9 FT Heavy-Duty Steel Garage Door Reinforcement Bracket - Made in the USA - Prevents Bending, Sagging & Cracking

Features

• [Reinforce & Protect Your Garage Door] Upgrade your garage door with this 9 FT Heavy-Duty Steel Reinforcement Bracket. Engineered to prevent bending, sagging, and cracking, it delivers unmatched strength and stability.
• [Built to Endure Extreme Conditions] Made from ultra-durable 22-gauge steel, these 3-piece garage door struts protect against hurricanes, heavy winds, and rain.
• [Custom-Fit, Hassle-Free Installation] Easily adjustable hole placement fits any garage door. Includes a full set of self-tapping screws for a simple, secure installation.
• [Smoother, Quieter Operation] Replace noisy, worn-out supports for a quieter, smoother door motion.
• [Complete Kit, Ready to Install] Comes with (2) 3'-11" ft support beams, (1) connector, and all necessary screws. Protect your home with this all-in-one reinforcement solution.

Description

A popular YouTube Video, shows users how he fixed his insulated door that was buckling on the top two panels. There is a fatal flaw in how he installed the strut. He had good intentions, but his video has destroyed many garage Doors. The picture to the right with the vertical styles is what struts are attached to. However, not all insulated doors have vertical styles. Like our friend in the video. He secured his brace to only thin gauge steel. His door doesn’t have styles. If your not sure if your insulated door has vertical styles, tap a finish nail below the hinge through the skin. If it’s hollow, you will need to install the strut on the hinges. An easy way to tell if your garage door can handle the additional weight of one (13 pounds) or more struts is to weigh the door. You will need a bathroom scale to do this. Step 1. Unplug the garage door opener Step 2. Disengage the opener by pulling the red cord. Step 3. Lower the door onto the scale Fact: About 80% of residential wind damage starts with wind entry through the garage door. The majority of garage doors manufactured in the last two decades are engineered to withstand 40 mph winds. It is no surprise that we ship so many strut kits to California, Texas, and New York because these states and others have over 400 severe winds (40+ mph) events a year. Non-insulated garage doors that face the west are especially vulnerable. Taking a proactive approach and installing two-door struts on new doors will help keep your door looking and running like new. If you have a non-insulated door with torn or cracked panels and you are trying to get one more year out of your door, then an 8-foot piece of angle iron may be your best bet. Of course, it won’t solve the problem, but it will slow it down. Garage doors endure Flexural (Pushing In And Out On The Door), Torsional (Twisting) & Tension (Pulling). If you are considering using angle iron or any other brace other than a strut, it won’t stop the torsion forced on the door, and therefore you will eventually get cracks in the panel. We know this from most of our customers who have tried angle iron or similar only to find out it did more harm than good. Plus, consider this, when you eventually get a new door, the strut is transferable whereas, the angle iron is not. If you have a garage door opener on your door. The door should have a strut across the top panel. Even with a DC opener there is torque transferred to the top panel. Struts will help a bent door by offering the affected panel support. However, once a panel is compromised, it will never look perfect again. The goal is to make it look presentable from street view and to keep it from buckling with other door panels when the door cycles. Before installing the strut:

Manufacturer: ‎Five Star Doors

Part Number: ‎Garage Door Reinforcement

Product Dimensions: ‎48 x 3 x 3 inches

Item model number: ‎Five Star Doors

Size: ‎9FT Garage Door

Color: ‎Galvanized Steel

Material: ‎Heat-Treated

Installation Method: ‎Screw-In

Handle Material: ‎Metal

Usage: ‎Commercial/Residential

Included Components: ‎‎(2) 3′-11″ x 2-1/4″ 22 Gauge Galvanized Steel Struts, (1) 48″ Hot-dipped Strut Connector, (12) #8 1/2 in. External Hex Flange 7/16″ Hex-Head Self-Drilling Screws, (6) 1″ External Hex Flange 7/16″ Hex-Head Self-Drilling TEK SCREWS, Assembly instructions and helpful hints included.

Date First Available: April 23, 2021