Steps And Items Needed To Install A Garage Door Track
Installing your new garage door will improve the appearance of the home and make it more secure. Commonly, there are two types of garage doors, one type consists of a solid door that is attached to hinges that are elevated as a single unit. The other type of garage door is made up of individual panels attached to tracks that will run up the sides of your door opening and will go underneath your ceiling. Inappropriate installation of these tracks can avert you from opening your door. To ensure the proper installation, your door panels are installed at the same time as the door tracks. Here is the list of required items for installing your garage door track, collect all the given items, and then follow all the steps to finish your work without wasting your precious time.
Things You Will Need
- Drill
- Level
- Drywall Anchors
Steps For This Process
- First of all, you need to install the weatherstripping onto the bottom edge of your bottom door panel. The installation procedure varies by manufacturer, so read the guidance provided with your garage door. The weatherstripping is a seal that averts water & outside air from entering your garage.
- Next you need to attach all the brackets for the cable to your bottom door panel by following all the manufacturer's guidance regarding the placement of all the brackets & the decisive installation method. The cable is part of the mechanism that opens & closes your door.
- Place your hinges into position on the top edge of your bottom door panel and the side that will face inside your garage. Now you need to drill pilot holes through with the screw holes in the hinges, then screw the hinges to your door panel. There are unremarkably 3 hinges, with 1 on each side & 1 in its middle.
- Place your bottom door panel across the opening for your garage door, intensify it over the opening. Position your door with all the hinges on its top, facing inside the garage, and the weatherstripping on the bottom.
- Assemble your door tracks now by following the manufacturer's guidance. When accomplish, each track contains the mounting brackets used to connect the top horizontal section of the tracks to your ceiling. The precise assembly procedure varies by the manufacturer.
- Slide wheels into the outside hinges and cable brackets on the bottom panel. These wheels will roll inside the track when your door is opened & closed.
- Slide the bottom edge of your door tracks over the wheels. Leave enough of a gap so that your door panel can easily move inside the track.
- Screw all the tracks to your door frame by driving screws through with the holes in its screw plates. Don't fully tighten your screws, nevertheless, tighten them enough to keep your tracks in place but loose enough that you can adjust your tracks according to the need.
- Attach your all the 3 hinges to the top edge of your second door panel and then slide a wheel into your outer hinges.
- Place your second door panel on top of your bottom panel then slide the wheels into the track as you position your door. Attach the 2 panels together by screwing the hinges on the top edge of the bottom panel to a 2-second panel. Continue attaching your panels in this fashion until your door is accomplished.
- Next you need to check each track for plumb vertically straight with a level and adjust them if unavoidable. Once the tracks are plumb, tighten the screws in your brackets and then attach them to your door frame.
- Attach your top section of the tracks to your ceiling by driving screws through with your mounting brackets & into your ceiling joists. If you are not able to connect your entire bracket to your ceiling joists, then install drywall anchors in your ceiling for extra stability & strength.