How To Install A Side Garage Door

Center and level the first section after you install the brackets.

How to install a side garage door.

Installing the door yourself and consulting the garaga installation manual included in the box. Insert rollers into the brackets attached to the door. The door must be level even if the floor isn t so use shims under the section to level it. This old house general contractor tom silva shows how to assemble and hang a new garage door.

Attach hinges to the top of each panel image 2. Align a hinge in 1 of the corners and in the center of the panel then screw them in place. Use the door shims if needed. Use impact driver to mount hinges to the bottom panel of garage door.

To hold the level in place tape it to the section. Garage side doors are really useful to have. Install 2 hinges on the next door panel. Lay the next door panel on the workbench.

Remove one screw from each of the hinges in the doorframe. 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 installation of your garage door. Or having the door installed by a garaga authorized dealer.

See below for a shopping list and tools subscribe to this ol. Drill pilot holes image 1 and secure the bar with screws. Next set the doorframe in the opening and center it in the opening. Attach weather stripping to the bottom edge of garage door.

Replace them with 2 inch deck screws for strength. If you are unsure whether it is worth getting one i will talk you through my experience of recently having one installed. You ll install the hinges the same way you did before only this time you ll leave the trackless side empty. The rubber gasket on the bottom section will fill the gaps created by an unlevel floor.

Screw cable brackets to the door to secure the weather stripping. There are two possibilities to choose from. Be sure the bar is centered on the panel.