If your wooden garage door is not properly installed you will find that the lifetime of it will be shortened and it could end up becoming quite dangerous.
How to hang a wooden garage door.
Setting the door 1.
Remove the hinge leaves from the jamb.
In this case you can just use the hinge to make the door swinging if you do not much time to install the rails.
Attach weather stripping to the bottom edge of garage door.
Cut the drip edge to fit the width of the rough opening and slide it underneath the siding at the top of the opening.
Cut three blocks of 2 by 4 inch utility lumber 12 inches.
Slice inch slits through the insulation above the retention clips and attach the front of the retention clips to the back pieces to secure the insulation panels.
Stand the bottom door panel on the floor in the garage doorway.
Insert rollers into the brackets attached to the door.
Use impact driver to mount hinges to the bottom panel of garage door.
Maneuver the door so the forward lower edge is even with the inside edges of the wood trimmers at each side of.
We will demonstrate how a mesa garage door professional installer will prep install a new garage door and remove the old one in under 2 hrs.
Push insulation flat against door and feel for retention clips.
Do not nail the drip edge.
Cut a piece of the drip edge to fit the width of the rough opening.
To hold the level in place tape it to the section.
To provide a moisture barrier apply building paper to the exposed areas of the walls and door frame.
Screw cable brackets to the door to secure the weather stripping.
To hold the section in place lightly toenail a 16d nail into the frame and bend it over the section.
Step 2 seal.
Set the door frame in the opening with the jamb resting on the finished floor photo 2 or on a spacer.
Otherwise using rails will give sturdier garage doors and excellent durability because the doors will be opened by following the trails only.
Tack a pair of tapered shims at the top hinge.
If you feel that you are up to the task of installing your wooden garage door then you will need to begin by getting the underside of your panel sealed with weather stripping.
Screw the hinge side jamb to the stud remove the door from the frame and set it aside.