Putting 4 Struts On A Single Garage Door

A garage door strut is a metal piece designed to provide horizontal strength and rigidity to a garage door panel.

Putting 4 struts on a single garage door.

They also allow the door to open and close smoothly. Residential single car doors typically do not need struts unless it is a steel door that is motor operated. They are written to help the diy homeowner and maintenance repair men replace a torsion spring that is mounted on one side of an anchor bracket above the. This strut when across the top section helps to support the door during opening and closing using a electric garage door opener.

Steel struts are added to your garages to reinforce the steel panels. For those doors that also have decorative windows along the top section it is a good idea to have four of the reinforcement struts. Also to provide the most benefit possible it is a good idea to utilize hinges with the struts rather than the steel clips. Garage door panels are made of thin steels so the thick steel strut supports the gara.

The following instructions for fixing garage door springs are for do it yourself homeowners and for maintenance repair men who service their smaller commerical or industrial overhead doors.