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====== Insulating Garage Door ======= | ====== Insulating Garage Door ======= | ||
- | {{: | + | As part of getting the new garage door installed in 2020, we had various options for the spec of the installation; |
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+ | ... however, the particular features of our installation meant that after the roller door was installed, there was a significant gap between the top of the roller and the garage brickwork, and this was letting quite a draft in. Fortunately I had load of hardboard panels left from lining the garage loft roof and made up something that was approximately the same as the £700 motor enclosure option: | ||
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+ | All edges, including from the floor, sealed with either caulk or expanding foam, so the draft was cut down substantially. | ||
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+ | The sagging of the panels was sorted by added a set of bent steel ' | ||
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+ | The only other thing to do now would be to install some wide draft-excluder brushes on the bottom edge of the enclosure so that it physically touches the rear of the roller door. |