INSTALLATION STEP 11

 

CAUTION

Fasten the Door Bracket

Fiberglass, aluminum or lightweight steel garage doors WILL

Follow instructions which apply to your door type

REQUIRE reinforcement BEFORE installation of door bracket.

Contact your door manufacturer for reinforcement kit.

as illustrated below or on the following page.

 

 

 

 

A horizontal reinforcement brace should be long

 

 

 

 

enough to be secured to two or three vertical

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

supports. A vertical reinforcement brace should cover

Header

 

 

 

 

 

 

the height of the top panel.

 

 

 

Bracket

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figure 1 shows one piece of angle iron as the horizontal brace. For the vertical brace, 2 pieces of angle iron are used to create a U-shaped support. The best solution is to check with your garage door manufacturer for an opener installation door reinforcement kit.

NOTE: Many door reinforcement kits provide for direct

Door

 

 

Bracket

 

 

attachment of the clevis pin and door arm. In this case you

Location

 

 

will not need the door bracket; proceed to Step 12.

 

 

 

SECTIONAL DOORS

 

 

HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL

 

 

REINFORCEMENT IS NEEDED

1. Center the door bracket on the previously marked

Vertical

FOR LIGHTWEIGHT GARAGE

Centerline

DOORS (FIBERGLASS,

 

vertical centerline used for the header bracket

of Garage

ALUMINUM, STEEL, DOORS

 

Door

WITH GLASS PANEL, ETC.).

 

installation. Note correct UP placement, as stamped

 

 

(NOT PROVIDED)

 

inside the bracket.

 

 

 

 

2. Position the top edge of the bracket 2"-4"

Figure 1

 

 

 

(5-10 cm) below the top edge of the door, OR directly

 

Vertical

 

below any structural support across the top of the door.

 

 

 

(Not Provided) Reinforcement

3. Mark, drill holes and install as follows, depending on

Vertical

 

Vertical

 

your door’s construction:

 

Reinforcement

 

Centerline

Metal or light weight doors using a vertical angle iron

 

 

of Garage Door

Vertical

Bolt

 

brace between the door panel support and the door

Centerline

 

5/16"-18x2"

 

bracket:

 

of Garage Door

 

 

 

 

UP

•

Drill 3/16" fastening holes. Secure the door bracket

 

 

 

Door

 

 

using the two 1/4"-14x5/8" self-threading screws

UP

 

 

Bracket

 

 

(Figure 2A).

 

Door

Lock Washer

•

Alternately, use two 5/16" bolts, lock washers and nuts

5/16"

Nut

Bracket

 

5/16"-18

 

(not provided) (Figure 2B).

 

Self-Threading

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Screw

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figure 2B

Metal, insulated or light weight factory reinforced

1/4"-14x5/8"

 

 

 

 

doors:

 

Figure 2A

 

 

•

Drill 3/16" fastening holes. Secure the door bracket

 

 

 

(Not Provided)

Inside Edge

 

using the self-threading screws (Figure 3).

 

 

 

of Door or

 

 

 

Wood Doors:

 

 

 

Reinforcement Board

 

 

Bolt

 

 

 

 

 

 

•

Use top and bottom or side to side door bracket holes.

 

5/16"x2"

 

 

 

 

 

Drill 5/16" holes through the door and secure bracket

 

 

 

 

with 5/16"x2" carriage bolts, lock washers and nuts

 

 

UP

 

(not provided) (Figure 4).

 

Vertical

 

 

NOTE: The 1/4"-14x5/8"

HARDWARE

Centerline

 

 

of Garage Door

Vertical

 

self-threading screws are not

SHOWN

 

 

 

Centerline

 

ACTUAL SIZE

UP

 

intended for use on wood doors.

of Garage

 

 

 

 

 

 

Door

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Self-Threading

 

 

Figure 4

 

 

Screw

Self-Threading

 

 

 

1/4"-14x5/8"

Screw

 

 

 

 

 

1/4"-14x5/8"

 

 

 

 

 

Figure 3

 

 

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