How To Replace An Overhead Garage Door

Center the bottom panel in the door.

How to replace an overhead garage door.

Position your ladder to the side of the spring ends so you re never directly in front of the spring cones when they re. Working inside the garage with the garage door closed examine the tracks for dents crimps or flat spots. Release the tension on side mounted extension springs by lifting the door and locking it in place on each side with a pair of locking pliers. Weather stripping can be purchased at any home improvement store.

Never use screwdrivers pin punches or pliers handles to wind or unwind a torsion spring. Carefully lower the door. Measure the width of the door from the actual. This is the best way.

Remove the pin of the. Placing the first panel and track 1. You ll need a bracket for both lower corners of the panel. Keep the garage door opener disconnected from power.

There s a lot of tension in the springs so be. If there are any damaged spots pound them out with a rubber mallet or with a hammer and a block of scrap wood. Use a scrap 2 by 4. If they re loose tighten the bolts or screws at the brackets.

Raise the garage door and disconnect the power to the automatic garage door opener if applicable. Undo the tension springs from the turnbuckles holding them in place. How to replace a garage door step 1. Lay weather stripping over the door s bottom panel.

Tie the extension spring to the roller track then detach the cable from the bottom bracket with a pair of pliers. The example project is to remove and dispose of an existing door 9 or 18 wide and all hardware and replace it with a new door and all new. Any garage door may include an electric motor opener with remote control. The typical overhead garage door opening is 6 8 tall and 8 to 18 feet wide for a single car or two car garage respectively.