Diy Garage Door Brace

Make the hole in the garage floor for the gate catch pin.

Diy garage door brace.

Extend the 2 4 on the brace that faces the outside of the garage 1 to allow for attachment to the floor plate. To make your own garage door reinforcement start by attaching a 2 4 to the concrete floor inside the door using lead shields or concrete screws. Bracing your garage doors garage doors are typically made of a lighter material which makes them easier to raise and lower. How to brace your garage doors from hurricane winds.

Testing showed that secure door offers excellent wind protection for even a cheap 26 guage rolled steel double car garage door under hurricane wind conditions rated at a strong category 5. Next make two sturdy braces from 2x4s by attaching them together into a t shape. However instead of being reinforced at multiple points these doors have a wide surface area that s supported only by their roller tracks. Home improvement expert danny lipford shows you how to reinforce and brace your garage doors.

Secure door is a patented statewide florida building code approved garage door brace that was successfully tested to protect a home s largest and weakest opening. Two on the left side and two on the right. Continued pg 9 i store the vertical 2x4 s on top of the brace holders above the door.