Hammer out the bend.
Straighten garage door strut.
Purchase a strut that is 1 inch shorter than the door width.
When we add one or more struts to your door we factor in the additional weight.
These struts can be straightened by locking the door removing the strut and straightening it.
Stiles are the metal braces that run from the top to the bottom of a door section.
This will often leave a one to three inch gap in the center of the top section.
Five star doors adds an additional strut to all our garage door installs.
One of the most simple fixes you can do is hammering out the bend in the door.
Struts provide additional support for the garage door panel s and help prevent bending of the panel s.
Place the wood on the distended side of the door and tap it with the hammer.
A 16 wood door should have 3 or more struts but insulated steel doors should have at least two.
You ll need a 2x4 of wood and a rubber mallet.
Struts can be used on metal vinyl and wood garage doors.
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.
Purchase four strut clips if you have a wood door or two strut clips per stile for steel doors.
You will then need to straighten the top section and reinstall the strut.
If you notice that your top garage door panel bends in the middle when.
Measure the width of your door with a tape measure.
Struts can be installed on any of the panels.