Roll-up doors for Texas Metal Buildings are great cost effective options that are designed to coil into a barrel above the opening. They provide maximal internal usable space. Check out this video to learn more about roll-up doors.
The down side of roll-up doors is they are not fully sealed. This means air penetrates making it difficult to regulate temperature inside your building and critters like birds can access your building. Many of our clients have found this to be troublesome for them.
For this reason, here are two options to help seal your doors.
Header Seal: Since the roll-up doors roll into a coil when the door is closed it increases the space between the door frame and the door coil creating a gap above your roll-up door. This gap is usually 3”-4” where critters, dust, air, and even birds can access your building.
The header seal is designed to close or seal that gap above the roller door. This header seal is a heavy duty vinyl material. It is installed on the door header frame opening, runs the width of the door, and extends to cover the 3” – 4” gap above the door.
The price ranges from $180 – $250 all depending on the size of your door.
While header seal is commonly offered in the industry, we’ve chosen not to include it. We’ve removed it from our offerings because it does not provide a complete seal. Specifically, it does not seal the seal the sides, where the corrugated design of the roll up door allows rain, light, and pests to enter.
To provide a better solution, we include brush seal as standard feature on all our roll up doors. We don’t ask if you want it. We install it by default because we know firsthand the issues you’ll face.
Brush Seal: Brush seals are designed to close the top and sides of a roll-up door.
These seals are composed of numerous filaments that create a seamless barrier, effectively sealing gaps of the corrugated garage door to ensure weatherproofing without hindering door operation.
Our weather seal brushes are crafted from high-quality nylon filaments, while our holders are made from durable extruded aluminum. These brush seals are the most effective and significantly reduce infiltration of light, air, wind, rain, snow, and heat loss along with keeping out pests including but not limited to insects, rodents, and birds.
In additon, we have found that brush seals help stabilize the door, minimizing the rattling and noise caused by wind pressure.
The price ranges from $200 – $600 all depending on the size of your door.
The negative downside of the brush seals can be the price and the aluminum finish will not be aesthetically pleasing. The aluminum finish can always be painted at a later date. If you are in northern states where it can freeze, there have been comments of scratching of the door.
Here at WolfSteel Buildings, we install all roll-up doors with brush seals included. No extra charge, no need to ask. However, if you’re outside our service area and still want to benefit from brush seals, you’re not out of luck. You can easily purchase them separately and install them by yourself.
Amazon offers a variety of brush seal options with different thickness to suit the size and style of your roll-up door.
Check them out here: Amazon Brush Seal
Protect your Texas metal building and keep your space sealed right from the start. With or without us, quality sealing matters.