So is it just a fact of life that my door is going to drip everywhere?

[nedfunnell]

Everytime it rains, my garage door drips all over everything in the garage the first time I open it. Is this normal? I like for my things in the garage to stay dry, not get dripped on.

 

[mizzou]

yeah, it is normal. Unless your eaves are just massive, rain will get in. It will not only get in from your door, it will get in from your wet vehicle. I've strategically placed these around the walls to keep it from getting excessive.

https://www.newpig.com/absorbent-so...up=pig_socks&gclid=CIC0gqOWh8wCFdcRgQodWEAJvA

 

[nedfunnell]

yeah, it is normal. Unless your eaves are just massive, rain will get in. It will not only get in from your door, it will get in from your wet vehicle. I've strategically placed these around the walls to keep it from getting excessive.

https://www.newpig.com/absorbent-so...up=pig_socks&gclid=CIC0gqOWh8wCFdcRgQodWEAJvA

I'm talking about the day after it rains, and the skies are clear. I open the garage door and all sorts of water starts to drip onto the contents of my garage from all the nooks and crevices of the garage that filled up with water when it was raining. Normal?

 

[boomerang]

I'm talking about the day after it rains, and the skies are clear. I open the garage door and all sorts of water starts to drip onto the contents of my garage from all the nooks and crevices of the garage that filled up with water when it was raining. Normal?

They installed the door with the sections in upside down. The sections come together in the form of a loose tongue and groove joint. The tongue should be at the top and the groove at the bottom of the sections. That way it will tend to shed the water. If the grooves are at the top, water is retained in them and it comes out when the door is opened.

They manufacture the sections now with a universal dimple patterns for the fastening of brackets and the like. Installers that are lazy or don't know any better don't pay attention and you end up with what you've got.

 

[nk215]

None of my garage doors does that. I would be pissed if it drip on my convertible. take a close look at your doors. Something is not right for it to catch water. There are seals on all three sides (top and 2 sides) so water can only get in at the seams between panels. Maybe, you need a weather foam insulation strip installed at the seams? I have no idea since I don't have that issue.

 

[SithSolo1]

Post some pictures of the inside and outside of the closed garage door.

 

[clok1966]

If your door has windows they can be badly sealed, i had this on a brand new door I just put in last fall. I took the windows out and sealed them (clear silicone) and haven't had the issue since. I have seen doors with a recess where the panels fit too, no fix for that, it rains, water sits in the tiny recess and when door goes up it runs out.

 

[nedfunnell]

They installed the door with the sections in upside down. The sections come together in the form of a loose tongue and groove joint. The tongue should be at the top and the groove at the bottom of the sections. That way it will tend to shed the water. If the grooves are at the top, water is retained in them and it comes out when the door is opened.

They manufacture the sections now with a universal dimple patterns for the fastening of brackets and the like. Installers that are lazy or don't know any better don't pay attention and you end up with what you've got.

Thanks for the insight. I think you're onto the idea- mine aren't actually installed upside down, but the square protrusion on the top has been dented in to allow water to pool in a low spots along their edges. This door has been crashed before by an inattentive driver not pulling far enough in and the close force being set too high, so maybe that's why.

This doesn't bother me enough to fix, since it's a rental I'm not going to be in for too much longer, but I'm sad about it for the next guy.

 

[SparkyJJO]

My overhead door does this and it is a little annoying.