seal and you will find plenty, slot width is
standard, normal brush length 5mm or so but avail in a range of lengths
so you could put in longer stuff for warped sections or even part of a
section by slipping in longer stuff then shorter stuff and you don't
really want it over long. Stuff with a centre fin has a superior seal.

Normally sold on a 50 or 100m reel for about 50quid but you can buy it
in carrier strip too for gluing or mech fixing to old windows. I'm not
suggesting you do this but it is a way to get short lengths of differing
pile lengths as you can just slide it out of the carrier.

Drilling into the top of the channel will remove the flanges in a
controlled way and you can use a bit of no more nails to fix that
section of the new file. Doing this in the middle of a section may make
slotting in the pile easier, done in 2 strips with a glued join in the
middle.

Try:
http://www.ironmongerydirect.co.uk/P...Pile_With_Fin_
Exitex

or http://tinyurl.com/42e4xtz

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fred wrote:

In article , Chris J Dixon
writes

The aluminium back door has brush seals which are a bit tired,
and in one area, possibly due to a bit of frame movement, have a
gap that is too great to even make contact.

Search for brush pile seal and you will find plenty, slot width is
standard, normal brush length 5mm or so but avail in a range of lengths
so you could put in longer stuff for warped sections or even part of a
section by slipping in longer stuff then shorter stuff and you don't
really want it over long. Stuff with a centre fin has a superior seal.

Normally sold on a 50 or 100m reel for about 50quid but you can buy it
in carrier strip too for gluing or mech fixing to old windows. I'm not
suggesting you do this but it is a way to get short lengths of differing
pile lengths as you can just slide it out of the carrier.

or http://tinyurl.com/42e4xtz

Thanks for that - looks like what I need, and having the right
search terms, found it even cheaper at

http://www.intertoolsonline.co.uk/prod.php?prod=1638

Their price with carrier is less than Ironmongery Direct charge
for it by the reel!

Chris
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Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK


Have dancing shoes, will ceilidh.

In article , Chris J Dixon
writes

http://www.intertoolsonline.co.uk/prod.php?prod=1638

Their price with carrier is less than Ironmongery Direct charge
for it by the reel!

That is a good price, thanks for the update.
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fred
FIVE TV's superbright logo - not the DOG's, it's ********

fred wrote:

In article , Chris J Dixon
writes

http://www.intertoolsonline.co.uk/prod.php?prod=1638

Their price with carrier is less than Ironmongery Direct charge
for it by the reel!

That is a good price, thanks for the update.

The job has now been successfully completed.

The friction between strip and carrier was initially a little too
high to slide it out, and I began to fear that it had been glued
in. However, the lip of the carrier peeled off quite easily, and
the strip came out with no difficulty.

Chris
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Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK


Have dancing shoes, will ceilidh.