OT - Door Seals Technologies

[Tucker301]

I get a little obsessive about some things. One them being a good tight seal around entrance doors.

So here's the thing. I open and close my refrigerator doors maybe 10 times a day. A good fridge can last 15 years or more.
Some of the older ones used to last 30 years.

I open and close the primary entrance door maybe five times a day.
So why can't the door manufacturers employ the same kinds of airtight seals that the refrigerator people use?

 

[2ndamendfan]

Good damn question. Would imagine it comes down to "give a shit".

 

[Slash0311]

From what ive seen, usually my first door seal to fail is the bottom that drags on the threshold. The ones that compress can be replaced easy enough.

 

[hermosabeach]

Cosmetic reasons

How high do you want the threshold to be on all sides?

You could have a big lip all the way around the door. Make the openeing 6” bigger to have the same door size. Have a seal all the way around that.


Their are companies that make great seals- ones that retract when the handle is turned and drop when the door closed. They are for DB reduction on sound sets/ recording studios.

Oh- look at doors in the EU that open out. None of our dumb ass fire safety rules on making doors easy to kick in

All the doors I have seen on homes in Sweden are awesome.
Awesome lock sets too


As property crime is not really punished in most of the world- doors are better. As is it cold, look at doors from all of Scandanavia to install at your home

 

[cnwrobb]

I agree with hermosabeach. European doors on energy efficient homes are amazing and so are the doors on newer homes in the Scandinavian countries. Downside is weight and price. Very heavy and very expensive. or they will use two cheaper doors in an atrium configuration like an airlock chamber.