Straighten Garage Door Strut

Most residential doors have a strut pre installed at the top of the top panel on the garage door.

Straighten garage door strut.

One of the most simple fixes you can do is hammering out the bend in the door. You will then need to straighten the top section and reinstall the strut. These struts can be straightened by locking the door removing the strut and straightening it. Place the wood on the distended side of the door and tap it with the hammer.

You ll need a 2x4 of wood and a rubber mallet. Measure the width of your door with a tape measure. In this video i will show you how to prevent and diy fix a buckling garage door panel. This will often leave a one to three inch gap in the center of the top section.

Hammer out the bend. If it s a simple dent then this shouldn t be too hard to do. A 16 wood door should have 3 or more struts but insulated steel doors should have at least two. Stiles are the metal braces that run from the top to the bottom of a door section.

If you notice that your top garage door panel bends in the middle when. Five star doors adds an additional strut to all our garage door installs. Purchase four strut clips if you have a wood door or two strut clips per stile for steel doors. When we add one or more struts to your door we factor in the additional weight.

Struts can be installed on any of the panels. Purchase a strut that is 1 inch shorter than the door width. Struts can be used on metal vinyl and wood garage doors.