Any garage door that has an opener is required to have a strut on the top panel.
18 ft garage door strut.
Also known as garage door support brace or bar.
3 strut high profile strut with standard hole pattern 48 oc and 1 from ends.
Garage door struts for eight and nine foot wide doors can ship by fedex or ups but longer struts will not.
Prices are 4 00 per foot up to 18 feet in stock for d i y.
Two inch struts weigh about 10 ounces per foot.
Most manufactures do not require a strut on any door up to 14ft in width.
Support struts allow your garage door to open and close smoothly while remaining strong and reliable.
Struts are screwed into the back side of the garage door as seen in the images.
Steel strut for garage door reinforcement.
This ideal door garage door support strut is for additional door support or when adding a garage door opener.
Anything above 14ft must have at least one strut.
The top panel is the weakest point.
Garage door struts stiffen sections of the door to prevent them from bending or breaking.
An 18 foot wide garage door should have 1 strut installed on each section.
Otherwise the extra weight will shorten the life of your garage door opener.
This strut is a 2 tall.
Struts will make sure the top section doesn t fold in when the motor tries to pick the door up.
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