Patent ID: 8713854

Claim:
A method for weather sealing a door and a door frame, the method comprising: securing a door to a frame, the door having a height between a top and a bottom of the door and a width between an interior plane and an exterior plane of the door; positioning a first side seal between a first side of the door and the frame to define a first side weather barrier between the first side of the door and the frame when the door is in a closed state, the first side seal extending from an upper portion of the door towards the bottom of the door; positioning a second side seal between the first side of the door and the frame to define a second side weather barrier between the first side of the door and the frame when the door is in a closed state, the second side seal extending from an upper portion of the door towards the bottom of the door, wherein the first side seal and the second side seal at least partially define a side air space extending from an upper portion of the door towards the bottom of the door whose pressure equilibrates to an exterior pressure; positioning a bottom seal between the bottom of the door and the frame to define a lower weather barrier between the bottom of the door and the frame when the door is in the closed state; and positioning a transition seal between the first side of the door and the frame to define a transition weather barrier extending between the lower weather barrier and the second side weather barrier when the door is in the closed state, the second side seal being positioned relatively closer to the exterior plane of the door than the bottom seal is positioned to the exterior plane of the door, the transition seal extending downwardly and away from the second side seal and defining a transition air zone at a location spaced rearward of the second side seal.