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I'm fighting some air infiltration from under my exterior doors. I've noticed that this sill cap / threshold is unlike any I can find in stores, as it has an indented channel in the middle. Is something meant to go in there to better seal to the door bottom?

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You're missing parts there. No threshold has an open channel like that. At a minimum there would be a rubber strip across it. Most have a solid cap over that area with captive adjustment screws in it.

You can't really just replace a modern threshold with generic parts. It's part of a proprietary door system and it's fairly locked in place. Find the manufacturer and order the correct parts.

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