Straighten Garage Door Strut

Purchase a strut that is 1 inch shorter than the door width.

Straighten garage door strut. Five star doors adds an additional strut to all our garage door installs. In this video i will show you how to prevent and diy fix a buckling garage door panel. Struts can be used on metal vinyl and wood garage doors. When we add one or more struts to your door we factor in the additional weight.

One of the most simple fixes you can do is hammering out the bend in the door. Struts can be installed on any of the panels. Hammer out the bend. Most residential doors have a strut pre installed at the top of the top panel on the garage door.

Place the wood on the distended side of the door and tap it with the hammer. Struts provide additional support for the garage door panel s and help prevent bending of the panel s. Purchase four strut clips if you have a wood door or two strut clips per stile for steel doors. Stiles are the metal braces that run from the top to the bottom of a door section.

This will often leave a one to three inch gap in the center of the top section. Struts frequently bend when an opener lifts a 16 foot steel door that has a broken spring. You ll need a 2x4 of wood and a rubber mallet. If you notice that your top garage door panel bends in the middle when.

Doors over 10 feet wide usually have at least one strut across the top panel. A 16 wood door should have 3 or more struts but insulated steel doors should have at least two. If it s a simple dent then this shouldn t be too hard to do.