Installinggarage Door Hinges

Insert rollers into the brackets attached to the door.

Installinggarage door hinges.

Locate the flat horizontal surface of your garage door panel. Once tapped in tighten the nut. One hinge is located 7 inches from the top of the door frame and the other hinge is located 11 inches from the bottom of the door frame. Use impact driver to mount hinges to the bottom panel of garage door.

Most doors require a minimum of two hinges. Place hinge at the center of that area aligned with the right side of the garage. Can save you money by not having a service technician coming out. Place the second panel on top of the first one.

Screw cable brackets to the door to secure the weather stripping. Attach weather stripping to the bottom edge of garage door. Very easy to do. Then you can take a hammer and tap the hinge bolt releasing the hinge.

Temporarily screw the hinge jamb in place by driving two 8 3 inch drywall screws through it. Leaving 1 side bare makes fitting and installing the track easier so do this for every panel. Just a small instructional video on how to replace your garage door hinges. One about 2 inches above the top hinge and the other about 2 inches from the center hinge.

Assuming you re installing a new door you ll need to find the precise location on the door frame for your hinges. Leave the nut on the end of the unscrewed bolt to protect it while tapping it out. Loosen the screws if necessary to bring the jamb back into plumb. Stand the bottom door panel on the floor in the garage doorway.

Place your hinges in the correct location. Once you re happy with the placement use a pencil to mark where the holes are to attach the hinge. With a friend pick up the new door panel. To install the new garage door hinges tap the hinge bolts through the bolt holes preferably from the outside.

Check that the door jamb on the hinge side is plumb and shim as necessary.