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Measure and Cut New Weatherstrip (Side 1)

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

What happens here

Lay the new weatherstrip alongside the old one to mark the correct length. If the old strip is broken or not usable, measure the length of the door jamb directly. The new weatherstrip typically has a flexible rubber/vinyl flap and a rigid plastic/vinyl base. First, use a utility knife to score and cleanly cut the flexible rubber portion. Then, use a circular saw to cut through the rigid plastic/vinyl base at the marked length, ensuring a straight, precise cut.

Goal: Measure the new weatherstrip using the old one as a guide, then precisely cut the rubber flap with a knife and the plastic strip with a saw.

Tools and materials

  • Circular Saw
  • New Garage Door Weatherstrip

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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.

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