How To Install A Side Garage Door

Attach hinges to the top of each panel image 2.

How to install a side garage door.

Next set the doorframe in the opening and center it in the opening. Drill pilot holes image 1 and secure the bar with screws. Or having the door installed by a garaga authorized dealer. Use impact driver to mount hinges to the bottom panel of garage door.

There are two possibilities to choose from. Screw cable brackets to the door to secure the weather stripping. Garage side doors are really useful to have. Lay the next door panel on the workbench.

Stand the bottom door panel on the floor in the garage doorway. Install 2 hinges on the next door panel. Use the door shims if needed. 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. This old house general contractor tom silva shows how to assemble and hang a new garage door. The installation of your garage 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.

Insert rollers into the brackets attached to the door. After moving house the other year one of the first things i agreed with my wife we would do is install a garage side door. Remove one screw from each of the hinges in the doorframe. Attach weather stripping to the bottom edge of garage door.

Be sure the bar is centered on the panel. You ll install the hinges the same way you did before only this time you ll leave the trackless side empty. Installing the door yourself and consulting the garaga installation manual included in the box. Remove the door from the pre hung frame by removing the hinge pins.

See below for a shopping list and tools subscribe to this ol. If you are unsure whether it is worth getting one i will talk you through my experience of recently having one installed. Replace them with 2 inch deck screws for strength.