How To Install Garage Door Support Strut

You can purchase struts and strut kits on our garage door struts page.

How to install garage door support strut.

They make the sections of the garage door stiff enough to prevent bending or breaking. Most residential doors use 2 struts but residential and industrial doors over 16 feet wide often use three inch struts. For a smooth operation of the garage door opener installing a garage door strut is helpful. Garage door struts stiffen door sections to prevent them from bending or breaking.

This video demonstration uses our kit designed for easier shipping. Additional support for your garage door repairs is in on our do it yourself garage door instruction library. This video shows a quick and simple installation of a door strut. A garage door strut can help support door panels that have been bent or damaged.

Support struts allow your garage door to open and close smoothly while remaining strong and reliable. A support strut usually included in the door kit and an opener bracket not included. If the sections are not rigid the garage door will bind as it opens and closes. They also allow the door to open and close smoothly.

Doors with openers also require two extra pieces of hardware that you ll see in photo 4. For doors with torsion springs located over the door spend the 50 or so to have a garage door professional release the tension. For more information you can view our how to assemble garage door strut kits video. Garage door strut is a metal beam that is installed on the sections of a garage door to provide support and stability to the door.

Many doors come standard with a strut across the top panel of the garage door.