How To Install New Garage Door Panels

Use shims to adjust the panel as needed.

How to install new garage door panels.

Have a friend help you pick up and move the heavy panel to the doorway. Center the door panel in the garage doorway. Drill pilot holes image 1 and secure the bar with screws. 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.

The rubber gasket on the bottom section will fill the gaps created by an unlevel floor. To hold the level in place tape it to the section. Line up the bottom corners in the cable anchors and use the hinges and brackets as templates for drilling holes for bolts. Part 1 removing the old door.

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. Center and level the first section after you install the brackets. How to install garage door springs overhead door. Begin installing your new door.

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. Attach hinges to the top of each panel image 2. Loosen the bolts holding the bottom panel to the center bracket and carefully remove the panel and replace with new panel. The door must be level even if the floor isn t so use shims under the section to level it.