How To Install A Side Garage Door

If you are unsure whether it is worth getting one i will talk you through my experience of recently having one installed.

How to install a side garage door.

Installing the door yourself and consulting the garaga installation manual included in the box. Be sure the bar is centered on the panel. Or having the door installed by a garaga authorized dealer. Garage side doors are really useful to have.

Drill pilot holes image 1 and secure the bar with screws. To hold the level in place tape it to the section. Align a hinge in 1 of the corners and in the center of the panel then screw them in place. Use the door shims if needed.

Screw cable brackets to the door to secure the weather stripping. Install 2 hinges on the next door panel. Use impact driver to mount hinges to the bottom panel of garage door. See below for a shopping list and tools subscribe to this ol.

Remove one screw from each of the hinges in the doorframe. After moving house the other year one of the first things i agreed with my wife we would do is install a garage side door. There are two possibilities to choose from. Center and level the first section after you install the brackets.

The installation of your garage door. Remove the door from the pre hung frame by removing the hinge pins. Stand the bottom door panel on the floor in the garage doorway. If you re installing a two car garage door place a reinforcing bar on the top panel to prevent the door from bowing in the center.

You ll install the hinges the same way you did before only this time you ll leave the trackless side empty. Replace them with 2 inch deck screws for strength. Attach hinges to the top of each panel image 2. Attach weather stripping to the bottom edge of garage door.

Next set the doorframe in the opening and center it in the opening. The rubber gasket on the bottom section will fill the gaps created by an unlevel floor. This old house general contractor tom silva shows how to assemble and hang a new garage door.