Garage Door Bent At Bottom

The bent panel section could be the symptom of another problem with your garage door system.

Garage door bent at bottom.

If it s a simple dent then this shouldn t be too hard to do. Don t buy home depot or walmart rollers. There are several ways you can fix the bend in the garage door panel. A second strut was placed on it to pull the panel straight.

How to fix a bent garage door panel. One of the most simple fixes you can do is hammering out the bend in the door. Open the garage door until the bottom of the door is past the seam between the vertical track and the curve of. The panels sections can bend for many reasons and it is important to determine why the panel section bent.

Most residential garage doors are made up of panels sections and are usually either 7 foot or 8 foot tall when the panels sections are together. The bottom section of this door also was a bit bowed out because a car was backed into it. Clamp a pair of vise grips around the front edge of the horizontal track directly under the bottom door roller. Hammer out the bend.

3 minute bottom roller change on your garage door. Don t try this yourself unless you have experience. How to fix a garage door that has bent tracks step 1.