Weather seal/strip

Handy Person from Big Bear Lake, CA

Mar 4, 2021 4:37 pm

I'm having a hard time finding this simple extrusion from some older aluminum windows. It's an offset "T" with the post of the "T" off to one side. The top of the "T" is 1/4 wide, and the post is 3/16 tall. The length is 58 inches. I'm guessing it's vinyl. Any help would be awesome.
Thanks,
Kevin

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Tom from SWISCO

Mar 5, 2021 1:49 pm

Your old seal is a little too beat up for me to properly ID, but it looks to be the base for wool pile. The problem is that we don't have any wool pile with a 1/4" wide base. Can you confirm that measurement? In the meantime, you can see our entire selection here.

Handy Person from Big Bear Lake, CA

Mar 5, 2021 2:59 pm

Thanks for getting back to me Tom,

I don't think there was any wool on the "T", I think it is just a vinyl or rubber extrusion. Do you have anything like it? Suggestions?

I don't know that it would harm anything if I replaced it with a wool strip, I'll have to look at the offset to see if a standard wool weather strip would interfere with anything.

I'll try to get some more/better dimensions.

Thanks for your help.

Kevin

Tom from SWISCO

Mar 8, 2021 8:54 am

Thanks for clarifying, Kevin. I'm afraid we don't have any weatherstripping that's just a "T," but now that you mention it I don't think you'd have any issues using wool pile. The only worry would be whether you get a pile that's too tall compared to the original; that would give the window extra friction and ultimately make it more difficult to open and close.

I still think wool pile is the way to go, but I recommend removing an undamaged sample and measuring it with calipers just to be 110% sure.