Protect Your Garage from the Elements with Sensible Solutions 16-Foot Storm Shield Threshold for Garage Doors

DaManIAm: Got this for my garage. It was easy to put on and fulfilled my needs. It's been awhile now and no issues.

United States on Jul 20, 2023

David A.: So, we remodeled recently and had our garage door replaced. After a couple storms, we noticed that rain water was getting into our garage during heavy storms. We made several adjustments to the door and rubber flange but it still seemed like water was finding its way in somehow. So I did some research and came across the Storm Shield.

It arrived a couple days after ordering and came with all I needed to set it up under my 18' garage door. Well, almost all.

It was a hot summer day which made installation a bit easier because the strip was tightly rolled up and wanted to roll itself back up whenever I tried to lay it down. I left it out in the sun for a while to soften it up which seemed to work. I carefully measured out how much I needed and drew some lines out so make sure I applied it straight. Once that was done, I applied the glue and laid it down slowly following the guide lines on my garage floor. I used some weights and tape to hold it in place as I went along.

As others have mentioned, the included adhesive tube - which sticks very well - didn't seem to be enough to do the job. Also, the tube was very hard to squeeze out all the...

United States on Dec 22, 2019

verygooddog: I exaggerate only slightly. I recently converted my carport to a garage with an overhead door. There were a couple of issues with this. First, the carport slab had no little step down at the overhead door line, as most slabs poured for a garage would have. Second, the slab had a slope built into it from side to side, so it was 1 1/2" higher on the left side of the door than on the right.

I talked to the manufacturer of the door about the slope issue. They said that the door had to be installed level, not parallel to the slab. To fill the gap on the right side of the door, they advised me to stuff the right end of the U shaped gasket on the bottom of the door something like a slice of a pool noodle to compensate for the slope. I did my best to a cut a tapered wedge out of the noodle about 6 feet long and pushed it into the gasket. It did look pretty good. I could see just a sliver of light under the far right end of the door, but other than that, it seemed to fill the gap.

The next day, we had 2" of rain and water flowed under the door along almost the entire length and there was a torrent on the right side, between the door and wall. I...

United States on Mar 26, 2014

Utah Pete: I found this material easy to work with (in warm weather - don't wait until winter!) and it does the job well. Other reviewers have cautioned about there not being enough adhesive but I think that's probably because they (like I) put down too much of it. It just requires a thin bead on each side and a squiggle down between them; anything more is wasted and has to be cleaned up.

My garage door is a little beat up and not straight at the bottom. I had replaced the seal at the bottom, but still had gaps because of the un-even-ness of the door and the floor. In combination with the bottom seal, this threshold provides a very good, tight seal. I just have to be careful getting the snow thrower out (so the leading edge doesn't catch on the threshold) but otherwise no problem.

I'm giving it four stars because of price and instructions that are a little vague about using the adhesive.

United States on Dec 08, 2009