How To Seal Moulding Under Sliding Glass Door

Sealing the exterior of a sliding glass door only requires a few minutes of your time but it prevents excessive drafts from entering your home saving money on heating bills throughout the winter.

How to seal moulding under sliding glass door.

To view the previous video in this series click. In either case once you re ready to begin choose a side of the door to begin with and start lining the molding up in the exact spots you measured and marked earlier. Nail the molding once at each end and then once in the middle. Attach the insulation panel to the flat door frame over the stationary window by driving a drywall screw through each corner of the insulation panel into the flat door frame.

Most of our seals are pre taped. If you feel a draft from your sliding glass door it means air is slipping through the cracks between the door and doorframe. Both brush fin and fin seal use synthetic brush. Secure the first piece with your carpentry nails.

To realign your doorin the tracks at the top and bottom of the frame remove the door from the track and reinsert it. You can clean the etch with a soft clean wipe. Water intrusion in some sliding glass doors can occur with wind driven rains at speeds as low as 22 miles per hour. Remove the door from the opening by grasping it with both hands on either side of the door.

When the bottom of the door clears the track at the bottom lower. Seal the exterior of a sliding glass door to prevent drafts. Make sure the rollers at the top are aligned first then walk the bottom of the door into place pushing the top of the screen door up into the track. Lift the door up and tilt it toward you.

A sliding glass patio door correctly installed and maintained will mitigate most of these issues but annual preventative maintenance with an elastomeric sealant around the perimeter is a must. You can also use the un taped seal or sweep and fix it using double sided tape.