Will this seal work with a garage door opener? We are concerned that it will cause our door to go up once it comes down on it thinking something is in the way of the door. We have an uneven floor so are hoping that this seal will help with filling in the areas that are open and are allowing water and dirt to get into our garage. Just want to make sure it will work with our garage opener before purchasing. Yes, it does work with an automatic garage door opener. I didn't have any issues with my door. The instructions do state that you may have to adjust the level of your garage door opener. Yes it will work with a garage door opener. I had to adjust the limiter just a little, but works fine. Most automatic garage doors work with an electric eye that "sees" vertical obstructions. The threshold is horizontal, under the door itself, so it doesn't break the the electric eye beam and cause the door to go back up. We have a crack in our concrete floor and the floor is the original 1949 concrete so is not pristine.
The two tubes of glue that are provided have a high viscosity (thickness). I squeezed some into the crack and then applied the rest as the diagram showed (around all four sides of the "pattern" you draw around the threshold prior to using the glue and then down the middle where the threshold will go. When I laid down the threshold and lowered the garage door, the glue was squeezed flat and made a total seal under the threshold. I don't believe your floor's uneveness will be a problem, given our experience. The threshold works on my mother-in-law's garage door and she has an opener. The threshold is only 1/2" thick so your door should close ok. As far as filling in the uneven areas, I'm not sure. You may have to get a new rubber seal for the bottom of your door to help with the uneven issue. The Seal works perfectly fine with Garage Door Openers. We have experience with three different Models of Openers and each Threshold Seal worked the same. As for your uneven floor, you may have to do some leveling so that the straight run of the garage door bottom fits snuggly into the Threshold Seal.
Thank you for your question. Electronic garage door openers have an electric eye that sees a potential block and will automatically stop if something is in the way. That electronic eye can be moved by the owner and set at a level where the threshold will not be perceived. This may not be necessary on your garage as the threshold potentially will rise 1/2" above an even floor. If your door does go back up on its own after the threshold is installed, you probably need to adjust the "down" setting on your garage door opener. Just turn the "Down" adjustment screw to the right or clockwise to decrease the downward travel if the door closes and then opens after making contact with the threshold. Adjust the control one complete turn at a time until the door will close and not open on its own.A veteran pro tells you his favorite deck building tips that speed up the job, increase deck durability and improve quality. The result is a better deck, less hassle and fewer problems. Meet the pro, Travis Larson
expert deck builder, I guess I qualify. Several of these tips are originalI know—I invented them. Some I figured out by actually constructing them age over the years. way, these are some of my favorite deck-building techniques, ones that I'd recommend to anyone planning to Tip 1: Build better stairs Simple notched stair jacks are fine for interiorThey get nailed to wall studs for stability and are hidden once the house isNot so with deck stairs. notched treated-wood stair jacks are unattractive and wobbly, and because there isn't much meat to attach posts or pickets to, you'll have wobbly handrails, too. But it's easy to strengthen them and 2x12 skirts to the outside jacks and stair Tip 2: Seam a deck The traditional way most builders go about decking is to randomly staggerThe result is that end-to-end deck boards share the 1-1/2-in. thickness ofThat can cause problems, especially with wood decks.
3/4 in. of nailing surface, fasteners will cause ends to split, and since the board ends have to be tight, untreated wood I use a faster, more material-efficient method I call seaming. placing a seam (or seams, on bigger decks) and using the same length boards for each section. Each seam is a sandwich made of an elevated vertical decking board with joists on both sides. The advantages are many. have a full 1-1/2 in. of framing, so it cuts down on fastener splits; leave 1/4-in. gaps at the ends so end grain can dry out after it gets wet. The vertical deck board is forIt makes everything lookIf I need to build a 20-ft.-wide deck, I'll make it about 19 ft. 6 in. and use all 10-ft. deckingThat allows for 1-in. overhangs and cutting off some Seaming also works well for solid composite decking, which comes inIf, for example, I'm building a composite deck, 12- and 20-ft. lengths might be the only
For a 16-ft.-wide deck, I might seam it to have a 4-ft. “sidewalk” down the middle for depends on the design and theBut think about it next time to figure out the best approach. Tip 3: Cobble together a layout frame Home improvement books and TV shows always recommend laying out deck footings with batter boards and string. But I gave that up and easier to build a deck boards or joists. And unlike string, aYou can mark the location of the frame by driving a few stakes and then remove it to dig holesThen you can quickly replace the frame to align post bases or set posts. screw posts to the frame to hold them in perfect position Tip 4: Leave a little step below doors There are so many reasons not to snug decks right under door thresholds. screen and sliding door tracks on patio doors get full of debris. have to bulldoze their way through leaves in the fall. And those leaves will
get blown or kicked into the house every time the door opens. rots out wood casing and jamb trim. last but not least, water will inevitably work its way under any threshold and rot out the subfloor and then the framing. impossible to flash between ledgers and thresholds if the decking is flush to thresholds. Leave a 3-in. step: The house and its owner will be a lot happier in the long run. Video: How to Build Deck Stairs Tip 5: Check the end grain on 4x4s. When buying 4x4s, don't just sight themalways look at theTry to avoid 4x4s that include the center of the tree, especially anywhere near the center of the 4x4. twist into airplane propellers in no time. This is particularly true of 8-footers because those are often the leftovers from “peeling logs,” the outer layers of which have been shaved off to make plywoodWhen I order 4x4s over the phone and need eights, I always order tens to reduce the chances of getting 4x4