How To Install A Garage Door Hinge

Fit it on top of the first.

How to install a garage door hinge.

Use impact driver to mount hinges to the bottom panel of garage door. Press on the bars of the hinge to snap them into place on the mounting plates. Place the second panel on top of the first one. Add brackets and rollers before setting them in place and stack one section on top of another toenailing as you go up.

Hook the hinges onto the mounting plates and snap them into place. Insert rollers into the brackets attached to the door. Attach weather stripping to the bottom edge of garage door. Stand the bottom door panel on the floor in the garage doorway.

To hold the level in place tape it to the section. Identify which garage door hinge needs to be replaced. While this may seem elementary it s not as simple as pointing and saying that one when you look at a garage door from the inside there are hinges up the left side of the door up the right side and in the middle section and they all have names and numbers. Lay the next door panel on the workbench.

Fasten the two to four brackets through the predrilled holes on the inside of the door near the hinges on each side. To hold the section in place lightly toenail a 16d nail into the frame and bend it over the section. Screw cable brackets to the door to secure the weather stripping. You ll install the hinges the same.

Fastening the other panels and track 1. Before beginning hinge installation view the bolt pattern measurement guide below to verify the green hinge system will fit your garage door. With a friend pick up the new door panel. Install 2 hinges on the next door panel.

Hold the door so it s in the open position and slide the hinges into the mounting plates. Find new rollers and hinges here.