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The absorption of moisture by the unfinished edge of an exterior wooden door, particularly through the bottom edge, is prevented by overlaying a sheet-form or tape bridging member over the edge of the door and bonding the member by an adhesive to such edge to form a moisture impervious bridging seal

The absorption of moisture by the unfinished edge of an exterior wooden door, particularly through the bottom edge, is prevented by overlaying a sheet-form or tape bridging member over the edge of the door and bonding the member by an adhesive to such edge to form a moisture impervious bridging sealing layer.

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In combination, a wooden stile and rail door having vertical stiles and top and bottom rails forming top and bottom door edges and such door edges normally constituting unfinished moisture-absorptive areas, and including sticking on each stile and on each rail formed in complementary male and female

In combination, a wooden stile and rail door having vertical stiles and top and bottom rails forming top and bottom door edges and such door edges normally constituting unfinished moisture-absorptive areas, and including sticking on each stile and on each rail formed in complementary male and female configurations and together with one another forming a matched joint between a corresponding stile and rail which intersects a corresponding top and bottom door edge, which joint is susceptible to expansion and will form a passage or leakage joint along which moisture may travel to the interior of the door, a thin, continuous moisture-impervious sheet-form member for completely covering a door edge and for bridging said matched joint between the corresponding stile and rail to form a barrier blocking the passage or leakage joint and preventing leakage of moisture into the stiles, the rails, and the joints of the door, and pressure-sensitive adhesion means between the sheet-form member and the adjoining edge of the door bonding such sheet-form member and said door in sealed-together conforming relation, the material of said sheet-form member comprising a vinyl plastic exhibiting a moisture-permeability measured in terms of a water transfer rate in the order of about 2.0 gr. H20/100 square inches /24 hours, thereby to seal the absorptive area and to prevent entry of moisture into the door edge, said sheet-form member being further characterized by said material of said sheet-form member having a minimum tensile strength in the order from at least 10 lb./in. width, thereby to withstand expansion so that said sheet-form member will continue to bridge and seal the matched joints for the purposes set forth.