How To Install A Side Hinged Garage Door

At a home improvement store purchase some rubber weather stripping.

How to install a side hinged garage door.

Install the included brackets with hex screws on each side of the unit s frame. Avoid damage to the screws by using a hand screwdriver. Insert the lockset tailpieces through the latch bolt and screw the handles together by tightening the retaining screws. At one side of the doorway slip the vertical track onto the rollers of the first door section.

How to install side hinged garage doors 1. Find a 1 2 inch or whatever you decided for the bottom gap piece of scrap and place it under the door near the post. Use a tape measure to carefully record the length and width. Complete the installation.

3 install the rollers and any necessary brackets on the garage door section and any wall or jamb mounted brackets according to the manufacturer s directions. Lay weather stripping over the bottom door panel. With the door in the 90 degrees open position start sliding scrap under the outside bottom of the door until your hinges are aligned. Fasten the wall.

Tie the extension spring to the roller track then detach the cable from the bottom bracket with a pair of pliers. Position the door in the opening in the front of the garage so that the brackets are positioned inside the garage. 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. Ask your assistant to hold one of the garage door hinges in place at one side of the door and align the machined holes on the large mounting plate with the drilled pilot holes at the trimmer.

Measure the garage door opening before purchasing panels.