Overhead Garage Door Track Installation

The panels will be about 1 4 in 6 4 mm smaller than the opening step 2 lay weather stripping over the bottom door panel.

Overhead garage door track installation.

Lower a double door by recruiting at least two helpers to help with the weight and place a 2 4 block under the door to prevent smashing a foot or finger when it s lowered. Any torsion or extension springs that counterbalance the weight of the door. Most common garage door track options. Check to ensure track is parallel to the door then screw the track to the wall framing.

Install the third door panel in a similar manner. There are five basic garage door track options although the first two are by far the most common ones used in residential installations. Place the hinges into position on the top edge of the bottom door panel the side that will face inside the garage. Assemble the v ertical tracks for the other side the same way and then set the tracks to the side while you get the door in place.

Used when there is at least the door height plus 12 of headroom clearance. This option helps provide more vertical space in the garage. The stripping is shaped like. Install the transitional curve and flag bracket assembly on the vertical track assembly by sliding the vertical track into the swedged end of the curve track see figure 1 3 4.

Remove the sections one at a time by disconnecting the rollers and brackets. Drive in hinge screws to join the first bottom door panel to the second panel. Overhead acting garage door track options are best described by the size or radius of the curved track component or by the amount of low headroom the door must fit in. The garage door opener s operator motor and connections.

Drill pilot holes through the screw holes in the hinges then screw the hinges. Insert the hinge and roller into the track and attach to the second door panel. Lay the panel flat on a workbench. Lower the door and dismantle it by removing the hardware.

At a home improvement store purchase some rubber weather stripping. The horizontal tracks standard tracks that came with the door must have two 1 4 diameter holes drilled in each track. Align the front of the lhr front upper track with the standard track and mark the position on the standard track through the lower hole in the splice plate connected to the lhr front upper track. Step 1 measure the garage door opening before purchasing panels.

Order this size so the panels will be made slightly smaller fitting perfectly in the doorway.