Straighten Garage Door Strut

Purchase four strut clips if you have a wood door or two strut clips per stile for steel doors.

Straighten garage door strut.

Struts frequently bend when an opener lifts a 16 foot steel door that has a broken spring. Struts can be used on metal vinyl and wood garage doors. If it s a simple dent then this shouldn t be too hard to do. In this video i will show you how to prevent and diy fix a buckling garage door panel.

One of the most simple fixes you can do is hammering out the bend in the door. You will then need to straighten the top section and reinstall the strut. Struts provide additional support for the garage door panel s and help prevent bending of the panel s. Purchase a strut that is 1 inch shorter than the door width.

Place the wood on the distended side of the door and tap it with the hammer. When we add one or more struts to your door we factor in the additional weight. Doors over 10 feet wide usually have at least one strut across the top panel. A 16 wood door should have 3 or more struts but insulated steel doors should have at least two.

This will often leave a one to three inch gap in the center of the top section. Measure the width of your door with a tape measure. These struts can be straightened by locking the door removing the strut and straightening it. Struts can be installed on any of the panels.

If you notice that your top garage door panel bends in the middle when. Five star doors adds an additional strut to all our garage door installs. Stiles are the metal braces that run from the top to the bottom of a door section.