Step By Step Guide And The Items Required To Replace A Garage Door
Replacing the garage door is a simple task if the users follow the correct techniques and they need to ask the help of some other person as well. Once the users detached the pre-existing garage door then they need to install the new one by stacking up the panels of the door at one time and then fit up the tracks of the roller all around the wheels. The users also need to secure up the spring by which the door easily closes and opens up smoothly. The users can easily replace the garage door at home by gathering the below-mentioned materials and then follow the below-defined steps:
Materials Required:
- Electric Screwdriver, Adjustable Wrench, Cordless Drill & Level
- Locking Pliers Or Vice-Grips, Lag Screws, Bolts, Ratchet & Tape Measure
- Stepladder, Easy Tensioning System Or Extension Springs With Cables & Weathering Strip
- New Door Or Panels & Shims
Step 1: Detaching The Pre-existing Door
- Lift Up The Door: Start by lifting up the garage door as much as possible so as to raise up the old garage door. The users are advised to handle the lifting mechanism before the users detach the door.
- Use The Locking Pliers: Then the users need to use the locking pliers so as to lock up the door in one place. The locking pliers are very small in size and are having the grips as well. Then they need to pick up the two pliers at their nearby home store and then they need to use the jaws so as to fasten the door base with the track of the roller. Then they need to drift the door. When the users will find out that the door won't move then they know it is in the right place.
- Affix The Spring: Then affix the extension spring at the tacks by using the safety cables. The extension springs usually hang freely at the door sides. Then wrap the had cord all around the spring and the tracks so as to fasten them with each other. The users need to be assured that the rope is strongly tied so that the springs will not swivel into the troubling whips if in case gets broken down.
- Detach The Cables: Then they need to remove the raising cable at the base bracket. Once the users have fastened the door then the users need to find out the thick raised cables at the other door side. Then the users need to use the pliers so as to lift freely the cables within the bracket at the door panel base.
- Bring Down The Door: The users then need to bring down the door and then stand to the other side of the door. The users then need to lift it downwards in a way that the base of the door will easily rest over the floor surface. The garage doors are very bulky and that is why the users need to ask help from other persons so as to pull up the door.
- Detach The Panels: Then the users need to detach the panels of the doors by detaching the brackets and the rollers as well. The users need to start removing the topmost panel and simultaneously the users need to unfasten the screws that are holding the panel beneath it.
Step 2: Locating The First Track And Panel
- Lay The Stripping: The users need to lay the weather stripping all over the base panel of the door and they can easily buy the stripping at their nearby home store. The stripping usually looks like the rubber tube that consists of the groove that easily gets fitted at the panel of the door. The users then need to lay the door panel over the flat surface and then fit up the string at its base.
- Fix The Brackets: Then they need to affix the brackets at the strips and the users will also require the bracket for the base panel edges. The users need to be assured that the brackets are bordered perfectly with the door sides and also hang gently at the strips. Then the users need to use the screwdriver so as to affix the brackets in one place by using the lag screws.
- Install The Hinges: The users then need to center down the middle panel within the frame of the door and to do so they need to slide the panel within the door and make it stand in the upright position. The users can also use the measuring tape so as to make it as centered as it is possible for them. Then they need to install the hinges at the topmost side of the door of the panel. The users are advised to use three hinges for each door panel and to affix the hinges the users need to use the lag screws.
- Fasten The Track: Then they need to position the rollers within the brackets and the hinges and after this, they need to cover up the track all around the doors. Once the users fitted the wheels within the tracks they need to fasten the track within the frame of the door by using the lag screws.
Step 3: Install The Other Door Panels
- Affix The Hinges: The users need to affix the hinges at the topmost area of the other panel of the door. They need to follow the same process with the second panel as the user does with the first one. Then they need to heap the second panel of the door over the first one and then adjust up the panels perfectly.
- Fasten The Hinge: The users then need to fasten the hinges with the other door panel by drilling up the hole and then securing it with the screw. Then they need to fit the rest of the hinges and the rollers with the panel and to do so they need to fit up the wheels with the tracks with that side and then fasten the hinge in one place.
- Screw The Track: The users then need to screw up the other track with the door side and they need to fasten up the bolts within the tracks. Then they need to affix the crosswise section of tracks with the vertical section of tracks and then they need to fasten the tracks in one place.
- Affix: The users then need to affix the other panels with the door in the same procedure as mentioned above and then they need to line up the topmost hinges and the rollers as well. Then the users need to fasten the wheels over the tracks by using the screwdriver accordingly.
Step 4: Install The Spring
- Lock Up The Door: Start by lifting up the door smoothly and then lock up the door in one place by using the locking pliers.
- Install The Spring: The users then need to install the spring and the bar so as to offer the lifting system to the door. The users need to use the drill so as to turn the springs for 3 times so as to add the extension.