Door Sweeps

DUAL PILE STANDARD SWEEP or ADJUSTABLE SWEEP?

Our engineers at Vale believe the dual pile standard weather strip offered on all Vale FRP doors is all that is required for superior thermal efficiency.  However, we acknowledge the effort by the competition to market adjustable door bottoms and accordingly must offer our version of this product. Vale’s primary concern with this item rests on the certainty that as dirt, salt, ice and grime accumulate under each door the spring-loaded mechanism activating the adjustable feature will become inactive.  It is simply too burdensome to ask building engineers to periodically clean and lubricate adjustable sweeps in such an inaccessible area.  Our internal evaluation based on over (50) years of experience with school districts leads us to conclude this product cannot perform efficiently over the long term without considerable and timely maintenance investments.  Also, the additional initial cost of this modification must be taken into consideration.

DUAL PILE STANDARD SWEEP

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ADJUSTABLE SWEEP

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