Straighten Garage Door Strut

One of the most simple fixes you can do is hammering out the bend in the door.

Straighten garage door strut.

Struts can be installed on any of the panels. Purchase a strut that is 1 inch shorter than the door width. Purchase four strut clips if you have a wood door or two strut clips per stile for steel doors. This will often leave a one to three inch gap in the center of the top section.

Stiles are the metal braces that run from the top to the bottom of a door section. Struts frequently bend when an opener lifts a 16 foot steel door that has a broken spring. A 16 wood door should have 3 or more struts but insulated steel doors should have at least two. Struts can be used on metal vinyl and wood garage doors.

Five star doors adds an additional strut to all our garage door installs. Struts provide additional support for the garage door panel s and help prevent bending of the panel s. Most residential doors have a strut pre installed at the top of the top panel on the garage door. When we add one or more struts to your door we factor in the additional weight.

In this video i will show you how to prevent and diy fix a buckling garage door panel. Doors over 10 feet wide usually have at least one strut across the top panel. You will then need to straighten the top section and reinstall the strut. If it s a simple dent then this shouldn t be too hard to do.

These struts can be straightened by locking the door removing the strut and straightening it. Measure the width of your door with a tape measure. Place the wood on the distended side of the door and tap it with the hammer.