18 Ft Garage Door Strut

Struts will make sure the top section doesn t fold in when the motor tries to pick the door up.

18 ft garage door strut.

Steel strut for garage door reinforcement. Struts are screwed into the back side of the garage door as seen in the images. This strut is a 2 tall. Garage door struts stiffen sections of the door to prevent them from bending or breaking.

3 strut high profile strut with standard hole pattern 48 oc and 1 from ends. Two inch struts weigh about 10 ounces per foot. Also known as garage door support brace or bar. Support struts allow your garage door to open and close smoothly while remaining strong and reliable.

Anything above 14ft must have at least one strut. If you add over 20 pounds of struts to your door we recommend replacing your springs. The more struts you have on the garage door the stronger it will be. Prices are 4 00 per foot up to 18 feet in stock for d i y.

To read pdf files you need the adobe acrobat reader 6 0 or higher. Any garage door that has an opener is required to have a strut on the top panel. Otherwise the extra weight will shorten the life of your garage door opener. Garage door struts for eight and nine foot wide doors can ship by fedex or ups but longer struts will not.

An 18 foot wide garage door should have 1 strut installed on each section. 2 strut standard profile strut with standard hole pattern 48 oc and 1 from ends.