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  1. J

    Help with exterior door- dampness / rot problem?

    (see attached photos) Any fix for Dampness, rot problem at base of ext. door frame? What causes it, exactly? Any solutions to repair/ replace? Could it have been prevented? Thanks.
  2. J

    Garage door weatherstriping freezes to floor. Help?

    yes, thanks. sorry about posting twice.
  3. J

    Garage door weather-stripping freezing to floor?

    Hoarea, To my knowlege you may not wire two arc fault circuits on a 3-wire cable. Sure there are 2-pull afci but you may not have two circuits on a single pull double throw breaker that land in different places. Please wire your room with 2 wire romex or if you need two circuits 14-4 will...
  4. J

    Garage door weatherstriping freezes to floor. Help?

    I'm not too crazy about leaving any gaps between the door & the floor. I dont want any "wildlife" (ie mice etc.) creeping in!
  5. J

    Garage door weatherstriping freezes to floor. Help?

    thanks. You read all sorts of things here on the internet! Somewhere I read that i should use the silicone, not WD40 , as WD40 will tend to "degrade" the rubber in the w/stripping. Any comments on that ???
  6. J

    Garage door weatherstriping freezes to floor. Help?

    ....hmmmm..... but, what about driving the car in & out over the w/s on the floor? wouldn't it ruin it over time? plus, where would the melted snow off the car run once it came up against the floor w/s ?
  7. J

    Garage door weatherstriping freezes to floor. Help?

    I just moved to a new house - my first with a garage! I'm finding this (cold) winter that with I guess humidity in the garage, and water snow run-off from the car along the bottom of the door, that the rubber weather-strpping on the bottom of the garage door is continually freezing to the floor...
  8. J

    Garage door weatherstriping freezes to floor. Help?

    I just moved to a new house - my first with a garage! I'm finding this (cold) winter that with I guess humidity in the garage, and water snow run-off from the car along the bottom of the door, that the rubber weather-strpping on the bottom of the garage door is continually freezing to the floor...
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