How To Install Garage Door Strut

They make the sections of the garage door stiff enough to prevent bending or breaking.

How to install garage door strut.

Many doors come standard with a strut across the top panel of the garage door. A support strut usually included in the door kit and an opener. Support struts allow your garage door to open and close smoothly while remaining strong and reliable. When you install a new garage door replace all the hardware as well.

If your automatic opener doesn t have an automatic reversing system that includes photoelectric eyes replace it. A garage door strut is a metal piece designed to provide horizontal strength and rigidity to a garage door panel. Garage door struts stiffen door sections to prevent them from bending or breaking. Steel struts are added to your garages to reinforce the steel panels.

If the sections are not rigid the garage door will bind as it opens and closes. They also allow the door to open and close smoothly. Garage door panels are made of thin steels so the thick steel strut supports the gara. Installation instructions to read pdf files you need the adobe acrobat reader 6 0 or higher.

This video shows a quick and simple installation of a door strut. A garage door strut can help support door panels that have been bent or damaged. Doors with openers also require two extra pieces of hardware that you ll see in photo 4. This strut when across the top section helps to support the door during opening and closing using a electric garage door opener.