Most residential doors have a strut pre installed at the top of the top panel on the garage door.
Straighten garage door strut.
This will often leave a one to three inch gap in the center of the top section.
In this video i will show you how to prevent and diy fix a buckling garage door panel.
Place the wood on the distended side of the door and tap it with the hammer.
Doors over 10 feet wide usually have at least one strut across the top panel.
If it s a simple dent then this shouldn t be too hard to do.
Five star doors adds an additional strut to all our garage door installs.
Struts provide additional support for the garage door panel s and help prevent bending of the panel s.
Measure the width of your door with a tape measure.
If you notice that your top garage door panel bends in the middle when.
Stiles are the metal braces that run from the top to the bottom of a door section.
Hammer out the bend.
Struts frequently bend when an opener lifts a 16 foot steel door that has a broken spring.
Purchase a strut that is 1 inch shorter than the door width.
These struts can be straightened by locking the door removing the strut and straightening it.
Struts can be installed on any of the panels.
One of the most simple fixes you can do is hammering out the bend in the door.
Struts can be used on metal vinyl and wood garage doors.
You will then need to straighten the top section and reinstall the strut.
Purchase four strut clips if you have a wood door or two strut clips per stile for steel doors.