How To Install Garage Door Support Strut

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How to install garage door support strut.

Additional support for your garage door repairs is in on our do it yourself garage door instruction library. A garage door strut is a metal piece designed to provide horizontal strength and rigidity to a garage door panel. They also allow the door to open and close smoothly. For a smooth operation of the garage door opener installing a garage door strut is helpful.

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. This video shows a quick and simple installation of a door strut. A support strut usually included in the door kit and an opener bracket not included. They make the sections of the garage door stiff enough to prevent bending or breaking.

This video demonstration uses our kit designed for easier shipping. If the sections are not rigid the garage door will bind as it opens and closes. Doors with openers also require two extra pieces of hardware that you ll see in photo 4. Support struts allow your garage door to open and close smoothly while remaining strong and reliable.

For more information you can view our how to assemble garage door strut kits video. For doors with torsion springs located over the door spend the 50 or so to have a garage door professional release the tension. A garage door strut can help support door panels that have been bent or damaged. Most residential doors use 2 struts but residential and industrial doors over 16 feet wide often use three inch struts.

Garage door struts stiffen door sections to prevent them from bending or breaking.