How To Install A Side Hinged Garage Door

3 install the rollers and any necessary brackets on the garage door section and any wall or jamb mounted brackets according to the manufacturer s directions.

How to install a side hinged garage door.

Find a 1 2 inch or whatever you decided for the bottom gap piece of scrap and place it under the door near the post. Install the included brackets with hex screws on each side of the unit s frame. Placing the first panel and track 1. Release the tension on side mounted extension springs by lifting the door and locking it in place on each side with a pair of locking pliers.

Install a new door lock and door knob by inserting the latch through the hole for the new parts. Avoid damage to the screws by using a hand screwdriver. At one side of the doorway slip the vertical track onto the rollers of the first door section. Measure the garage door opening before purchasing panels.

Fasten the wall. Position the door in the opening in the front of the garage so that the brackets are positioned inside the garage. Tie the extension spring to the roller track then detach the cable from the bottom bracket with a pair of pliers. Insert the lockset tailpieces through the latch bolt and screw the handles together by tightening the retaining screws.

Lay weather stripping over the bottom door panel. Fasten the two to four brackets. Ask your assistant to hold one of the garage door hinges in place at one side of the door and align the machined holes on the large mounting plate with the drilled pilot holes at the trimmer. Use a tape measure to carefully record the length and width.

With the door in the 90 degrees open position start sliding scrap under the outside bottom of the door until your hinges are aligned.