Repairing door bottom seal

[mike]

I have a 45 year old door to the garage. On the bottom is an embedded seal with a pin that pushes against the door jamb to lower the seal part when you close the door.

The thing is starting to drag on the floor. The door seems to be square in the frame. Putting a spacer behind the hinge won't help because the place that drags is almost 90 degrees off the angle where adjusting the door angle with a spacer would help.

I googled, but didn't find much on this type of seal. Maybe I need better keywords.

It's the metal part, not the actual moving seal, that's dragging on the floor.

Anyhoo, before I take the door off in freezing weather, I'd like some ideas on how those seals are mounted and what I'm up against to fix it.

[dadiOH]

Here are a couple of links that may help you.

[Meanie]

Don't you know you should be putting "OT" in the subject when posting an off topic in a political newsgroup?

Without actually seeing your door, I would consider removing and replacing it with a simple bottom seal like this.....

I've had mine for years and still doing well even in the harsh climates of Michigan.

[Meanie]

I can understand the need for a retractable door seal on an entrance door but I have no idea why one is needed on a garage door that goes up and down. A simple rubber U shape seal normally suffices on garage doors.

[DerbyDad03]

He didn't say the seal was on a garage door, he said "I have a...door to the garage."

I have one garage door and 2 doors "to the garage".

English is an interesting language.

[DerbyDad03]

I seriously doubt that the door in question will close if that type of seal is installed.

[mike]

Ok, let's not get into a tizzy over it. I took off the door and hit it with a hammer. Works now.

[DerbyDad03]

You couldn't hit the door with a hammer while it was still installed?

Strange.

[clare]

I believe it is a man-door to the garage - and likely an attached garage, which you want well sealed from the house it is attached too. I may be wrong on the second and third points, but virtually sure I am right on the obvious - it is a "man door"

[clare]

I suspect he hit the pin. Possibly with the door on it's side so anything jamming it would fall out of place.

[Meanie]

Dammit....i missed that. Thanks for clarifying

[DerbyDad03]

Whoosh!

Re-read what he wrote.

[clare]

[DerbyDad03]

What does "it" refer to in that sentence?

[clare]

COULD simply be the door, but the assumption, given earlier discussion, is he hit the door bottom seal mechanism -, because he uses the same it for what he hit and what now works - - - - -

Reasonable assumption to me.

[DerbyDad03]

You don't get jokes do you?

Lighten up.

[Tekkie®]

Oren posted for all of us...

Fire rating has nothing to do with exhaust fumes.

[Tekkie®]

Oren posted for all of us...

Only if you poke at it.

[Tekkie®]

Oren posted for all of us...

The fire rating is only a rating of the ability of the door to resist heat for certain period of time. The sealing is a separate issue, I include this search:

8 &oe=utf-8#q=garage+door+fire+rating&start=10

All the more reason to have smoke & CO detectors. I worked with a lady whom almost had snake eyes because her friend went to eternal sleep in the garage. I don't know how she missed the big one by waking up or third party .