How To Install Garage Door Support Strut

For doors with torsion springs located over the door spend the 50 or so to have a garage door professional release the tension.

How to install garage door support strut.

A garage door strut is a metal piece designed to provide horizontal strength and rigidity to a garage door panel. Doors with openers also require two extra pieces of hardware that you ll see in photo 4. They also allow the door to open and close smoothly. Most residential doors use 2 struts but residential and industrial doors over 16 feet wide often use three inch struts.

Garage door strut is a metal beam that is installed on the sections of a garage door to provide support and stability to the door. Additional support for your garage door repairs is in on our do it yourself garage door instruction library. This strut when across the top section helps to support the door during opening and closing using a electric garage door opener. For a smooth operation of the garage door opener installing a garage door strut is helpful.

A support strut usually included in the door kit and an opener bracket not included. Installation instructions to read pdf files you need the adobe acrobat reader 6 0 or higher. A garage door strut can help support door panels that have been bent or damaged. This video demonstration uses our kit designed for easier shipping.

They make the sections of the garage door stiff enough to prevent bending or breaking. For more information you can view our how to assemble garage door strut kits video. If the sections are not rigid the garage door will bind as it opens and closes. Garage door struts stiffen door sections to prevent them from bending or breaking.

You can purchase struts and strut kits on our garage door struts page.