Measure the width of your door with a tape measure.
Straighten garage door strut.
You will then need to straighten the top section and reinstall the strut.
Struts can be used on metal vinyl and wood garage doors.
Doors over 10 feet wide usually have at least one strut across the top panel.
Stiles are the metal braces that run from the top to the bottom of a door section.
Struts frequently bend when an opener lifts a 16 foot steel door that has a broken spring.
Struts provide additional support for the garage door panel s and help prevent bending of the panel s.
A 16 wood door should have 3 or more struts but insulated steel doors should have at least two.
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When we add one or more struts to your door we factor in the additional weight.
Most residential doors have a strut pre installed at the top of the top panel on the garage door.
A garage door strut is a metal piece designed to provide horizontal strength and rigidity to a garage door panel.
Many doors come standard with a strut acros.
Five star doors adds an additional strut to all our garage door installs.
This will often leave a one to three inch gap in the center of the top section.
Struts can be installed on any of the panels.
Purchase four strut clips if you have a wood door or two strut clips per stile for steel doors.
These struts can be straightened by locking the door removing the strut and straightening it.