How To Build A Lightweight Garage Door

Garage doors can be expensive but with the right know how and the right tools you can build one yourself.

How to build a lightweight garage door.

Fiberglass doors are lightweight making them easier on torsion wheels garage door openers and other garage door parts. Next cut boards to frame the top bottom and sides of your door then glue them in place using wood glue. However i used 6 ft fence boards added a 1 6 to the bottom and my door is still way too short. It s typically made of three sections which are mounted horizontally and hinged together.

They are like puppies. It worked when i had a 1 6 at the top also but if you look at the photo you ll see that the pulleys 3 garage door pulleys from lowe s are bolted to the fence boards not to a 1 6 that is needed at the top to make the door long enough. A lighter garage door also makes manual operation easier just in case your garage opener stops working or your lift spring breaks. Find garage doors at lowe s today.

To build a door for a shed start by cutting a piece of wood paneling or ti 11 siding to the size of the door opening minus 1 2 inch on each side. The sliding door in alicia s office was. You can also add a diagonal board from a top corner to the opposite bottom corner for more. Its just not possible.

Fiberglass doors can be less expensive that other options.