Place a scale under the door.
How to weight garage door.
Read the scale for the garage door weight.
The average modern steel single car door weighs around 125 pounds while double car doors weigh about 200 pounds.
Position an analog scale with a board on it in front of the center of the door.
Door weight is important when trying to figure out what torsion or extension springs are needed to counterbalance the door.
If your door has two springs and both.
How to weigh a garage door that has torsion springs 1.
The first step to weighing your garage door in weighing your garage door is unwinding the garage door springs to remove the tension from the torsion cables.
Make sure your cables are a bit loose when unwinding the spring.
Often the outer carriage will.
Garage door weight is determined by size material steel gauge thickness insulation and glass.
Remove the opener arm.
If the garage door has a spring that is not broken push up slightly with the winding bar until the cables loosen and the entire garage door weight is on the scale.