How Many Struts On A Double Garage Door

The last one should be installed on a section in between the top and bottom strut.

How many struts on a double garage door.

A 16 wood door should have 3 or more struts but insulated steel doors should have at least two. If you ve got a double garage door you might have seen a u shaped steel bar attached to the door well this is your reinforcement strut. We also recommend that you screw reinforcement struts on with hinges rather than holding them on with steel clips. When we add one or more struts to your door we factor in the additional weight.

If your double wide garage door is a steel door one should be ok. If you add two struts it will cause your door to be out of balance. To reinforce your garage door if you live in an area prone to hurricanes and strong winds reinforcement struts are generally found on double garage doors for example doors that are 16 feet wide. If you have a heavy garage door that has only a single strut on panels then you could be in for sagging problems in the future.

On double wide doors made of 25 or 26 gauge steel we recommend three struts one across the tops of the bottom and top sections and one in the middle of the door centered between the other two struts. Doors over 10 feet wide usually have at least one strut across the top of the top section. One should be installed on the top panel and one on the bottom. However we can tell you that heavier doors made from wood and metal can sometimes need up to two support struts per panel.

Three struts are also required for double garage doors especially if they are made with gauge steel.