How To Install A Wooden Garage Door

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 install a wooden garage door.

Garage doors are available in wood fiberglass and steel. A standard double garage door is 7 ft. Because the doors are so large few home centers and only some garage door stores keep many doors in stock so expect to order one instead of buying it off the shelf. Use the manufacturer s instructions to assemble the vertical curved and horizontal pieces of the track and set aside.

High by 8 or 9 ft. Insert the bottom piece into the door frame and use a level to properly set the piece. Lift the forward edge of the door and place the blocks flat halfway under and perpendicular to the edge. Step 2 seal.

High by 16 ft. Slant or slightly bend the nails to secure them in place. 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. Once the piece is in place tap nails partway into each jamb.

In this video this old house general contractor tom silva shows how to assemble and hang a new garage door. Cut three blocks of 2 by 4 inch utility lumber 12 inches long with a circular saw. Use impact driver to mount hinges to the bottom panel of garage door. 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.