Straighten Garage Door Strut

You will then need to straighten the top section and reinstall the strut.

Straighten garage door strut.

Struts frequently bend when an opener lifts a 16 foot steel door that has a broken spring. When we add one or more struts to your door we factor in the additional weight. You ll need a 2x4 of wood and a rubber mallet. Struts provide additional support for the garage door panel s and help prevent bending of the panel s.

Struts can be installed on any of the panels. Struts can be used on metal vinyl and wood garage doors. Purchase a strut that is 1 inch shorter than the door width. Place the wood on the distended side of the door and tap it with the hammer.

This will often leave a one to three inch gap in the center of the top section. If it s a simple dent then this shouldn t be too hard to do. One of the most simple fixes you can do is hammering out the bend in the door. Purchase four strut clips if you have a wood door or two strut clips per stile for steel doors.

Most residential doors have a strut pre installed at the top of the top panel on the garage door. Five star doors adds an additional strut to all our garage door installs. These struts can be straightened by locking the door removing the strut and straightening it. Hammer out the bend.

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. Stiles are the metal braces that run from the top to the bottom of a door section.