Straighten Wooden Garage Door

Some steel or wood stakes an electric drill a circular saw a hammer and a carpenter s level.

Straighten wooden garage door.

Six 1 x 4 s 12 feet long and a box of phillips head screws or 8d eight penny nails to serve as fasteners. The one piece garage door. Check the metal tracks inside the garage. You ll also need a short list of materials.

Then lay the door down flat and be sure that each screw in the door frame is tight. If they re loose tighten the bolts or screws at the brackets. Begin cutting out the quarter round on the inside of the garage door by scoring it repeatedly with a utility knife or preferably with an oscillating tool until all four pieces of trim are removed if applicable to your garage door. If so bend the track inwards back into place with a pair of pliers or linemen.

The rods are placed diagonally from top to bottom corners and can be tightened at a turnbuckle to straighten out the door do a little at time to allow the door to adjust to the change. Using a ladder visually inspect both of the garage door tracks. The tracks keep the garage door rollers in line and in place. Look at the mounting brackets that hold the tracks to the walls.

Straightening a leaning garage. Modern look with glass and aluminum finish. Hold the door hold the door as the hinges unscrew to keep it from falling down. One piece garage doors are available at a customers request.

Working inside the garage with the garage door closed examine the tracks for dents crimps or flat spots. Repair or replace the screws.