Straighten Garage Door Strut

Purchase four strut clips if you have a wood door or two strut clips per stile for steel doors.

Straighten garage door strut.

If it s a simple dent then this shouldn t be too hard to do. 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. Place the wood on the distended side of the door and tap it with the hammer.

Stiles are the metal braces that run from the top to the bottom of a door section. Struts can be installed on any of the panels. When we add one or more struts to your door we factor in the additional weight. Measure the width of your door with a tape measure.

Struts can be used on metal vinyl and wood garage doors. These struts can be straightened by locking the door removing the strut and straightening it. Doors over 10 feet wide usually have at least one strut across the top panel. This will often leave a one to three inch gap in the center of the top section.

A 16 wood door should have 3 or more struts but insulated steel doors should have at least two. You ll need a 2x4 of wood and a rubber mallet. Most residential doors have a strut pre installed at the top of the top panel on the garage door. Five star doors adds an additional strut to all our garage door installs.

Purchase a strut that is 1 inch shorter than the door width. Struts provide additional support for the garage door panel s and help prevent bending of the panel s. In this video i will show you how to prevent and diy fix a buckling garage door panel.