18 Ft Garage Door Strut

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18 ft garage door strut.

Steel strut for garage door reinforcement. Two inch struts weigh about 10 ounces per foot. Otherwise the extra weight will shorten the life of your garage door opener. This ideal door garage door support strut is for additional door support or when adding a garage door opener.

Struts will make sure the top section doesn t fold in when the motor tries to pick the door up. Garage door struts for eight and nine foot wide doors can ship by fedex or ups but longer struts will not. This strut is a 2 tall. The top panel is the weakest point.

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. Anything above 14ft must have at least one strut. Any garage door that has an opener is required to have a strut on the top panel.

Struts are screwed into the back side of the garage door as seen in the images. The more struts you have on the garage door the stronger it will be. Most manufactures do not require a strut on any door up to 14ft in width. Prices are 4 00 per foot up to 18 feet in stock for d i y.

3 strut high profile strut with standard hole pattern 48 oc and 1 from ends. Also known as garage door support brace or bar.