How To Install A Side Hinged Garage Door

Insert the lockset tailpieces through the latch bolt and screw the handles together by tightening the retaining screws.

How to install a side hinged garage door.

At one side of the doorway slip the vertical track onto the rollers of the first door section. Fasten the two to four brackets. Lay weather stripping over the bottom door panel. Complete the installation.

Install a new door lock and door knob by inserting the latch through the hole for the new parts. Use a tape measure to carefully record the length and width. Avoid damage to the screws by using a hand screwdriver. Fasten the wall.

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. Install the included brackets with hex screws on each side of the unit s frame. At a home improvement store purchase some rubber weather stripping. Position the door in the opening in the front of the garage so that the brackets are positioned inside the garage.

How to install side hinged garage doors 1. Measure the garage door opening before purchasing panels. Placing the first panel and track 1. 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.

With the door in the 90 degrees open position start sliding scrap under the outside bottom of the door until your hinges are aligned.