How To Install A Garage Door Hinge

Hold the door so it s in the open position and slide the hinges into the mounting plates.

How to install a garage door hinge.

Find new rollers and hinges here. Hook the hinges onto the mounting plates and snap them into place. To hold the section in place lightly toenail a 16d nail into the frame and bend it over the section. Place the second panel on top of the first one.

Insert rollers into the brackets attached to the door. Install 2 hinges on the next door panel. Screw cable brackets to the door to secure the weather stripping. Fastening the other panels and track 1.

With a friend pick up the new door panel. Install the included brackets with hex screws on each side of the unit s frame. While this may seem elementary it s not as simple as pointing and saying that one when you look at a garage door from the inside there are hinges up the left side of the door up the right side and in the middle section and they all have names and numbers. Add brackets and rollers before setting them in place and stack one section on top of another toenailing as you go up.

Use impact driver to mount hinges to the bottom panel of garage door. Fasten the two to four brackets through the predrilled holes on the inside of the door near the hinges on each side. Identify which garage door hinge needs to be replaced. Stand the bottom door panel on the floor in the garage doorway.

Fit it on top of the first. Lay the next door panel on the workbench. Follow the steps below for proper green hinge system overhead door hinge installation procedure step 1. You ll install the hinges the same.

Attach weather stripping to the bottom edge of garage door. Before beginning hinge installation view the bolt pattern measurement guide below to verify the green hinge system will fit your garage door.