18 Ft Garage Door Strut

Garage door struts stiffen sections of the door to prevent them from bending or breaking.

18 ft garage door strut.

If you add over 20 pounds of struts to your door we recommend replacing your springs. Struts will make sure the top section doesn t fold in when the motor tries to pick the door up. To read pdf files you need the adobe acrobat reader 6 0 or higher. Garage door struts for eight and nine foot wide doors can ship by fedex or ups but longer struts will not.

Support struts allow your garage door to open and close smoothly while remaining strong and reliable. Otherwise the extra weight will shorten the life of your garage door opener. Two inch struts weigh about 10 ounces per foot. This ideal door garage door support strut is for additional door support or when adding a garage door opener.

3 strut high profile strut with standard hole pattern 48 oc and 1 from ends. Steel strut for garage door reinforcement. Also known as garage door support brace or bar. Most manufactures do not require a strut on any door up to 14ft in width.

The more struts you have on the garage door the stronger it will be. Struts are screwed into the back side of the garage door as seen in the images. 2 strut standard profile strut with standard hole pattern 48 oc and 1 from ends. Anything above 14ft must have at least one strut.

Any garage door that has an opener is required to have a strut on the top panel. An 18 foot wide garage door should have 1 strut installed on each section.