How To Hang A Garage Door Horizontal

The horizontal tracks need sufficient backroom as the following.

How to hang a garage door horizontal.

Step 1 measure the garage door opening before purchasing panels. Attach weather stripping to the bottom edge of garage door. The design is based on aviation style hangar doors. Attach the horizontal track to the vertical track on the door.

Use a tape measure to carefully record the length and width of the opening. Don t tighten the bolts firmly until you re sure the door fits properly and lines up smoothly. Stand the bottom door panel on the floor in the garage doorway. Use the holes in the vertical track to determine where to drill the hole.

To hold the level in place tape it to the section. A short video documenting the creation of x2 10 x10 doors on our new pole barn shop. Use impact driver to mount hinges to the bottom panel of garage door. Find out proper reinforcement of your garage door with your garage door opener.

The stripping is shaped like. At a home improvement store purchase some rubber weather stripping. Drill a hole through the horizontal track to line up with the vertical track. Garage door h eight 16 inches required backroom.

Attach the bracket the opener came with to the wall above the door and then insert the end of the assembly into it. Order this size so the panels will be made slightly smaller fitting perfectly in the doorway. The panels will be about 1 4 in 6 4 mm smaller than the opening step 2 lay weather stripping over the bottom door panel. To hold the section in place lightly toenail a 16d nail into the frame and bend it over the section.

Lay the panel flat on a workbench. Connect the bracket and the end of the assembly as directed in the installation instructions. Lean the end of the assembly opposite the motor compartment up above the garage door. Add brackets and rollers before setting them in place and stack one section on top of another toenailing as you go up.