How To Put A Door In A Garage

The door must be level even if the floor isn t so use shims under the section to level it.

How to put a door in a garage.

Begin installing your new door. In this video this old house general contractor tom silva shows how to assemble and hang a new garage door. Insert the lockset tailpieces through the latch bolt and screw the handles together by tightening the retaining screws. Avoid damage to the screws by using a hand screwdriver.

Remove any outside wall covering to expose the wall where the door will be installed. Slant or slightly bend the nails to secure them in place. You ll need to release the tension in the torsion spring before you begin working on the garage door. Use a tape measure to carefully record the length and width.

Lay weather stripping over the bottom door panel. Screw cable brackets to the door to secure the weather stripping. At a home improvement store purchase some rubber weather stripping. Install a new door lock and door knob by inserting the latch through the hole for the new parts.

Measure the garage door opening before purchasing panels. Use impact driver to mount hinges to the bottom panel of garage door. Do the same inside the garage. Once the piece is in place tap nails partway into each jamb.

Placing the first panel and track 1. The rubber gasket on the bottom section will fill the gaps created by an unlevel floor. After the tension has been released disconnect the existing garage door opener from the door. Remove two of the studs in the wall and create a 41 inch opening with the studs that were removed.

The opening in the wall needs to be 4 inches wider and one inch taller than the pre hung entry door. Center and level the first section after you install the brackets. Set the bottom piece into position insert the bottom piece into the door frame and use a level to properly set the piece. Complete the installation.