Straighten Wooden Garage Door

Straightening a leaning garage.

Straighten wooden garage door.

Working inside the garage with the garage door closed examine the tracks for dents crimps or flat spots. Using a ladder visually inspect both of the garage door tracks. Some steel or wood stakes an electric drill a circular saw a hammer and a carpenter s level. Then lay the door down flat and be sure that each screw in the door frame is tight.

The tracks keep the garage door rollers in line and in place. One piece garage doors are available at a customers request. Due to limited availability we must inspect the property prior to giving any pricing. Custom requests to build such garage doors should be scheduled for a in site consultation.

Modern look with glass and aluminum finish. The rods are placed diagonally from top to bottom corners and can be tightened at a turnbuckle to straighten out the door do a little at time to allow the door to adjust to the change. Begin cutting out the quarter round on the inside of the garage door by scoring it repeatedly with a utility knife or preferably with an oscillating tool until all four pieces of trim are removed if applicable to your garage door. If they re loose tighten the bolts or screws at the brackets.

Six 1 x 4 s 12 feet long and a box of phillips head screws or 8d eight penny nails to serve as fasteners. Hold the door hold the door as the hinges unscrew to keep it from falling down. You ll also need a short list of materials. Look at the mounting brackets that hold the tracks to the walls.

If so bend the track inwards back into place with a pair of pliers or linemen. The one piece garage door.