Just wondering how everyone manages to keep water from entering a building from under a door threshold. This is what I’ve been using.
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Excellent idea! How do you clean whats under the water cover?
Look at all that GUM. I have been doing a school Gum by ever DOOR
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Just run a bead of caulk at the bottom of every door…only takes a few seconds.
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I like that idea, will definitely give it a shot. Thanks for sharing
i hope you know that I was joking about that…
It would not be too cool to do that.
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I thought you were kidding too, but then he said he was going to try it so I was sitting here scratching my head trying to figure out how that worked exactly as a real solution lol. Thanks for clearing that up.
One person saying it is a joke. 2 people made me question myself lol.
You can just tape them.
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I’ve never blocked a doorway in my pressure washing life. How are you supposed to clean where that schmoo sock is?
I have never blocked a door either. I have rolled a towel up and shut the door on it.
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If water gets under a door it means I just exposed an air gap and have potentially saved them hundreds of dollars a year in heating and cooling costs with the proper remedial actions. 
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That’s ok, they 'll have the money when your insurance company settles with them for their warped hardwood and underlayment that they had to replace 3 rooms of to get to match and refinished all off them and of course their $5000 Oriental runner that was just inside the door, lol
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There are some air gaps you don’t want to find. Such as ones in elevators door. A wise man once told “a couple drops of water can cause 10k in damage.” He was spot on
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Tube socks with kitty litter and a zip tie, or the equivalent, in front of ground level breezeway doors. 2 inch dirty strip in front of door but beats alternative
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I guess I’m just not tracking as to why a door that’s not water tight is my fault. I don’t remember ever getting that close to the bottom of a residential door anyhow.
Actually… I’ve never washed a house that didn’t have a storm door and the door raised 3-4 inches from the ground.
Now I’m gonna look at all the doors like a crazy person.
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I try srpay as undirectly as possible… but like stated above, most are raised and non-issue.
I have had a few ppl Thank me for “finding” leaks around the windows… but if i noticed something i dont spray it.
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Depends what the job requires. If it’s gum removal, I simply lay down this barrier and go to work. If its surface cleaning, I’ll run my surface cleaner over the area.
85 percent of my work is commercial so it’s very common to have exposed thresholds that can easily pass water. Wasn’t a big deal for me until I saw how much water entered through the threshold at a gas station. Yes, I cleaned it up. & yes, I kicked myself for doing it.
Agreed. Takes 1 min, but can save lots of time and resources.
