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Garage door panel bends out a bit while closing
When I open and close my garage door Panel #2 (counting from the top) gets popped out a bit. I'm not sure exactly where the issue is, but something is putting a lot of stress on this panel, enough to cause the adhesive between the vertical struts and panel to separate. I've uploaded images and videos at this imgur link of the current problem. I'm pretty sure the issue is either with the track or the top panel, but I don't know exactly where to look. Hopefully someone more knowledgeable than me can point me in the correct direction! In case there is a relevant tidbit in here I'll dump my history with this door: We moved into the house a couple years ago. About 6 months ago I noticed that many of the hinges between Panels #1-2 and #3-4 had broken. There was a pretty noticeable bends in the panels when the door was open (garage door open with panel bend in January), and the middle vertical strut of Panel #2 was de-adhering. The garage door already had horizontal bars on the upper side of Panels #2 and #3. I added another reinforcements across the lower part of Panel #1 and replaced the hinges. The top of Panel #2 still popped out a little bit, but I thought it might just be due to the adhesive and figured that was a future problem. I re-balanced the garage door after installing the new reinforcement. There was a very small amount of daylight under one corner still, but it didn't concern me enough to do anything about it. Currently when you pull the release rope the door pops up about by itself about 1/4 inch, but then stays balanced in its range of motion and will stay closed if you put it back down manually. The future problems are becoming now problems. Now the middle and the left vertical struct are de-adhering, and I feel like it take a little more pressure to 'pop the panel back into place. Any ideas on what I should look at next? Thanks! submitted by /u/chis101 [link] [comments]
When I open and close my garage door Panel #2 (counting from the top) gets popped out a bit. I'm not sure exactly where the issue is, but something is putting a lot of stress on this panel, enough to cause the adhesive between the vertical struts and panel to separate.
I've uploaded images and videos at this imgur link of the current problem.
I'm pretty sure the issue is either with the track or the top panel, but I don't know exactly where to look. Hopefully someone more knowledgeable than me can point me in the correct direction!
In case there is a relevant tidbit in here I'll dump my history with this door:
We moved into the house a couple years ago.
- About 6 months ago I noticed that many of the hinges between Panels #1-2 and #3-4 had broken. There was a pretty noticeable bends in the panels when the door was open (garage door open with panel bend in January), and the middle vertical strut of Panel #2 was de-adhering.
The garage door already had horizontal bars on the upper side of Panels #2 and #3. I added another reinforcements across the lower part of Panel #1 and replaced the hinges. The top of Panel #2 still popped out a little bit, but I thought it might just be due to the adhesive and figured that was a future problem.
I re-balanced the garage door after installing the new reinforcement. There was a very small amount of daylight under one corner still, but it didn't concern me enough to do anything about it.
Currently when you pull the release rope the door pops up about by itself about 1/4 inch, but then stays balanced in its range of motion and will stay closed if you put it back down manually.
The future problems are becoming now problems. Now the middle and the left vertical struct are de-adhering, and I feel like it take a little more pressure to 'pop the panel back into place.
Any ideas on what I should look at next?
Thanks!
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