How To Install A Garage Door Hinge

Insert rollers into the brackets attached to the door.

How to install a garage door hinge.

Fasten the two to four brackets through the predrilled holes on the inside of the door near the hinges on each side. Install 2 hinges on the next door panel. Fit it on top of the first. Add brackets and rollers before setting them in place and stack one section on top of another toenailing as you go up.

Open and close the door to make sure the hinges work and the door is even. Press on the bars of the hinge to snap them into place on the mounting plates. With a friend pick up the new door panel. While this may seem elementary it s not as simple as pointing and saying that one when you look at a garage door from the inside there are hinges up the left side of the door up the right side and in the middle section and they all have names and numbers.

Identify which garage door hinge needs to be replaced. Follow the steps below for proper green hinge system overhead door hinge installation procedure step 1. Place the second panel on top of the first one. Hold the door so it s in the open position and slide the hinges into the mounting plates.

To hold the level in place tape it to the section. Hook the hinges onto the mounting plates and snap them into place. Fastening the other panels and track 1. Screw cable brackets to the door to secure the weather stripping.

Before beginning hinge installation view the bolt pattern measurement guide below to verify the green hinge system will fit your garage door. Install the included brackets with hex screws on each side of the unit s frame. Lay the next door panel on the workbench. Attach weather stripping to the bottom edge of garage door.

Stand the bottom door panel on the floor in the garage doorway. To hold the section in place lightly toenail a 16d nail into the frame and bend it over the section.