General Tune-Ups

A house on the N.W. Flank of Lake Oswego Lake. Originally designed as a guest house right next door to the owner’s home (not shown)…

…this little cottage has never been finished nor ever lived in for numerous years and for reasons that are private. As some of these photos will attest to, a lack of use does not forestall the degradation of some products.

In this case, we’re talking about the weather-stripping on 8 sets of double-entry wood-clad Pella doors. 5 sets of which are shown in the above and previous photo collages.

And so it was that our client hired us to replace the weather-stripping on all the doors and jambs in the S.W. (Lake) facing elevation of this house, which is where the lion’s share of inclement weather blew in upon.

And this is the reason why. Measures had to be taken to preserve the investment that had already been made. A.K.A. preventative maintenance.

The nice thing about today’s compression weather-stripping is that it can seal up the perimeter of a door or window quite well.

The bad thing about today’s compression weather-stripping is that it’s not as durable as one might hope, as evidenced in the photo above. If you click on the photo you can enlarge it.

What is an astragal? It’s typically the overlapping component that covers the space between two doors. Oh yeah, one more good thing about today’s compression weather-stripping is that…

…it is fairly easy to replace if you know what you’re doing and you get the correct product.

Our technician Brandon Todd goes through the paces showing us just how it’s done.