If your garage starts off by having one panel bowed and it doesn t get fixed right away those extreme temperatures and the additional stress of trying to use the garage door will lead to costly repairs.
Garage door bowing at bottom.
How to fix a bowed garage door step 1.
This problem may seem mild initially and you may continue to raise and lower the garage door with only moderate resistance.
When a garage door is bowed generally it may not fit properly in the rails located at the sides of the garage door.
Generally wooden garage doors may be more likely to bow due to weather related conditions but all garage doors may be prone to bowing due to a centralized garage door opener.
The dangers of a bowed garage door.
Bowing garage doors are usually caused by wear and tear or exposure to moisture but there s a different mechanism at play when you re dealing with an insulated garage door.
Measure the width of your door with a tape measure.
Purchase a strut that is 1 inch shorter than the door width.
Pull down on the emergency disconnect rope.
How to fix a bowing garage door.
If you only have one warped garage door panel or just a couple it may be most cost effective to simply replace those panels as the cost of replacing a garage door panel is much lower than replacing the entire door.
Since the door is held tightly on both sides by the frame and the insulation creates a temperature difference between the garage and the exterior the bowing occurs as the skin of the door expands or contracts unevenly.
Unplug the garage door opener power cord if your door uses an opener.