How To Install An Ideal Garage Door

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How to install an ideal garage door.

Door opening height and width headroom from top of opening to ceiling and back room length of garage. The rubber gasket on the bottom section will fill the gaps created by an unlevel floor. Get in touch 1 800 621 3667. Use a tape measure to carefully record the length and width.

Screw cable brackets to the door to secure the weather stripping. Secure them in place for each new panel. After removing the old panels find the bottom section of the new bottom panel and lay it onto padded saw horses. Attach plastic weather seal to the side of the cedar trim then install the trim around the inside perimeter of the opening.

Give your home a stylish energy efficient look with a new ideal garage door from menards. Measure the garage door opening before purchasing panels. How to install an ideal door garage door. Use impact driver to mount hinges to the bottom panel of garage door.

The door must be level even if the floor isn t so use shims under the section to level it. Find the numbered hinges in the supplied hardware packet. Begin by trimming out the door with one inch thick strips of cedar. For the headroom you should have about 10 to 12 of space depending on the spring system you re installing.

Placing the first panel and track 1. Measure the various areas where the door will be installed. Attach weather stripping to the bottom edge of garage door. Stand the bottom door panel on the floor in the garage doorway.

Measure attach hinges and handles. Lay weather stripping over the bottom door panel. Insert rollers into the brackets attached to the door. Center and level the first section after you install the brackets.

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