Straighten Garage Door Strut

Five star doors adds an additional strut to all our garage door installs.

Straighten garage door strut.

If it s a simple dent then this shouldn t be too hard to do. Struts frequently bend when an opener lifts a 16 foot steel door that has a broken spring. Measure the width of your door with a tape measure. These struts can be straightened by locking the door removing the strut and straightening it.

This will often leave a one to three inch gap in the center of the top section. If you notice that your top garage door panel bends in the middle when. Stiles are the metal braces that run from the top to the bottom of a door section. In this video i will show you how to prevent and diy fix a buckling garage door panel.

Doors over 10 feet wide usually have at least one strut across the top panel. Struts provide additional support for the garage door panel s and help prevent bending of the panel s. You ll need a 2x4 of wood and a rubber mallet. Struts can be installed on any of the panels.

One of the most simple fixes you can do is hammering out the bend in the door. A 16 wood door should have 3 or more struts but insulated steel doors should have at least two. When we add one or more struts to your door we factor in the additional weight. You will then need to straighten the top section and reinstall the strut.

Struts can be used on metal vinyl and wood garage doors. Hammer out the bend. Place the wood on the distended side of the door and tap it with the hammer.