Sealing a piano type door hinge
Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 7:09 pm
For those of you using a concealed piano type hinge for your door...I noticed when washing the tear and driving in a downpour across Nevada...I got some water through the hinge gaps on the knuckle of it. Not a lot, but enough that I wanted to do something to stop it...There is no clearance to allow any sort of weatherstripping, without damaging the hinge, or stressing the screws, however I'm sure there are differences in the hinges..I'm using Grants because they really strengthen the door. Anyway, what I used was a 1.25" piece of rip stop nylon full length...and stuck it down on both sides of the hinge using double faced thin carpet tape...you can't put the tape down the knuckle of the hinge at all...just attach it to the 2 sides leaving the material in the middle unattached...make sure you allow enough material for when the door is full open...seems to have worked, material is shown on the hinge in tan...see the light colored dashes?...that's where the water gets in, although it is not as bad when closed...just an idea...Doug