How To Install Garage Door Support Strut

Most residential doors use 2 struts but residential and industrial doors over 16 feet wide often use three inch struts.

How to install garage door support strut.

Installation instructions to read pdf files you need the adobe acrobat reader 6 0 or higher. If the sections are not rigid the garage door will bind as it opens and closes. For a smooth operation of the garage door opener installing a garage door strut is helpful. A support strut usually included in the door kit and an opener bracket not included.

This video demonstration uses our kit designed for easier shipping. They make the sections of the garage door stiff enough to prevent bending or breaking. This video shows a quick and simple installation of a door strut. This strut when across the top section helps to support the door during opening and closing using a electric garage door opener.

A garage door strut can help support door panels that have been bent or damaged. Garage door struts stiffen door sections to prevent them from bending or breaking. For doors with torsion springs located over the door spend the 50 or so to have a garage door professional release the tension. For more information you can view our how to assemble garage door strut kits video.

You can purchase struts and strut kits on our garage door struts page. Doors with openers also require two extra pieces of hardware that you ll see in photo 4. A garage door strut is a metal piece designed to provide horizontal strength and rigidity to a garage door panel. Many doors come standard with a strut across the top panel of the garage door.

Additional support for your garage door repairs is in on our do it yourself garage door instruction library.