What to Expect Buying a New Garage Door in Ogden
Ogden homes built mostly between 1971 and 2009 face harsh winters that stress garage doors fast.
Read moreWhat Ogden's Weather and Older Garage Doors Mean for Weather Seals and Draughts
Ogden homes built 1971-2009 face a COLD severe climate that wears out garage door weather seals and draughts fast - what to check before calling for repair.
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What the Weather Here Does to It
Ogden sits in a COLD severe climate band, and that matters more for a garage door than most owners realize. Most houses within a few miles of Ogden - across named areas like South Ogden, Harrisville, Marriott-Slaterville, and Riverdale - were built between 1971 and 2009, with the typical year landing around 1999. A door and track set installed during that window has gone through three decades of hard freeze and summer heat, over and over, on the same rubber and vinyl parts.
That repeated cycling is what wrecks a weather seal, not age by itself. Cold makes vinyl stiff and brittle; it cracks at the fold instead of flexing. Heat makes it soft and lets it sag out of its track. A door built to the standards common in this area's 1980s and 90s construction boom wasn't speced for that kind of swing being repeated winter after winter, decade after decade. The result shows up as a draught along the bottom edge, cold air pulling in at the corners, or a seal that's visibly split but still technically
Questions
Common questions
Why does my garage door let in a draught every winter even after I replace the bottom seal?
If the seal keeps failing fast, the problem is usually the track or the slab underneath it, not the seal itself. A door built in the 1980s-2000s window common to this area often has a concrete floor that's settled slightly, so the seal is flexing unevenly every time it closes. Replacing the seal alone treats the symptom, not the gap it's trying to cover.
Can I just add more weatherstripping instead of replacing the whole seal?
You can add a secondary threshold seal on the floor, and it helps with draughts on an older door that still seals fine on three sides. It won't fix a seal that's cracked or compressed flat from age, and it won't stop cold air pulling in around a warped panel. Treat it as a patch, not a repair.
Is it worth replacing weather seals on a door built in the 1990s, or should I replace the whole door?
Depends on the panel and track condition, which we'd need to look at. A seal swap is cheap and quick if the door itself still runs true. If the panel's warped or the track's rusted from years of condensation in a COLD severe climate, a new seal won't fix the real draught - you'd be paying twice.
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