How to Install a Garage Door

How to Install a Garage Door | This Old House

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9 жыл бұрын

This Old House general contractor Tom Silva shows how to assemble and hang a new garage door. (See below for a shopping list and tools.)
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Shopping List for How to Install a Garage Door:
- sectional garage door [amzn.to/2Ihl96b], hinged panels that roll on tracks
- assorted garage door hardware [amzn.to/2WCr4GR] and tracks [amzn.to/2N2PeuT], used to support the door in doorway opening
- weather-stripping [amzn.to/2XhEOLq], to form seal along bottom edge of garage door
Tools for How to Install a Garage Door:
- impact driver [amzn.to/2RpVPhv], used for driving screws through hinges and brackets
- locking pliers [amzn.to/2XmmQI5], used to hold open the door while the spring is attached
- ratchet wrench [amzn.to/31AT5T8], used to tighten nuts on machine screws
- ladder [amzn.to/31uZm2u]
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@raymonds.9021 8 ай бұрын

Before watching this video I was debating spending up to $1500 for a new garage door installation. My main concern was for my own safety, this video definitely makes it clear to me I am capable. Thank you very much This Old House! My grandpa loved your show when he was alive and now I also appreciate it

@KPTV6280 5 күн бұрын

I was like saying the same thing. If you know you know!

@bassetwrangler 4 жыл бұрын

Tom should have described the numbering system on the hinges as they relate to the door sections. The door sections are numbered and installed in ascending order. The bottom section with the floor seal is section 1. The left and right hinges hold the rollers at an increasing distance from the door section on each successive section to accommodate the slope away from the wall of the vertical door track. Center hinges (which don't have rollers and whose number vary based on the width of the sections) on all sections are labeled "1". The left and right hinges between sections 1 & 2 of a four-section door are labeled with a "1". Between 2 & 3 labeled "2" and so on based on the number of sections.

@PeterGlazewski 5 жыл бұрын

I am a home improvement contractor since 1984. Tom and This Old House, are the best. Great shows, and information always.

@cooldog60 4 жыл бұрын

What do you do when the door hits the roof on one end when you try to open it?

@tacomsal 5 жыл бұрын

Just checking my homeowners garage door fix. It worked. Thank you saved $250.

@michaelmiranda4615 3 жыл бұрын

I really want for you to know that watching these videos literally have changed my life. With everything that is going on these days. I really just can't explain how important it is to me that when ever I dont completely understand something. I can come home, watch a couple episodes of this old house and not only improve my handyman skills. But as of late I have felt comfortable enough to call myself a carpenter. Only once or twice, but still. I mean I learned floating shelve, charged 50 a pop. 100 for stained. That episode on how to repair a sagging deck. GOD, IF I ONLY had see that video when I was living in P.A I would have cleaned up hard. Especially is the poconos.

@simplytrueyou9202 Жыл бұрын

I've been a fan of This Old House for probably 35 years. While these videos are great, they are not exactly step by step. They are not novice quality videos that explain every single thing that you should know about a garage door installation. They are helpful when you already have a good handle on what you are doing and you are checking for a certain part in the process where you need some guidance. I needed some extension spring information for an older used door install, and found it here. Not everyone has a torsion bar system on every single door, so we need to know both systems. I am glad they showed extension spring installation.

@dereksoderstrom54 8 жыл бұрын

I've been in the door business over 20 years and although this isn't the way I would install a Garage Door it's still perfectly fine example of a good installation. for you youngsters that are going back and forth about who can install a door the fastest one day you will learn it's not about speed but the quality of work and whether or not you're getting call backs.

@leathercheerio1 6 жыл бұрын

Derek Soderstrom it's all about speed. Nobody makes money when it takes you all friggin day. You take too much pride in your work..its a damn garage door for christs sake.

@roxannetallack4058 6 жыл бұрын

Derek Soderstrom kid

@cstone9364 5 жыл бұрын

Speed is key as well as quality. Sections are a breeze. For example ur track should be set on a 10 ft wide door at 10'5" the door is hardwared on the ground then u set a track set the bottom set ur other track level door, stack set top of track throw up horizontals headplates then spring line then top section wind springs throw it up 2 and a half sections back hang and ur done! Cake work. It gets heavy when u do full view window panels. I do commercial. This is smaller and quicker. Hardware on ground leave one side of track loose but screwed to wall and u can pop the rollers in easily. Dont use these springs they're horrible. U have enough room for a headplates and a spring line do it. But rolling steel is the way to go!

@billyandjohnny7734 5 жыл бұрын

Derek Soderstrom o

@alialhusani8965 5 жыл бұрын

Derek Soderstrom I liked

@hassanbazzi3545 4 жыл бұрын

This very informative. I live in Florida and some how it is different. The put the tension spring on the wall on top of the garage door with a metal bar. Great video

@rikmuao4699 7 жыл бұрын

I haven't installed a res door in years. I'm strictly commercial overhead doors. This is not a bad video. It's pretty simple.

@slade01gaming59 6 жыл бұрын

I don’t actually have a garage I just enjoy watching these episodes

@zekesmith538 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the east to follow along with video….. made my project go by very smoothly!

@JohnnyEla Жыл бұрын

Nylon rollers, great choice. Very quiet. Those door sections are actually really heavy but well worth the install.

@ljprep6250 6 жыл бұрын

I can't believe they still use those old extension springs! I love the torsion springs because they're so much safer and are so easily adjustable to make the garage door float.

@simplytrueyou9202 Жыл бұрын

I came here because I neeeded to know how to install an extension spring on a new garage door.... so it is still out there. Or in the case of getting a used door when you need to save money, this video is relevant for some people.

@larryworkman2093 7 жыл бұрын

Great video guys. Helped me a ton and it should be a piece of cake at this point. Thanks for your contribution!

@nav5897 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your wonderful knowledge.

@timwilson3190 8 жыл бұрын

I have been installing garage doors for 15 years and running my own company for 5. I am puzzled by the negative comments. Garage door guys do tend to be bitter and angry most of the time so I'm sure it's just knowitall door jerks. Overall it was a good install of a basic steel door.

@lowerf0_rtyei8ht92 6 жыл бұрын

Tim Wilson Why do they tend to be bitter?

@NWinnVR 6 жыл бұрын

Maybe because it's hard to _endoor_ all the door puns...

@daddybear7062 6 жыл бұрын

After 24yrs everyday is doorjavoo

@5eyes1294 6 жыл бұрын

I know this comment is old.....However, one crucial part was left out. This Old House is assuming the slab is dead level, which I'm sure it is not. The top of the lower tracks need to be dead on level from right to left or the cables will spool up uneven from one side to the other causing the door to ascend and descend crooked, causing noise and wear. After the bottom panel is put against the opening, it needs to be leveled, and reference marks need to be applied to the rough opening to assure the lower tracks are level from one side to the other before fastening them. Never set the lower tracks on the slaband assume it is level. EVER!

@researchandbuild1751 5 жыл бұрын

Must be why the guy that repaired my door spring seemed irrirated he had to show up at all

@garthcarrier 5 жыл бұрын

im at this job for over 30 years. they are not pros at doing garage doors. but they have a big ass noledge off houses. great job .

@TheBenjammin 11 ай бұрын

You are not a pro at spelling .

@Jim-oo7dk Ай бұрын

That's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen in my life.

@OL4___ 4 жыл бұрын

Got a job interview for a garage door company.. i have zero experience so i came to watch this lol

@KR-ne1bl 4 жыл бұрын

onlygudcronicplz4 seems legit lol

@mikespino3209 4 жыл бұрын

onlygudcronicplz4 exactly why I’m here 😂😂😂

@jashimuddin7716 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you very helpful

@rultonncube4265 2 жыл бұрын

thank u guys I already installed mine

@brisaidap.d.67 3 жыл бұрын

Excelente video, muy ilustrativo , gracias por compartirlo. Saludos y feliz Año Nuevo

@Christian_Soja 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, that was very helpful,

@Retroweld 9 жыл бұрын

Great video. Thanks!

@Eliusalmo1 6 жыл бұрын

Fantastic! Thanks a lot Sammy.. Definitely a master!

@AlMai222 4 жыл бұрын

It’s Tommy god dammit ! Put some respec on his name

@cheetahryu8112 Жыл бұрын

Very helpful. Thank you!

@myimplace7114 8 жыл бұрын

Great job.

@333alliedeagle 4 жыл бұрын

This looks sooo easy.

@workingcountry1776 6 ай бұрын

Thanks guys

@jasonzupke1474 3 жыл бұрын

Great video as always. You showed how to attach only one side of the safety cable.

@felixalonzo2847 3 ай бұрын

😂 yes. Still trying to figure out where the other end goes.

@ErossMcCloud 5 жыл бұрын

I put up doors a little bit different but it's still good !!

@heroknaderi 3 жыл бұрын

Very informative 😎

@davidmiles4394 4 жыл бұрын

I Like your video this is the first time I'm installing a garage door for myself thank you

@Peanutlover-rj8vj 8 жыл бұрын

I watched this video a few times and then put up my cloplay door in a little over an hour

@050Hidden 5 жыл бұрын

I read this shitpost a few times and laughed for a little under an hour.

@onuw 5 жыл бұрын

@Robert Hardt too bad he only shows half the process for the safety cable. I'm afraid your wife is doomed.

@cooldog60 4 жыл бұрын

@@onuw Yeah where did he attach the other end?

@livewireOrourke 4 жыл бұрын

@@cooldog60You're right. He didn't show that it's his cat 🐈 that is holding the other end of the cable.

@boknows8936 3 жыл бұрын

Safety cables? Wouldn’t some good fishing line do the same thing?

@KingCaravaggio 8 жыл бұрын

a part of this video that may confuse people is the assumption that the door/floor is level, which is why he is simply ensuring the vertical track has even spacing, although it's not necessarily true in all cases, specifically if your floor is strangely out of whack like mine is. (level under the door but out of level where the track sits on the ground.) best thing to do is ensure the track is plumb without making assumptions about width from door. while that may work for 99 percent of cases it's good to check regardless.

@rexrexford5249 6 жыл бұрын

Nice job gentlemen. Found your presentation very helpful. Thanks.

@billbutler-klein8239 9 жыл бұрын

nice job.

@jerzeedivr 4 жыл бұрын

I like your install better then Clopays Doors because they stack doors with temp. nails bent over then attack side rail.Your way is Safer!

@cnigeldgriff6283 3 жыл бұрын

"Eye bawl it"

@jamessoltis5407 6 жыл бұрын

...somehow, I never pictured Larry David as a guy who'd help install a garage door.

@12dollacigarette 6 жыл бұрын

James Soltis 🤣

@zentoco 4 жыл бұрын

FIRST thing I thought of too! ROFL!

@JBMOTORSMORE 3 жыл бұрын

Pretty pretty pretty good 👍

@cnigeldgriff6283 3 жыл бұрын

Easy..Curb your enthusiasm!

@Stahodad Жыл бұрын

"Pretty Good..pretty good." Glad Tom's name isn't Hugh.. lol.

@SmiloHolding 7 жыл бұрын

Very good video

@556suppressor 3 жыл бұрын

Very helpful tip @2:50.

@heroknaderi 2 жыл бұрын

I always enjoyed this video. Oh and now a suggestion for a futire video. is Converting two small doors to one big door.

@RobertDiazLimaSur 7 жыл бұрын

ELEGANTE Y PRACTICO.

@Historyprepares 7 жыл бұрын

Who do you think levels levels? Toms eyeballs.

@roxannetallack4058 6 жыл бұрын

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@noahlong7608 5 жыл бұрын

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@onuw 5 жыл бұрын

Extension system - doesn't require Tom's eyeballs.

@dutchvandermorgan6226 5 жыл бұрын

I’ve just started a job installing overhead garage doors. I love it. It’s not that hard and it’s a good learning experience. I hate the extension spring doors. Pay the extra money and get a motor with belt drive.

@dalesworld1308 2 жыл бұрын

You still need a spring to balance the weight of the door.

@RussSchampers 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed with Dale. Springs are absolutely required especially if you buy a motorized lift. If you install a lift without springs you're going to burn out your lift motor because the motor will have to lift the full weight of the door. The whole point of springs is to make the door weight near neutral - whether a human is doing the lifting or a motor.

@aaronbays4 4 жыл бұрын

IMO that is a job you hire out. Also installing a well sealed, insulated garage door makes a huge difference in the energy efficiency of your house. Here in the south, the "basement" hangout for the kids/teenagers is the rec room/bonus room over the garage. I know after my parents installed well insulated/weather tight garage doors back in the late 90's, the temps in that room above the garage were warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer by a few degrees. Don't know how much, but you could tell a difference after installing those air tight/insulated garage doors in the room above the garage.

@davidjacobs8558 4 жыл бұрын

probably so. I'm pretty sure most garage door makers don't sell garage doors to consumers directly.

@556suppressor 3 жыл бұрын

Except Home Depot and Lowes sell direct.

@mrmadame28 5 жыл бұрын

5:00 great job... :p Good video anyway, thank for the info

@alekrudy5993 5 жыл бұрын

Nice explanation. Thanks guys. I don’t need this knowledge right now, but after I accidentally got here, I stopped and listened. Nice and clear interesting way of talking. And these trade skills also seams interesting, after learning about all those small details.

@chrisbfishin9325 4 жыл бұрын

Always level the bottom section. If the door is too far off of level it will eventually throw a cable. I have cases in new construction where freshly poared concrete isn't even level.

@ryhanpeacefeather9278 2 жыл бұрын

Very helpful for the garage door repair that I am doing. Thanks from Port Townsend, WA!

@jeremyrackley810 6 жыл бұрын

i love your vidoes :)

@landoonfleek2527 2 жыл бұрын

awesome vid

@jc3825 5 жыл бұрын

Good !

@kongbabewawan796 8 жыл бұрын

nice

@trixie20058 4 жыл бұрын

I follow this tips and the Manuel some how my door is not heady enough to hit the floor, the tension on the spring is enough to open the 7ft of my garage door I did a test to add more weight and it work but I can’t add to bc it suppose to be normal any suggestions thanks in avance

@syn707 2 жыл бұрын

Most garage doors openers I’ve had experience with have had bracing fore and aft of the motor. This new house I bought only has punch hole bracing on rear side. The door rail does shake quite a bit. Do I need to add punch hole brackets on the front side as well? '

@davidjacobs8558 4 жыл бұрын

I live in Southern California, and I usually don't see this type of spring for garage doors. I'm not sure whether it's regional thing, but this type of spring seems to be easier for homeowner to change if it breaks.

@jerzeedivr 4 жыл бұрын

Most common spring in Philly!

@dutchvandermorgan6226 4 жыл бұрын

Only reason I use a ratchet on the track nuts is if my impact gun doesn’t fit. Like if there’s a wall or some other structure in my way. Also I hate extension springs. We always use front torsion springs on a shaft. Those extension springs break and can go flying around and hurt someone really bad. Even with the safety cable. Front torsion can break but they stay on the shaft. Also you can always adjust the front torsion spring after it wears over time. If you have extension springs, ask for a conversion kit from your local garage company. And find a company who sells C.H.I. garage doors. Clopay, Safeway, and others are usually hard to work on because the parts aren’t made anymore.

@timstill152 9 жыл бұрын

I have a door that's come off it's rail on one side. To uninstall the door, would I simply do this installation in reverse?

@joseemajor9693 5 ай бұрын

Hi, Need advice/ help. Have old garage wood door installed now. 9 x 7 Used (?aluminum) door available for replacement. Can i just replace door slats onto existing track and hardware (rail springs etc) ? semi handy woman. Feel like i could achieve that but not reinstalling whole track system. Jo of all trades. Definitely master of none. Please let me know as soon as possible. Thank you Josee

@B.T.S129 2 жыл бұрын

Your uncle from BOSTON!

@MattMorris481 6 жыл бұрын

I see they don’t have to use the doors with the big braces on the inside like the ones that have to be installed in Florida for hurricane code.

@kukident1278 9 жыл бұрын

Till now the best DIY-Video of a sectional door...I will use it as a template to build my own sectional door, down here in south america, since those doors are costing here around 4000 - 5000 dollars.. Is there any basic-measurement for the spring?? Got to use mosltly wood and steel for the door Thanks

@cloudstrifeification 5 жыл бұрын

One thing I noticed is the top of those side brackets probably should have a couple of extra screws installed.

@jeremyrackley810 6 жыл бұрын

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@General1Cal 3 ай бұрын

Can this be done to a two car garage door?

@tassonscomedy1826 Жыл бұрын

How long does this process usually take to complete?

@alcastro9422 6 жыл бұрын

Best Video until 12.2017

@PowersDave1966 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video. I watched others and this is much easier

@556suppressor 3 жыл бұрын

Best door video on KZfaq !!!

@anthonycellucci3759 3 ай бұрын

Im curious what did Tom Silva mean by putting a little tension on the top hinge.

@orionred2489 6 жыл бұрын

This cable goes to the conner braaket on the dawr.

@garagedoorrepairco3829 4 жыл бұрын

Garage Door Repair does involve knowing the facts to keep from getting hurt and being successful.

@whammybar98 8 жыл бұрын

LMFAO! 'Ill just eyeball it." good luck on having the rails come out square.

@gert2164 4 жыл бұрын

Yoink.

@gunther955 7 жыл бұрын

What is a good brand door but not to expensive ? I looked at lowes but they have mixed reviews on the pella doors . Mine is 108 by 84 . I just want a plain jane door to replace a wooden door thats all to pieces .

@onuw 5 жыл бұрын

Amar

@cooldog60 4 жыл бұрын

You put the safety cable through the spring you attached one end. What did you attach the other end to?

@Jskh 3 жыл бұрын

Same question here lol 🤣

@dansanger5340 4 жыл бұрын

Those steel cable brackets can cut through the cable after several years of use. To prevent this, you can use a steel cable eye loop thingie (not sure what it's called, but a couple bucks at hardware store).

@johng5261 2 жыл бұрын

what part gets cut through?

@dansanger5340 2 жыл бұрын

@@johng5261 At 6:05, the edges of that little metal piece are sharp, and after several years can cut through the steel cable. It happened to me, and I had to replace the whole cable. I replaced the little metal piece with something resembling the cable loop that he slipped over the bolt at 5:53.

@adamlough6579 6 жыл бұрын

The top fixtures were upside down the So if he was to put an operator on it the operator has to go up really high now rather than your 3"

@Super4speed 2 жыл бұрын

What brand of door is this? Clopay and general use metal studs inside the door, also the bottom gasket is already installed on the door! Maybe he purchased it at Home Depot or equivalent. I did door for thirty years. So slow.

@LubaLuba1 9 жыл бұрын

is this the same way for double door garage?

@l337pwnage 6 жыл бұрын

No, you have to walk farther to each side of the door to bolt on the hinges.

@2003ranp 6 жыл бұрын

Yes it is @luba luba

@OmarGarcia-bi7jq 5 жыл бұрын

l337pwnage lol 😂

@LubaLuba1 4 жыл бұрын

DO YOU WANT TO BE BANNED FROM HERE ??@@chadthornton9042

@gregturk2824 Жыл бұрын

Level the bottom panel first.

@TheHeadlessHorseman 7 жыл бұрын

1:13 the multiple drills going at the same time made it seem like the home owner torqued the fuck out of the screw.

@karlos6628 8 жыл бұрын

My old garage doo has no spring -I order a new garage door- i wonder if I have to use the tension spring or even the garage door opener(motor)

@KingCaravaggio 8 жыл бұрын

your new one should come with a new set of springs, based on the type of door

@XzTS-Roostro 8 жыл бұрын

+C 19 There's two different types of springs that are used for a sectional garage door. The one shown here is more common for a one-piece door than a sectional.

@Engineer9736 7 жыл бұрын

I think even a motorized garage door has springs like a manual door. Otherwise all the gears would have too much unnecessary strain on them.

@Prairiedrifter1 4 жыл бұрын

Watch that dooh!!

@jerzeedivr 4 жыл бұрын

LOL!

@jaimesanchez1847 2 жыл бұрын

Gracias por este video muy Claro explicado todo con puntos claves Para entender gracias me a servido mucho Para hacer mis trabajos thank you

@myhealthtoo 9 жыл бұрын

most important part how to pre drill the holes for hinges

@sgorneau 2 жыл бұрын

Where is the other end of the safety cable attached?

@wingnut5730 4 жыл бұрын

I've installed thousands of doors and I can say I've never installed top brackets upside down.

@atomrider22 3 жыл бұрын

What's the time stamp on that? Which top brackets? Not the hinges with wheels right?

@lazaronogueira595 5 жыл бұрын

tom put bob villa out the game

@Cormin 6 жыл бұрын

all these old houses seem brand new. I have an old house they can come film in.

@MrUbiquitousTech 6 жыл бұрын

I guess in the real world one doesn't have to deal with out of square openings, dry rot, wet rot, termites, previous repairs, botched repairs and installations. Me and you, we're not in the real world.

@manuelsosa9127 6 жыл бұрын

Por que no puedo conectarme con mi Carome cash

@PZ-yx3mv 6 жыл бұрын

Where did you purchase your kit?

@adamlough6579 6 жыл бұрын

Shall I go on

@rodbuilder3657 6 жыл бұрын

Hey "thanks" for giving us a close -up on where to route the cable around the track! C'Mon guys.

@andywagner212 5 жыл бұрын

Why on Earth would you choose to use extension springs?

@onuw 5 жыл бұрын

Because it's DIY

@jerzeedivr 4 жыл бұрын

In Philly they are the most common spring used!

@556suppressor 3 жыл бұрын

A homeowner can install and replace extension springs without hiring a contractor. I have replaced 2 springs by myself. Pretty easy to do.

@andywagner212 3 жыл бұрын

@@556suppressor they still generally run like crap versus torsion.

@556suppressor 3 жыл бұрын

I love my extension springs. To each his own.

@dandyfunhouse 25 күн бұрын

Good quick overview but skipped a lot of stuff.

@DJ-kx6gr 5 жыл бұрын

Looks good to me and very educational. Wish I was taught this stuff in high school instead of some bullshit science on clouds and whatnot

@gregoryenste3883 5 жыл бұрын

Strippin

@andrewcushmansr2 4 жыл бұрын

What about the track????????