Hi folks
My external door has no seal at the foot of the UPVC frame, allowing water to penetrate. It looks like some kind of beading or sealant was once present, but I don't know what kind. The frame is mounted on a concrete/stone step.
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As you can see from the photos, I could run a silicone sealant bead along the gap under the frame, but this seems really amatuerish and likely to fail quickly. Surely there is a better way? I thought about sticking some quadrant beading along the gap with sealant, but even this seems a poor solution. Someone suggested to me that I should get a "weather seal", part of which actually slides into the gap under the frame; this sounds good but there doesn't appear to be enough gap to slide anything under the frame on the left hand side (as you view it) and there is some packing under the frame at the right side that would prevent me pushing anything into the gap. I'm lost as to what to do - can anyone advise please?
Incidentally, a pal gave me two "drain slot plugs" to block off the two slots in the frame - should I seal these in with frame sealant?
Sorry I'm so clueless!
My external door has no seal at the foot of the UPVC frame, allowing water to penetrate. It looks like some kind of beading or sealant was once present, but I don't know what kind. The frame is mounted on a concrete/stone step.
View media item 36235View media item 36236
As you can see from the photos, I could run a silicone sealant bead along the gap under the frame, but this seems really amatuerish and likely to fail quickly. Surely there is a better way? I thought about sticking some quadrant beading along the gap with sealant, but even this seems a poor solution. Someone suggested to me that I should get a "weather seal", part of which actually slides into the gap under the frame; this sounds good but there doesn't appear to be enough gap to slide anything under the frame on the left hand side (as you view it) and there is some packing under the frame at the right side that would prevent me pushing anything into the gap. I'm lost as to what to do - can anyone advise please?
Incidentally, a pal gave me two "drain slot plugs" to block off the two slots in the frame - should I seal these in with frame sealant?
Sorry I'm so clueless!