A garage door seal is absolutely essential in protecting your home and possessions from the wrath of mother nature. Even if you don’t live in an area renowned for violent or unpredictable weather, a garage door weather seal is highly recommended to prevent your belongings from rain damage, small animals and pests, and cold winds. While these threats may seem minor, when met without protection they can prove to be catastrophic, especially if you use your garage for storage.

Thankfully, preventing your vehicles and possessions from this kind of damage is very simple. The vast majority of pests in suburban garages come through the small gap left at the bottom of the door. While it’s primarily small insects and cockroaches that make it under the door, with enough of a gap it’s possible for mice and small rodents to make it into your garage and run wild through your storage boxes, and even worse, burrow into walls. In especially cold parts of the world, mice and other small rodents often try to hide in garages for protection from the cold.

Prevention starts with the installation of a high quality garage door threshold seal. By installing this sealed lining along the bottom of your garage door area, you secure your property from unwanted rodents and pests, and actively prevent rain, snow and wind from entering your garage. A well fitted garage door seal will also prevent leaves, sticks and dirt from flying into your garage. Fitting the seal itself is remarkably easy, with only a basic level of handiwork and maintenance experience required.

If you’re concerned about the condition of your current garage door bottom seal, it’s very simple to assess its condition and determine whether or not a replacement is required. Step back from your garage door and try to look through the bottom. If your seal is letting pockets of light through the door, it’s either cracked or installed in a manner that leaves gaps in the seal. Either way, it’s highly recommended that you replace the seal immediately. If you notice that the concrete has shifted since you last installed a door seal, oversized weather seals can be purchased to make up for the extra space.