How To Reinforce Top Of Garage Door

Home improvement expert danny lipford shows you how to reinforce and brace your garage doors.

How to reinforce top of garage door.

To avoid damage to your door you must reinforce the top section of the door in order to provide a mounting point for the opener to be attached. Top panel garage door opener bracket reinforcement the first step in reinforcing your garage door is to install a garage door opener reinforcement bracket. Many people prefer this type of security since only the remote is needed. You will need one 1 or three 3 pieces of 1 1 4 x 1 1 4 minimum punched angle at least 13 gauge or 3 32 thick from your local hardware or building supply store.

Installing a garage door remote is a great way to reinforce your garage door against intruders. Obviously if you plan on manually raising your door by hand without the use of an automatic opener you will not need this bracket. The first and best step to reinforce your front door is to simply replace the 1 2 inch screws with 3 1 2 inch screws.