How To Install New Garage Door Panels

Center the door panel in the garage doorway.

How to install new garage door panels.

Use shims to adjust the panel as needed. 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. The door must be level even if the floor isn t so use shims under the section to level it. The rubber gasket on the bottom section will fill the gaps created by an unlevel floor.

Line up the bottom corners in the cable anchors and use the hinges and brackets as templates for drilling holes for bolts. Drill pilot holes image 1 and secure the bar with screws. Loosen the bolts holding the bottom panel to the center bracket and carefully remove the panel and replace with new panel. You ll also need to secure the springs that allow the door to move but once you do your garage will open and shut smoothly and safely.

Center and level the first section after you install the brackets. Be sure the bar is centered on the panel. After removing the old door installing the new door is done by stacking the door panels one at a time and fitting the roller tracks around the panels wheels. Position the panel in the center of the doorway then hold a level over the panel to make sure it s level.

To hold the level in place tape it to the section. Have a friend help you pick up and move the heavy panel to the doorway. How to install garage door springs overhead door. Attach hinges to the top of each panel image 2.