Hello there
So I bought this automatic retractable door seal (Wind-Ex by Athmer) for my wooden front door in order to effectively prevent insects from getting in. For anyone who might be unaware of these, they use a button mechanism at the hinge side of the door frame allowing a retractable rubber seal to lower and block any opening while you close the door.
Here’s a link showing it in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEij0u0cJR0
I’d try to install it myself but I wanted to make perfectly sure I wouldn’t screw up while cutting it to fit my door and applying it. So I hired a professional but unfortunately things didn’t end up well. The rubber door seal merely touches the floor during the 2/3 of the length of the opening underneath my door, leaving an 1/3 gap in the middle. The guy said that it wasn’t his fault and that my floor seems to be uneven that’s why we got this result. I am not sure whether this is true but without being a specialist myself, I guess he is right since the door seal closes pretty firmly on both opposite sides of the door so that should be an uneven floor case rather a mistake on his part, right?
To make things worse, the gap in the middle is uneven itself. Something less than around 8 mm in the center, progressively fading out while approaching each side where the rubber seals the opening firmly. That would be a rough sketch of how it looks like:
My floor is made of marble by the way. Please tell me there is a way to fix this (somehow have the floor level rise so the rubber firmly presses against it, effectively sealing the gap in the middle too as it is supposed to) because it is completely devastating to see all the money to buy the door seal and pay the technician going to the trash bin without having the job done. Thanks in advance.
So I bought this automatic retractable door seal (Wind-Ex by Athmer) for my wooden front door in order to effectively prevent insects from getting in. For anyone who might be unaware of these, they use a button mechanism at the hinge side of the door frame allowing a retractable rubber seal to lower and block any opening while you close the door.
Here’s a link showing it in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEij0u0cJR0
I’d try to install it myself but I wanted to make perfectly sure I wouldn’t screw up while cutting it to fit my door and applying it. So I hired a professional but unfortunately things didn’t end up well. The rubber door seal merely touches the floor during the 2/3 of the length of the opening underneath my door, leaving an 1/3 gap in the middle. The guy said that it wasn’t his fault and that my floor seems to be uneven that’s why we got this result. I am not sure whether this is true but without being a specialist myself, I guess he is right since the door seal closes pretty firmly on both opposite sides of the door so that should be an uneven floor case rather a mistake on his part, right?
To make things worse, the gap in the middle is uneven itself. Something less than around 8 mm in the center, progressively fading out while approaching each side where the rubber seals the opening firmly. That would be a rough sketch of how it looks like:
My floor is made of marble by the way. Please tell me there is a way to fix this (somehow have the floor level rise so the rubber firmly presses against it, effectively sealing the gap in the middle too as it is supposed to) because it is completely devastating to see all the money to buy the door seal and pay the technician going to the trash bin without having the job done. Thanks in advance.
