Hi Alison, the new door sweeps will work wonders! Last Fall I installed the same style at home, on my back stairwell door, which leads out to the garden. The floor is extremely uneven with a huge gap that was letting in field mice. The door sweep has kept out mice as well as blowing leaves and drifting snow. To install, I began with the door closed, using the adhesive strip to tack the top edge to the door (mine is a wooden door), making sure the gap was sealed by the flexible blade meeting the uneven floor. I opened & closed the door to make sure the flexible blade would sweep along and not stop the door from opening. Then I closed the door again, and used the large tacks that came with the sweep to hammer the top edge securely to the door. If your doors are metal, perhaps screws can be installed to secure the door sweep in place. Best of luck with your upgrade!
Robin On Fri, Jan 29, 2021 at 10:46 AM alison_castaneda < alison_castan...@fitnyc.edu> wrote: > Greetings PestList, > > The Museum at FIT is looking to upgrade our door sweeps and would greatly > appreciate any input or recommendations. > > We currently have this style: > [image: Capture.JPG] > However, due to the frequently uneven floors, gaps are apparent beneath > the sweep. > > We're looking at this style: > [image: Capture1.JPG] > We hope that the face-mount style will provide flexibility for uneven > floors that the under-mount style did not. > > Does anyone have preferred brands or words-of-wisdom for the replacement > process? Any input is greatly appreciated. > > Thanks in advance, > Alison Castaneda > > Associate Conservator, MFIT > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MuseumPests" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/21adcf86-698a-4e5a-9c41-2f22bc10398fn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/21adcf86-698a-4e5a-9c41-2f22bc10398fn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Robin Hazen Preservation Specialist Binghamton University Libraries - Preservation Unit LS2525 607-777-6220 rha...@binghamton.edu -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MuseumPests" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CANQ-UxRW2sDR0z5zN_gALqAppJXDzVqSHxi76u9DsDt9HgxowQ%40mail.gmail.com.
