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| Fig.1 Door Seal |
By Gary Boutin
Part and Supplies:
Measurement tape
Plastic door strips (6)
Scissors
Willie is a postal employee that travels 360 days a year, and has little time
to work on his century old studio cottage in downtown Chino, California. Willey called my repair service for a small job. He wanted to stop the Chino flies from entering his cottage when the door was opened. Presently the flies were entering from the sides of his security door. He wanted a solution and this post addresses his problem.
This post shows the five steps on how to apply white vinyl door sweeps to a security door to stop flies from invading his cottage.
Step 1: Fig.1 through
fig.4 shows the vinyl door sweeps. These can be obtained from your local warehouse store. These were purchase from The Home Depot.
Fig.2 shows the application direction on how to apply this vinyl door sweep. Just cut to your door requirements and peel back the paper tape and expose the yellow glue and install it on the door.
Fig.3 shows the tools needed to cut the vinyl sweep, ordinary scissors will do the job.
Fig.4 shows one of the tool is a measurement tape.
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| Fig.2 Directions |
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| Fig.3 Scissors, pencil and tape |
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| Fig.4 Tape measure to size the sweeps |
Step 2: Fig.5 and
fig.6 shows the existing metal framework for the security door.
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| Fig.5 Lock side |
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| Fig.6 Left side |
Step 3: Fig.7 through
fig.14 shows the progression of installing one side of the sweeps on the metal security door frame.
Fig.7 shows the top of the door. This is the first vinyl sweep that is placed into metal frame.
Fig.8 and
fig.9 shows the second door seal is applied at the top of the door frame.
Fig.10 and
fig.11 shows the middle of the door frame and the next piece is applied.
Fig.12 through
fig.14 shows the bottom strip is measured and applied to the bottom of the metal security door frame.
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| Fig.7 Top sweep installed |
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Fig.8 Right door
frame top sweep |
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Fig.9 top strip adhere
to metal frame |
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Fig.10 Lower door
sweep installed |
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Fig.11 Sweep pushed
into metal frame |
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| Fig.12 Bottom six inches |
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| Fig.13 New strip added |
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| Fig.14 Bottom strip done |
Step 4: Fig.17 through
fig.21 shows the metal door frame that is attached to the wood frame to completion around the metal tab.
Fig.17 shows the metal tab.
Fig.18 and
fig.19 shows
the vinyl strip that is cut to fit around the metal tab.
Fig.20 and
fig.21 shows the installation of the cut around the metal tab. This needed to be done six time around the door.
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Fig.17 Metal door
frame tab |
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| Fig.18 Cutting strip |
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| Fig.19 Cut and ready to install |
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Fig.20 Placing around
metal tab |
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| Fig.21 Installing around tab |
Step 5: Fig.22 and
fig.23 shows the vinyl strip have been applied to the metal door edges and to the bottom of the screen door.
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| Fig.22 Vinyl trim finished |
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| Fig.23 Door bottom trim finished |
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