How To Fix A Bent Garage Door Frame

Wind damage reinforcement on a steel sectional garage door.

How to fix a bent garage door frame.

Place the claw end of the hammer on the side of each nail to support even removal. Step 1 open the garage door until the bottom of the door is past the seam between the vertical track and the curve of the horizontal track. You ll need a 2x4 of wood and a rubber mallet. Start at the bottom of the frame and work your way up.

If it s a simple dent then this shouldn t be too hard to do. One of the most simple fixes you can do is hammering out the bend in the door. Fixing a garage door that has bent tracks might need some track replacement depending on the extent of damage. Sometimes you just don t have the funds to replace an entire garage door or its a rental and you don t want to spend the money on a new garage door to have it wrecked by some careless tenants.

The two tracks join with a flag bracket that also helps sustain the pressure of the springs. Place the wood on the distended side of the door and tap it with the hammer. Hammer out the bend. Take care not to damage the stop as you remove it from the frame.

This was the case for this garage door in the video above the garage door was buckling when put in the up position because of some stress cracks. Struts are v shaped metal supports that run the entire width of the garage door and attach to the door panels using self tapping screws. Use a chisel and hammer or putty knife to pry the door stop and molding away from the frame. How to repair a kinked or bowed aluminum window screen frame with a little homemade jig and a clamp.

If you have done everything like i have to prevent your door from bending splitting or folding to no avail try this. It worked for me and it cost less than. Most residential doors have a strut pre installed at the top of the top panel on the garage door. The piece of wood i used was about 1 3 4 wide 14 long.