How To Fix A Sagging Wooden Garage Door

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How to fix a sagging wooden garage door.

Find the sagging door s cause. A wooden garage door may sag in the middle if it is bumped with a car or other large object in the garage but there are less obvious reasons that can cause such a door to sag. Visually inspect the rollers and their brackets. Garage doors especially older wooden models are as susceptible to the ravages of time and gravity as the rest.

Using a ladder visually inspect both of the garage door tracks. Tighten screws gradually and watch the trim to make sure you don t. Make sure you have enough light to work with. You may need to add a second screw.

Over the years the garage door header has sagged du. Inspect the door from inside or the side from where you can see the hinges. Drill through the jamb countersink the screwhead with a countersink bit. How to fix a sagging garage door step 1.

It s common in sagging doors for the hinge side at the bottom to be tighter against the frame. Drive a screw near the middle of the area where the door is rubbing. By using a steel beam there is less chance of a re occurrence in the sag. You can go with a wooden brace but depending on the load on your garage door header the sag could reoccur overtime.

Close the garage door. You may need to add a second screw. To install the extra header jack your door up to correct the sag and bolt in the beam. To do this you will need to position the rods diagonally top to bottom on the back of the door.

You can then straighten them which will in turn straighten out the door. Locate the gaps and where the door is tight.