How To Install 2 Car Garage Door

Attach a couple of vise clamps to the garage door tracks just below the bearings for the second panel.

How to install 2 car garage door. This lumber will be used to attach your garage door track and a portion of your assembly. Pull a measurement from the floor of your space to the ceiling next to the door opening. Torsion see above which mounts on the header above the door and extension photo 1 which floats above the upper roller track. Cut two 2 x 6 pieces of lumber and attach to the face of the wall running from the edge of your garage door jambs to the ceiling of your garage.

In the past extension springs were safer to install but didn t have containment cables running through the center of the spring. These doubled 2 4 s should extend to the ceiling on both sides to allow for the mounting of the end bearings and brackets. This will hold the upper part of the door in place when you remove the 2 by 4 inch prop to get at the center bracket of the lower panel. Be sure the bar is centered on the panel.

Insert rollers into the brackets attached to the door. Use impact driver to mount hinges to the bottom panel of garage door. Attach weather stripping to the bottom edge of garage door. Doubled 2 4 s at minimum should be at each edge of the garage door to allow for the mounting of the tracks and jamb brackets.

Attach hinges to the top of each panel image 2. Begin installing your new door. Stand the bottom door panel on the floor in the garage doorway. Screw cable brackets to the door to secure the weather stripping.