Draught excluders
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8bit

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5,365 posts

176 months

Yesterday (09:34)
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Our inner front door has a gap of a few mm at the bottom which lets some draught in from the porch. The flooring in the hallway is wood so I don't want to fit a brush-type draught excluder to the door as we'll end up with marks on the floor. Is there any sort of alternative, maybe something that attaches to the floor so that it forms a seal with the bottom of the door when it's fully closed? I did some googling but didn't come up with much but maybe I'm using the wrong terms.

Alternatively, some other type of thing that does fix to the door but won't scratch a wooden floor?

Simpo Two

90,589 posts

286 months

Yesterday (10:31)
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Just a foam strip of suitable thickness stuck inside the door recess should do it.

chris1roll

1,863 posts

265 months

Yesterday (10:43)
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You can get ones that the brushes/ strip are retracted until a button is depressed by the door frame once closed, so they don't mark floors or pull carpets..

Like this.

https://www.ironmongerydirect.co.uk/product/exitex...