Straighten Garage Door Strut

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

Straighten garage door strut.

If it s a simple dent then this shouldn t be too hard to do. You ll need a 2x4 of wood and a rubber mallet. You will then need to straighten the top section and reinstall the strut. One of the most simple fixes you can do is hammering out the bend in the door.

These struts can be straightened by locking the door removing the strut and straightening it. In this video i will show you how to prevent and diy fix a buckling garage door panel. Five star doors adds an additional strut to all our garage door installs. If you notice that your top garage door panel bends in the middle when.

When we add one or more struts to your door we factor in the additional weight. Stiles are the metal braces that run from the top to the bottom of a door section. Doors over 10 feet wide usually have at least one strut across the top panel. Purchase four strut clips if you have a wood door or two strut clips per stile for steel doors.

Place the wood on the distended side of the door and tap it with the hammer. A 16 wood door should have 3 or more struts but insulated steel doors should have at least two. Struts provide additional support for the garage door panel s and help prevent bending of the panel s. Hammer out the bend.

Most residential doors have a strut pre installed at the top of the top panel on the garage door. 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.