DGSL Garage Door Bottom Seal, 5/16 T-End Rubber Weather Stripping, 20 FT

Works perfect! I was able installed this by myself by lubricating the garage door tracks with all purpose synthetic grease. Slid it in the door track and kept pushing and every once in a while had to pull the end a couple of inches and then back to feeding. It slid very easily with the grease. Took me about 20 minutes to install. Works great.

You can look at the comparison photos to see the old original versus this new version. It is very sturdy. Do not underestimate the challenge to install this due to friction. I consider this a 2 person job, one feeding/guiding it in and another pulling it through. The friction of the rubber in the T-slot of the door is the enemy. The more seal in the groove the harder it becomes to pull it through. I would recommend using liquid dish soap to lightly lubricate the ENTIRE length of the T edges of the seal BEFORE installing. The old one slid right out but it was several read old so the rubber had hardened some, and a bit smaller cross-section than this new one I think. The more of this new one that fed in the harder it became to pull. I had already planned to use some dish soap to lubricate but planned to do so periodically as I was feeding it. Would have been better to pre-lube the entire length since it was a bit cumbersome to do in process. A couple of key notes: (1) It is very important to squeeze the new seal to align the width with the T-slots of the door while ALSO assuring the length you are feeding is LEVEL to above level with the bottom of the door. If the level of what you are feeding falls below the bottom of the door the rubber T- section easily pulls or of the slot. (2) Based on point 1 above the one pulling the seal can easily tear the rubber part at the T-section. (3) If you have a lot of resistance, the more you feed in, the person pulling needs to be strong while the one feeding the seal watches closely to assure the seal T-sections are feeding and not damage or get too much of the seal not in the slot of the door. (4) Related to point 3 above, I had my wife trying to pull and it was a bit too much for her the farther we got. I tried switching and that is when I learned I could pull too hard and disengage the rubber from the slot. So we ended up with me pushing while she pulled ( but not from the end of the seal, she pulled more in the middle). In reality what I was pushing in was kinking the seal in the groove because the very end of the seal wasn’t moving. So it became a process of her pulling then I would work down the length of the seal pulling the kinks out and straightening it all the way to the end essentially moving it 3-5 inches at a time. Eventually we got it! I would recommend this seal, just plan accordingly for your install

Thank God for my wife. If she were not around, I never would have been able to install this on my own. The seal has two T's that slide into two T slots on the seal holder on the bottom of the door. The T's on the seal are a little larger than the slot in the track. In order to install this, you need two people: One to shape, and guide the seal and the T's into the T slots. It can bind up easy, and tear or get damaged, and come out of the slots. I used a jewelers file to take the edges off the T-slots, and I opened them up just a bit to help facilitate installation. The other person applies hefty amounts of silicone lube spray on the seal, and in the slots, then uses their entire body weight to PULL PULL PULL PULL PULL PULL PULL PULL PULL and pull the seal down the 16 foot long track. It is one GIANT pain in the toukas. But after a couple of hours riding the struggle bus, we managed to get it installed. I had to use vice grips to push it to the very end since there was no room for me to pull. Besides the difficulty installing this, it fits perfectly, and seals the door to the floor very well.

Installation was easy using tips I got from other reviews: 1. Roll seal out flat in sun to get optimal shape. 2. Make sure track was clear. 3. Spray track with the lubricant fluid film 4. Feed seal through an old paper towel roll to keep the shape. 5. Keep door around eye level for easy work. 6. Place the seal over something like a ladder about the same height so it want pull out of the track where you are feeding it through. Using these tips, I was able to insert new seal of 18 ft garage door by myself in 15 minutes. I don’t know how well it will last and I have to retrain my opener, but installation was simple.

Good quality product. I ordered 20’ for (2) 9’ wide doors. I received exactly 20’ & allowed it to sit unrolled in direct sunlight for about 30 minutes prior to installation. I raised the door to almost eye level draped the excess over a 5’ ladder at the same height so that the additional weight wasn’t fighting my slow & steady progress. The first of (2) doors I installed dry. About 4” at a time using both hands. One to hold the shape of the extruded rubber into the aluminum track and push. The other to pull at the same time. Push, pull about 2”. Push, pull another 2”. Repeat otherwise it might bind or jump out of the track. If it does.. You’ll have to back it up and realign. The second one I sprayed a mixture of mostly water with about 4 drops of Dawn (or similar) dish soap. This cut my second installation time literally by 50%. The color is a nice dark black that shouldn’t show dirt like the original flimsy gray I replaced.

This weather strip is heavy-duty!! The old strip was considerably thinner than this one and lasted about 1 1/2 years. Expecting this one to last hopefully 4 in the Arizona sun. It's a TWO-person job. We had a lot of trouble keeping one side of the strip in the groove of the door. When it popped out, we would have to pull it partially back out and then carefully refeed it into the door. Silicone lube didn't help the process at all and might have made it worse . It was an inch-by-inch process. What we thought would be a 15-20 minute job took us well over an hour on a 20 ft door!

Bought this to replace a worn out trim seal of 15 years that had shrunk n' had a few splits here n there on a nice 16x7 door. As far as this product itself - did seem of good quality - rolled out and left in 65 degree warm sun for a few hrs while i removed and cleaned up the door track. This seal thou very soft and pliable had been had been its main downfall. Track was clean and coated (soaked) with a very good spray lubricant and with help of brother I got it started and was the feed man. Once the strip got going beyond a foot or so the very thin strips with the lil T's attached would never stay in the tracks - they'd curl towards center of track every time (over a dozen frustrating tries) and as I remember this strip might have made it to about 6ft across - the tracks had NO interference. along its full length. After I'd say about 6 hours, a whole afternoon blown - we gave up and purchased another brands seal. In the meantime called a garage door installer - he came over the next day n' ck'ed it out - said yea - its too flimsy - pos !!! Told me to give em a call IF we have any issues when we get the other one. Once it arrived and un-boxed - Immediately noticed the difference in composition which was only a tad thicker but firmer where it counts - the leads to the T's stiffer - we knew it'd work AND it did n' that was without an installers help ! Door is now perfectly sealed - job completed. ((( After the outcome - wished to return this item for a refund ... COULD NOT - when I started the process a lil paragraph soon appeared stating ---> *ITEM MUST BE IN BRAND NEW UN-USED CONDITION * ))) !!! What ??? Lost $$$ as well as all the many hours of frustrating time due to this pos item !!! SO DO NOTE : U purchase this product - its your loss IF it doesn't perform as intended ! That's poor business practice where I come from ! Others have reviewed as 'no issues' - (lol) - can't see how unless they're workin' on shorter 8 or 9ft doors and thats a 50/50 without an issue.

I thought the extra layers in the middle might be a good idea - help slow the mice that are chewing access in my current seal. Probably should have gone regular. Arrived rolled up and unrolling did not cause the middle portion to get round. Not really rubber - some slightly stiff rubber-style plastic. I did not find installation easy and install just made the round center portion lie flat - I really doubt it's round in there. I installed it anyway to keep out the mice. The standard way to keep the seal in place is to fold in the ends. The middle portion really makes folding the ends in difficult. I carved out the middle and noticed the fold lines were getting fairly light gray. Often when plastic's color lightens up it means it's stressed and sure enough portions of the fold tore. Plus the folded portion at the end is stiffer than the rest of the seal so the door seal doesn't seal evenly along the whole floor. Plus, at least at the current temperature, the material or design isn't compliant enough to go over a small extension cord - the old bottom seal went over this cord in a more snug fashion. Cannot say it's going to keep the mice out. Sorry to say I suspect I'll be getting a regular one and replacing this.

Does a good job and easy to install

Excelente producto quedaron muy bien

bon produitproduit efficace mais demande délicatesse a l'instalation, car peu se déchiré si on va trop vite pour l'incérer dans la rainure

Ajustó perfecto, es de muy buena calidad

Easy economy replacmennt option