Straighten Sagging Garage Door

The structure was a single story single family residence with an attached garage built circa 1956.

Straighten sagging garage door.

The insured purchased the home in january of 2014. If your garage door opener isn t working begin by checking the power supply. The tracks keep the garage door rollers in line and in place. Garage door openers have a lot of moving parts and are expected to provide years of use during their lifetime.

Tighten the hinge screws. A door that is stuck halfway open is a security risk. Just remove the screws pull the door out very carefully just enough to slide your cardboard shim underneath it. With a drill you re more likely to over tighten the screw and strip the screw holes or chew up the screwheads.

Screws magically work themselves loose over the years. Gei was hired to examine the damages and to identify and determine the predominant cause and their approximate age. Make a cardboard shim to fix your sagging door next you need to figure out which hinge needs the shim. The insured claimed roof damages due to recent high winds.

Using a ladder visually inspect both of the garage door tracks. If your sagging door has no rods they. The rods are placed diagonally from top to bottom corners and can be tightened at a turnbuckle to straighten out the door do a little at time to allow the door to adjust to the change. If so bend the track inwards back into place with a pair of pliers or linemen.

Even with regular maintenance garage doors can sometimes stick refusing to open or close. Make sure the lips of the tracks are not flattened or damaged. How to fix a garage door that gets stuck halfway. Although they are rugged they can use some maintenance and care periodically.

If your door rubs near the top or drags on the floor use a screwdriver not a drill to tighten the screws.