How To Replace Garage Door Weather Strips. Home Energy Hacks.

Here we go. We're going to be removing this weather strip now. Got a hammer, a pry bar, and you're also going to want a knife to actually score the cocking before you actually begin removing it. So, I'm just going to take and score this. If you don't score it, the cocking where it bridges from the weather strip to the trim, it could damage the trim. So, always make sure you score it first. Now, I'll start from either top to bottom and start working my way down removing it. That's how simple it comes off. Now we'll cut a new piece. Put a brand new piece on it. Nails sticking out on this. You don't want to just set this stuff down with nails sticking out cuz somebody can step on it and get tightness. Otherwise, you step on it, you're going to get tetus. Have to go to the hospital. It's good to go. Now, just lay it face up even though the nails are bent. Prior to installing the new trim, there's some cocking over on here, a ridge of cocking. You're going to want to scrape that off. Otherwise, your new trim won't lay flat. A simple painters 5 in1 or putty knife will work for that. So to make it simple now I've got my new weather strip right here. I'm just going to take my old weather strip instead of having to use a tape measure and measure it. I'm just going to use my old weather strip to measure my cut. And we got this the rubber weather strip right here. And instead of your saw cutting that, you want to have a nice clean cut. And so I'm just going to use a knife to precut the weather strip right there where it's going to be. And then the plastic part. This is actually plastic weather strip. I'm going to cut that with my saw. I'll take it back to make sure it's correct. So, this trim I get from my local hardware store actually has pre- punched holes where the actual nails go. And I like to actually just start my nails off uh down with the trim down and then I'll put it up and hammer them in. So, we just keep boxes of these inch and a half flathead nails in our van cuz we replace the stuff quite often. Now, with them pre done, we'll set it up here and start nailing in. Just want to make sure it's even the backside is even with the trim on the garage door. Otherwise, when your door goes to close, it's going to be too tight. [Music] Now I'm going to reccock it and it'll be ready to paint. Now my new weather strip is all installed. One last thing, the weather strip, we just want to um make it cut at an angle right here, the rubber, so it actually looks nice and isn't just a blunt end right there. Finished coping that bead right here. So, we're just going to take trim that with a pair of scissors. Now, it looks the end of it looks a lot nicer. It looks a little more natural. Doing the opposite side, the other uh piece on the other door cuz this old style weather strip is a little bit narrow narrower than the new style weather strip. And he just wanted the two sides done. So, I'm going to be doing the opposite side to make sure it looks symmetrical. Going to mark where I want my cut. Then, you can either use knife or scissors. Pre-cut the rubber. Now, I'm going to make my saw cut. [Applause] [Music] Just make sure this back side right here is flush. [Music] There you have it. Two pieces of weather strip on this door installed. Ready to go. Ready.