18 Ft Garage Door Strut

This ideal door garage door support strut is for additional door support or when adding a garage door opener.

18 ft garage door strut.

Most manufactures do not require a strut on any door up to 14ft in width. An 18 foot wide garage door should have 1 strut installed on each section. Two inch struts weigh about 10 ounces per foot. 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. 2 strut standard profile strut with standard hole pattern 48 oc and 1 from ends. Support struts allow your garage door to open and close smoothly while remaining strong and reliable. If you add over 20 pounds of struts to your door we recommend replacing your springs.

To read pdf files you need the adobe acrobat reader 6 0 or higher. The top panel is the weakest point. Also known as garage door support brace or bar. Struts will make sure the top section doesn t fold in when the motor tries to pick the door up.

Anything above 14ft must have at least one strut. Prices are 4 00 per foot up to 18 feet in stock for d i y. Steel strut for garage door reinforcement. Any garage door that has an opener is required to have a strut on the top panel.

This strut is a 2 tall. The more struts you have on the garage door the stronger it will be.