Replacement Draft Seal

[rtcosic]

Had the wind blowing rain under the seal of the French windows. Not a surprise in coastal Wales, the Land of Horizontal Rain.

The nitrile (?) sealing strips are worn, stiffened and starting to crumble. Also not a surprise after 10 years of use and UV exposure. Checked all the other external doors and all the seals are on their way to failure.

They 'seem' to be much the same cross section so it would convenient to buy a 10m roll of the sealing strip - the aluminium extrusions that house them are fine.

My Google-Fu has failed me and I haven't found the right search terms to find a supplier of just the strip. The draft excluders looks something like these options from Screwfix for reference:

https://www.screwfix.com/p/stormguard-heavy-duty-around-door-strips-aluminium-1-02m-5-pack/21554

But a simpler section more like this:

https://www.screwfix.com/p/stormguard-garage-seal-aluminium-2-5m/29327

Anyone advise the right search terms or even better a supplier? Would help with P&P if the supplier also did this type of replacement seal in rolls as well:

https://www.toolstation.com/schlegel-aquamac-21-seal/p44823

in brown.

 

[armalites]

I've used these people before and they were very good

https://www.reddiseals.com/

 

[slimjim]

You can buy seals for windows and doors on eBay by the metre

 

[rtcosic]

I've used these people before and they were very good

https://www.reddiseals.com/

They have the schlegel type seals in rolls of 50 and 250 metres!

https://www.reddiseals.com/product/easy-insertion-weatherseal-r-series/
https://www.reddiseals.com/product/schlegel-ql3009-aq21/

But so far I only need two doors worth.

They don't seem to carry the simple nitrile extrusions though.

 

[rtcosic]

You can buy seals for windows and doors on eBay by the metre

Quite true, but whilst I can find the complete draft excluder of aluminium extrusion and nitrile/rubber strip I haven't found the replacement strip on its own - yet!

This is the closest I've tripped over so far. It's not correct but getting there - and too expensive.

https://www.nationwide-trailer-part...1tJ8IKSs5579XAiz9CdrgUVkdKqMQORQaAplTEALw_wcB

 

[slimjim]

Is it not this?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10m-x-R4...065630?hash=item5d66d30b9e:g:HKYAAOSwrFZZ3f2z

Ore one of these

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Black-Fl...646058?hash=item5d4d5923ea:g:8moAAOSwSypY91fC

 

[rtcosic]

Sadly not, would that life were that simple.

It's this style:

https://www.screwfix.com/p/stormguard-heavy-duty-around-door-strips-aluminium-1-02m-5-pack/21554

 

[mike os]

Why not contact the firm and ask?

 

[Matchless]

See if these guys can help, https://coh-baines.co.uk/product-category/rubber-extrusions/ 20 years ago I bought all the rubbers for my Cessna for about 5% of the price from Cessna! only real problem was I had the rep turn up once a year to see if we wanted anything else, lots of car and other extrusions,

 

[rtcosic]

See if these guys can help, https://coh-baines.co.uk/product-category/rubber-extrusions/ 20 years ago I bought all the rubbers for my Cessna for about 5% of the price from Cessna! only real problem was I had the rep turn up once a year to see if we wanted anything else, lots of car and other extrusions,

Best site ever! Definitely keep that for future reference, but couldn't find the simple 'wipe' style.

I particularly liked the Daffy Duck profile:

https://coh-baines.co.uk/product/irs-1583ep-epdm-hood-seal-section/

Maybe I'm just too mean and I'll buy the complete seal and bin the extrusion. At least I can pick it up tomorrow - if the Screwfix click and collect is working.

I'll get one of the offspring to add the other profile to their next Toolstation order. I had bought a 50m reel a few years ago and replaced all the window seals. The back door seal gets vastly more wear and I only really need 2m to replace the lock side.

Job jobbed I think - thanks all.