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Product Guide
Interior and Exterior Doors (JPG013)
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Door Sweep (Inswing Doors Only)
The door sweep is mounted on the bottom of the door slab and lls the
gap between the threshold and the slab. Due to continual contact with
the threshold, the door sweep may lose its shape and cease to provide an
effective seal.
1. Remove slab.
2. Lay slab on at padded
work surface.
3. Remove staples in door
sweep with needle nose
pliers or side cutters.
4. Pull door sweep loose by
starting at one end and
working to the other.
5. Clean old sealant off rail
with putty knife.
6. Trim new door sweep
to same length as the
existingone.
7. Cover face (the side with the barbs) of new door sweep with
siliconesealant.
8. Work attachment barbs into kerfs from one end of the panel to
theother.
9. Secure sweep to the door panel with staples and wipe off sealant
squeeze-out. Seal the sweep on both ends with silicone sealant.
Reinstall slab.
Ordering New Weatherstrip
Weatherstrip gaskets and foam wedges are critical to water and air
inltration control. Check placement and quality of weatherstrip. Replace
if damaged.
Fire-rated doors require specic weatherstrip. Please contact us if replacing
weatherstrip in a re-rated door.
Doors will have weatherstrip in the frame where the slab(s) are when
normally closed. Some doors have a sweep attached to the bottom of the
operating panel where it contacts the threshold. Double doors will have
weatherstrip in the astragal.
1. Determine amount needed by measuring each piece to be replaced.
Note the location on the door of each type of weatherstrip.
2. For each type of weatherstrip, add all measurements, then add an
additional 10%.
3. Round up to the nearest foot.
4. Fill out the following table.
5. Purchase new weatherstrip from a local supplier.
Frame/Threshold/Astragal/Mullion Weatherstrip
When replacing both
the side and the head
weatherstrip in the frame,
install head weatherstrip rst.
Astragal weatherstrip runs
vertically along the astragal
(between the two slabs of
doubledoors).
1. Open active panel.
2. Grip weatherstrip and
gently pull out of kerf.
When replacing frame
weatherstrip, if applicable,
trim and overlap the new
weatherstrip in the same way
as the oldweatherstrip.
1. Cut new weatherstrip
tolength.
2. Work the attachment barb
into the kerf from one end
to theother.
WEATHERSTRIP REPLACEMENT
Information for Replacement Weatherstrip
Product Identication
Weatherstrip Location
Weatherstrip Type
Color
Amount Needed
Threshold
Door
Sweep
Head
weatherstrip
Side jamb weatherstrip
Possible Weatherstrip Locations on Double Doors