Hoe To Install A Garage Door

Measure attach hinges and handles measure the various areas where the door will be installed.

Hoe to install a garage door. For the headroom you should have about 10 to 12 of space depending on the spring system you re installing. Use impact driver to mount hinges to the bottom panel of garage door. At a home improvement store purchase some rubber weather stripping. The instructions that follow will guide you through the general principles of sectional garage door installation.

Screw cable brackets to the door to secure the weather stripping. Installing a garage door step 1. Lay weather stripping over the bottom door panel. Door opening height and width headroom from top of opening to ceiling and back room length of garage.

Required tools for this garage door installation project 4 in 1 screwdriver adjustable wrench cordless drill level locking pliers rags safety glasses sawhorses socket ratchet set stepladder. Begin installing your new door. Measure the garage door opening before purchasing panels. Use a tape measure to carefully record the length and width.

Placing the first panel and track 1. 1 after attaching weatherstripping to the bottom edge of the first garage door panel set the panel in the doorway and fix it in place by driving nails partway into each jamb at an angle so that they wedge the door in place. You ll need to release the tension in the torsion spring before you begin working on the garage door. Attach weather stripping to the bottom edge of garage door.

Stand the bottom door panel on the floor in the garage doorway.