Review on 🏠 M D Building Products 69554 U-Shaped Weatherstrip Door Seal by Paul Barnes

This door seal is very well made. The item is 36" long anodized aluminum and MUST be cut to size if you have a door other than the exact 36" which is a lot. If you don't have the tools or the skills required, you should probably opt for one of the cheap plastic replacement parts - this item is designed and built to last a lifetime, but it does require SOME DIY skills to install properly . For example, those who complain about the rubber strips breaking on the block do not seem to understand the need for the PROPER gap between the bottom of the seal and the door sill/sill; The easiest way to do this is with an adjustable threshold. If you have too much clearance = NO adequate seal. If you have too little play = worn rubber strips, often shortly. Suitable tools consist of something suitable for cutting aluminium: a hacksaw, a Dremel tool, a cut-off saw, etc., and scissors for trimming a strip of rubber. Некоторые другие жалобы связаны с недостающими элементами, например, резиновым уплотнением, винтами и т. д. Они МОЖЕТ отсутствовать в упаковке производителя, но я предполагаю, что это, скорее, результат "возврата", который был "переработан" другому покупателю, который может sicher sein? A few other complaints relate to incorrect assembly, but as one reviewer has pointed out, if your wooden door has been soaking up water for a long time and is warping as a result, you're not going to get this precisely crafted piece to size - by then it's too late. Some notice that the product delivered is darker than the picture; that's true, so be careful if you want the color on the picture. I believe the actual tone is pretty much what I see in the ad as a dark bronze rubbed with oil. Okay, now that I've praised the qualities of the product and hopefully corrected a few misconceptions, here's what I find lacking about the design of this product: NO thermal break to prevent the COLD outside temperatures observed in the Northeast winter from migrating inside 3/ 4 inch strip of U-shaped component. On VERY cold days I have experienced condensation on this inner strip of aluminum as the heat in the house comes into contact with this cold strip - not very desirable, especially when installed over a wooden floor. The manufacturer should have taken this into account and provided a thermal break in design I installed this installation on the inner revolving door of the atrium above the outer threshold MD, which is thermally separated for this reason. MD had to split this component lengthwise into two overlapping aluminum pieces with an insulator in between, or change the design to an L-shape instead of a U-shape to prevent cold transfer to the internal surfaces. or U band. Otherwise a GREAT product but for that reason I have to give it 1 star and 4 stars.