How to Replace Door Sweep | Fix Gap at Bottom of your Door

In this video, I show you the different types of bottom door sweeps that you can install if your door sweep is missing or broken. Having a good door sweep on your exterior door is important to keep out hot/cold drafts of air, bugs, and other unwanted things. Some of these bottom door seal options are easy ones that you can stick on or screw on the bottom inside of the door. I also show you how to take your door off of the hinges and add a door sweep underneath the door.

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[jokerstalisman]

Thanks a lot, I work at a Home Depot in the doors and windows department and becoming more educated about stuff like this makes my life a lot easier awesome stuff man

[SandraSElam]

We just replaced the door sweep on my patio door today, thanks to your excellent video. Thanks! 😊

[candicespencer]

I love how you show us all the options and how to adjust everything! Thanks Mr Fixer!!!

[joeemm]

Great idea showing all the options. The best is the hardest, as usual; take off the door. I watched several videos but they seemed lacking. I’m going to go forward now. Thanks for taking the time to show what really works.

[rushmatic]

This video triggered my PTSD (sorry for exaggerating) but what should have been an easy fix took me three years to complete. The builder of my old house decided to use special doors by Pella… It was not a standard size but it looked really nice. The entry rug was short but not short enough and after a few years the sweep was ruined. I went to a Pella dealer and they helped me find the model number in the jamb and how to submit the order. Great! Simple enough, but I was wrong. The sweep that came was 2 inches too short. Went through that a few more times. But over 30 email exchanges and maybe 20 calls I did get the correct sweep. When I took the door off I was greeted by an army of ants that built a colony in the door because there was no sweep for so long. I’m talking 1, 300 ants easily. I was able to eradicate the ants and install the sweep with success. So happy once that ordeal was over!

[denisef]

Excellent. I want to do this. I’m in a old house so everything needs fixing it replacing YouTube is my favorite school and your a great teacher. Thank You

[sanjuanitacasarez]

Thank you, you made it so easy to understand. Not at all intimidating. My grandson and I will now be able to install without complications.

[amyhoshor]

Thanks for making this video. My brother and I watched this video and we were able to replace the concealed door sweep using all of your methods and tips. Thanks for displaying a variety of door sweeps so that after removing the sweep from my door we knew exactly what type to purchase to replace the sweep. Also, your video quality, sound, and camera angle placement allowed us to see exactly what you were doing. Thanks again.

[KyleEgbert]

So glad I watched this... I was about to try and replace my threshold or sweep because I could see daylight through it. All I needed to do was adjust those threshold screws! Saved me a lot of time and effort! Thank you!!!

[cathydavis]

Thank you for that information just in time for winter. I live just outside of Chicago and it gets really cold. I keep forgetting to fix the doors until the icy arctic wind blows and it's too late. I look forward to more of your videos. 😀

[frankj]

It’s actually great to see you deal with constant problems. Something that seemed easy job turned out to get a bit more complicated. I have the same issue at my house and think is it just me or what?!!

[mrcryptozoic]

I bought the brush type and it worked perfectly. You don't have to align it perfectly for it to work. Uneven surfaces actually make it wear a little bit into a perfect fit.

[jameswordenjr.]

I used stainless steel wood screws on both sides of the bottom trim piece, and spaced the screws six inches apart. This allowed a firm grim on the door base, with no potential movement. The door manufacturer had used staples which rusted out over the years. The staples coming loose shortened the life of the seal.

[nancyesque]

this is my second time to watch this video. I just want to say that you are my favorite channel for home repair and remodeling. It's so nice to have someone who is working on a nice, normal house with a little age on it like mine, who can show me what is being done without a lot of pointless edits or hyped up energy, and who isn't selling me something. When I need to fix or replace something in my house I go straight to you so you can show me how to do it. Thank you so much for being there!

[beekind]

We need this done badly in our apt. You can see daylight really good and the amount of bugs that come in is ridiculous.
Thank you so much for this. 🙏🏽

[thenexthobby]

My front door is 83 years old. Who knows how long the sweep's been on there. Yeah I can see daylight under it. I have a feeling I'll need the universal. And now I just discovered another use for my new electric stapler.

[sillililli]

Door Sweeps, and weatherstripping are on the shopping list for the next time we're in town. lol Thank you so much for reminding me to check our doors, they're overdue, and with the cost of utilities nowadays, it's cheaper to maintain your home than contribute to your utilities bill by not doing the maintenance required.

[nobleman]

Thank you very much for this video. I was getting all kinds of stuff in my house and could not figure out why. I took a look at the botttoms of my door and discover huge gaps on two of my doors. After watching you video, I went with the slide on version and they are working great. Thank you again, much appreciated.

[peehandshihtzu]

I did this a few years back including the weather stripping. It is so worth it to have a nice tuned up door that closes with a seal. This video would have been handy at the time but it turned out I was able to get OEM replacements for mine that just screwed right in like the old ones. That said, sometimes there will be a sticker in your jamb that might have some helpful information. But I would wager most the time there isn't, doesn't hurt to look though. Great video. :)

[leewillers]

Thanks for the video! Now I can tell my husband how to fix the draft at the front door!!😂