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Gaps in apartment door

Posted by Irene Milman, on Thu 20 Jul 2017 02:27am

I just moved to a new rented condo with a door that appears to have gaps - when the lights are turned off inside at night, I can see thin strips of outside light all around the door, which makes me very uncomfortable. There is a floor sweep that hardly even touches the floor. I am worried about bugs getting in through all those gaps, plus extra high air conditioning bills. The door also rattles a little bit when it is locked if I juggle the door knob. The metal plate at the bottom seems to be flat, and I have been able to push a heavy magazine into the apartment when standing outside. Can anyone please suggest what needs to be done to make this door more secure?

peter clements

Tue 25 Jul 2017 07:20am

If you go to your local BandQ buy some weather strips which comes on a roll with sticky back in different thicknesses stick this to the door frame that should work.

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