Purchase a strut that is 1 inch shorter than the door width.
Straighten garage door strut.
In this video i will show you how to prevent and diy fix a buckling garage door panel.
Struts can be installed on any of the panels.
When we add one or more struts to your door we factor in the additional weight.
A 16 wood door should have 3 or more struts but insulated steel doors should have at least two.
Measure the width of your door with a tape measure.
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.
You ll need a 2x4 of wood and a rubber mallet.
Stiles are the metal braces that run from the top to the bottom of a door section.
Struts provide additional support for the garage door panel s and help prevent bending of the panel s.
Hammer out the bend.
Struts can be used on metal vinyl and wood garage doors.
If you notice that your top garage door panel bends in the middle when.
Place the wood on the distended side of the door and tap it with the hammer.
One of the most simple fixes you can do is hammering out the bend in the 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.
Most residential doors have a strut pre installed at the top of the top panel on the garage door.
If it s a simple dent then this shouldn t be too hard to do.