Materials for Weatherstripping

Series Summary

The weather stripping is bad or the toilet needs to be replaced, we all have our to-do lists for home repair. Many people put off such repairs because of the cost to bring in someone to do these repairs. The good news is that many odd jobs around the house that you can repair yourself.

Learn how to do several basic home repairs from our expert, a professional handyman. Is your thermostat constantly running or not maintaining the temperature you would like? It might be time to replace it. With help from our expert he can walk you through how to replace your thermostat. He will also show how to do other do-it-yourself projects. These videos will show you everything you need to know to repair or install weather stripping and threshold repair on a garage door. Watch this video series and knock out that honey-do list.

Video Transcript

"On behalf of Expert Village, my name is George Engle with Mr. Fix-It Handyman here in Miami, Florida and today I am going to be showing you how to install weather stripping on the exterior of your garage door. Okay in this clip, I am going to show you some of the materials you will need to change the weather stripping on your garage door. Some of them will include some sealant. I prefer this brand. It is a little difficult to find but it is a good exterior sealant. A caulking gun that's for the application, a hammer for removal, pry bars, a couple of different ones; this is a pry bar, this is going to be a wedge, some extra sealant and some finishing nails just to hold the trim in place while the adhesive sealing agent has time to dry. Okay when you are going to set up your sealant in your caulking gun, they have a convenient little cutter right here. If you notice when you pull the handle, they will cut the tip off for you. In order to get a more accurate cut, you can use something like a razor knife, something with a sharp blade on the end so you can just nick off a little end, put a 90 degree cut and you can go right around the back of the trim with it; it will go well. "