How Do Automatic Door Bottoms Work — Transcript

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1. 0:00automatic door bottoms are great for
2. 0:02sealing the Gap at the bottom of your
3. 0:04door thereby sealing any sound that is
4. 0:06coming through the Gap people often ask
5. 0:09how does an automatic door bottom work
6. 0:12does it need electricity how well does
7. 0:14it
8. 0:16[Music]
9. 0:24work hi I'm Michael from trademark
10. 0:27soundproofing in this video we'll show
11. 0:29you how an automatic door bottom works
12. 0:31and how well it performs this automatic
13. 0:34door bottom is surface mounted meaning
14. 0:36it's mounted to the face of the door and
15. 0:38not routed out into the actual door
16. 0:41surface mounted automatic door bottoms
17. 0:43need to be mounted on the push side of
18. 0:45the door with the nut facing the hinge
19. 0:48side when you close the door the nut
20. 0:50will get pushed into the door jam and
21. 0:52that will cause the seal at the bottom
22. 0:54to be pushed down as the door closes and
23. 0:57fully seal when the door is closed
24. 1:05when you open the door the brass nut
25. 1:07will be released which will allow the
26. 1:09seal to retreat back up into the
27. 1:11aluminum housing the up and down action
28. 1:14allows an extremely tight seal that is
29. 1:16not possible when using a standard door
30. 1:19sweep as it would get caught in the
31. 1:20floor during opening and closing of the
32. 1:23door we will close the lights in the
33. 1:25outer room so that you can see what a
34. 1:27light seal you get at the bottom of the
35. 1:29door which will not allow any light to
36. 1:47penetrate the automatic door bottom
37. 1:49mentioned in this video as well as
38. 1:51product details and specs are listed and
39. 1:54Linked In the description below in
40. 1:56future videos we'll be showing you how
41. 1:58to measure and install an automatic door
42. 2:00bottom and how to measure and install
43. 2:02door gaskets for the jams and header of
44. 2:05your door stay tuned
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