How to Level Your Garage Door
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- Опубликовано: 22 янв 2012
- This video teaches you how to adjust the cable drums so that the garage door contacts the floor evenly. Remember, springs are under tension, so if you do not take the extra precautions for safety, you can risk injuring yourself seriously. Safety first!
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THANK YOU!!! This video and your other video on How to Replace Your Garage Door Cables were a huge help to me when my door cable came off when the door got skewed. Before that happened, I tried to straighten the door by adjusting the length of the cable that I saw in another video. The method you demonstrated in this video was way better! Thanks again for making these very informative videos!
Never having fixed a garage door, I watched your video and was able to instal a new cable and balance the door perfectly. My children think I have been doing it for years. Thanks a bundle
We're glad that this was something you were able to do easily, Christopher!
That was very helpful. It worked exactly as you said. My garage door had about a 1/2" gap on one side that caused the garage door opener to keep bringing the door back up. After I leveled the door as you described in the video, it now works. Thanks for taking the time to put it together.
+paszymcz You're welcome! I'm glad the video helped. Best wishes.
Thank you so much for this video.
It was great to get my door square in the hole again.
Your explanation was spot on with the loosen and tighten movement.
+Tim Olson Glad we could help, Tim. Best wishes.
You saved me a $100 service call for a 5 minute fix. Thanks
You're welcome, Doug. Glad we could help.
I just followed your instructions and it came out just as you have shown. Thank you for your time and effort, it worked for me!!!
We're glad you were able to get this to work, Darwin! We're always glad to help!
Thank you for clear and concise directions. Much appreciated👍🙏🏻
Thanks for the kind words, Charou! We hope this was helpful to you.
Thanks! My garage door cable had broke several weeks ago and I replace it but the door had a gap on one side. Then the door started to go back open when it hit the bottom......I assumed it was because it was hitting uneven (door was making contact to the floor on one side before all the way down on the other). Did what the gentleman showed on this video and everything works! Thanks a lot! :)
We're glad this helped you level your door, Kevin!
I watched your video on installing new cables and then I watched this one. Thanks for the great video, it made it easy for me to put the cables back on a tenants garage door.
+Ed Waggoner Sr. (Papatch) Glad we could help make this an easy fix, Ed. Best wishes.
Thanks exactly what I needed someone that is straight to the point and straight to the fix of the problem no fancy intros trying to wow us with acting like your our friend, it is appreciated keep making Videos they do help...👍👍👍👍👍
We're glad to help, KB!
Thank you. I followed your video on how to replace the torsion springs and my garage door had a gap on the left side as well. Now I know how to fix it.
+jonasobado You're welcome. Glad to hear you found the video helpful. I always enjoy learning new things.
your videos are very helpful. thank you for posting them!
Thanks for the kind words, dubdubw! We hope you've found them helpful in getting your garage door back in tiptop shape!
Thank you for helping me with this video. My garage door is perfectly level now.
You're welcome, and congratulations! Glad we could help.
I smiled when you mentioned safety while standing on the forbidden top step of the ladder. Seriously though, thank you for these videos. They are great.
Thank you for pointing this out. As much as I try to stress safety I often forget. We frequently have to reshoot video because of a safety issue. You're welcome, and thank you for your kind comment. Best wishes.
I like this guy ...he knows what hes doing...a true professional
Thanks for the kind words, arrivera23, and thanks for watching!
I did it! Thank goodness for old guys. (I'm an old guy too)
Congratulations, Bob! We have to keep inspiring the younger folks.
Thank you so much! This answered my question perfectly!
We're glad it was able to, Amanda!
Excellent video...thanks
We're glad you think so, RamblinAround! We hope it was helpful in getting your door level again!
Thanks tons!!!! You are a wise man. The video was A+
+yuyo57 Your generous words are much appreciated. You're welcome, and best wishes!
best video on how to level a garage door after cable replacement.thanks a lot for saving me some money.from canada.
Hi Leo! We're glad we were able to help you safe some money, and complete this task yourself!
Thank you so much for these helpful videos. Had an emergency today (middle of January) in the North...
We're glad to help, Pete! That is never a fun time to have something go wrong with your door.
This helped us so much! Thank you so much for your videos!!!! :)
Thank you for watching, Angela, and thanks for the kind words!
Great video, thanks for the information as this is also helpful for box trucks, some of them have the spring/drum/cable similar to house garage doors. Thank You.
You're right,
Superiorpowerwash! This could definitely be applied to box trucks as well, as long as they have a spring and cable setup similar to a garage door.
Thank you for this video. It really helped.
+Tom Green You're welcome, Tom. Glad it helped.
worked perfectly on my door. Thanks Alot!
Thanks for watching, Sam! We're glad it worked for you!
Very helpful thank you!
You're welcome!
Thanks DDM this really helped me out!!
Thank you for watching, Son Keo!
thanks , excellent video. all my questions answered
We're glad you found the video helpful, pat!
Thank you, this video was very helpful and would have saved to tons of time if I would have watched before I tried replacing my cable!
Sorry, Joshua! We wish you would have found it sooner too. Thanks for watching though, and hopefully you were able to figure out how to level your door properly.
very nice done
Very helpful. Thank you.
+Peter Forint Peter, thank you. You're welcome.
Thank you for this video everything worked like you said .. You saved me money.. Thanks again..
We're always happy to help, Patrick, and we're glad this helped you get your door level again!
Thank you so much!
+Ryan Sauer You're welcome, Ryan.
Very interesting initiative - video tutorial. I'll have to make a similar personal profile video :)
thanks for the video helpful.
You're very welcome, Paulo!
Helpful video, thanks...
Glad to help, C Fields!
thanks, solved my problem
Sherry Nakano Glad we could help.
thanks great tips
+Viseth Sen Your welcome, Viseth. Thank you.
thank you, I got my door fixed!
Of course, Puciek S! We're glad you were able to fix your door with this video.
Wow, thanks a lot
Thank you for watching, mjita pe!
Thanks for fixing my door Dan :)
***** You're welcome, Paul. Glad to help.
thanks for the video saved me calling in a repair man
Thanks for watching, machinemachine70! We're glad this was able to help level your door properly.
Thanks for posting this. Saved me the trouble and expense of calling the garage door guy.
We're always happy to help, Bklynviathebridge
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Ho do I do this on a garage door that doesnt use a tesion spring? I installed a new opener, in the same position and the left side is off the ground. I have tries adjusting the cables, the springs and nothing works.
thanks pal
Thank you for watching, Jared!
How could I level a garage door with extension springs?
Dear Sir: Is it important to release some pressure in the center spring/s using winding bars as most of the other RUclips videos on leveling garage doors shown? Appreciate your advise. Thx.
Hi Bravo007! You want to release some tension in the springs if you are going to mess with the cable drums or anything else that is holding in tension in the door. Using winding bars to loosen the springs, let the bar rest against the door and hold the tension that the springs have so that they don't slip and you risk injuring yourself. Refer to our ddmgaragedoors.com/diy-instructions/leveling-garage-door.php if you need any further tips on how to get your door to level properly.
Thank you so mch dude!!.. U save me $100 bucs
We're happy to help, Dave!
is this the same process if there is a gap at the top of the door?
If one cable breaks the door will usually rise on the opposite causing gaps at the top and under the garage door.
where can I get this wire at my wire is 8' 6"
Roger, we sell them in pairs at ddmgaragedoors.com/parts/part/CABA-86T.html. Thank you for your interest.
you should always do them in pairs anyhow!!
What do you do if you slipped the drum too much and there's now slack when the door is fully open???
Hi pmpntl529! You should probably just get the door up and rewind the cables, if possible. If it has too much slack in it, then you should try to get them back on when the door is down, tightening it so that the cable is taut. If you are wondering how to do this, you can refer to our video on "How to Replace Your Garage Door Cables" on our channel!
Sir, you got blessed that spring would have popped! You always put the vice grip first, before you touch that set screw ;)
+Victor Anderson Thank you for the warning, Victor! We show that in our written instructions at ddmgaragedoors.com/diy-instructions/leveling-garage-door.php.
Mine is on top is the same principle?
Hi Eugene! Which part are you talking about being on top? There's a lot of parts that are discussed in this video, so which garage door part would you be talking about?
How do I adjust this problem if I only have springs that are above the rails? No adjustment on the pulley.
Hi Robert! If you have extension springs, as it sounds like you do, this written tutorial should be helpful to you: ddmgaragedoors.com/diy-instructions/replace-garage-door-extension-springs.php , especially steps 85 and on. You need to mess with the lengths of the springs first, and then move on from there.
@@DDMGarageDoors I asked that 3 years ago. I'm good, but thank you for finally answering.
@@rbryantiii We're aware of that Robert, and we apologize for that. We didn't have anyone regularly responding to comments at that time, so we're attempting to take the time now to do so.
You mention that the door cables are 8 1/2 foot long. At my local HD I only see 8 foot (96in) and 12 foot (144 inc) cables. I measured my cables and they do indeed appear to be 8 and 1/2 foot or 102in. It seems like the 96in cables would be too short even with adjusting the pully. Any thoughts on this?
+Brandon Bridges You are correct, Brandon. The cable length formula for most residential garage doors is DOOR HEIGHT + 18." On a 7' high door that would be 8'6." An 8' cable on a 7' high door might work but you would run the risk of the cable coming loose and the garage door becoming crooked.
What if my floor is not leveled ? Will this adjustment fix the gap ?
Hi Ace! This should help to fix the gap in your door to the floor. The issue is, however, that this gap may be something that needs to be solved another way, because messing with the cables may just end up making the door crooked if there is too big of a gap. Some solutions are to get a larger seal that will cover the extra ground needed to take care of that gap or to attempt to get that ground more level, which is a lot more work.
@@DDMGarageDoors thank you
@@acepodgasti5105 You're very welcome!
Don't forget to remove the vice grips after this. If not, you may have to rerun your cables again and have to level your garage door! Listen Learned!
Mine appears to be unlevel at the top not the bottom. I never noticed this before recently, it's a rather large gap. Then the torsion spring on that side broke (after the gap appeared). I wonder what is causing all this.
Hi Wolf House! It could be something with your cables becoming loose, or your top fixture not being adjusted to the correct spot. Some of the gap could also be because of your top seal not being installed properly either. In other words, not seeing pictures, it's hard to pinpoint exactly where the trouble spot may be. If this is still an issue for you, feel free to email us pictures and explain your situation.
Still a gap on the left side...
This could be a problem with your side seals on your door, jmj5150. As you can see in the video, even when the door is level, the bottom seal still shows light through because it has ripped off in that corner. The same thing can happen on the top seals and side seals over time as the weather takes its toll on these parts.
could of used a ratchet..and your running a little heavy there man, add 2 quarter turns and all is good :P
This would have been a bit better if you had close up videos of the work being performed. As it is, we are left to guess what the activity looks like
+Thomas Sullivan Thank you for the suggestion, Thomas. We hope to fix this in the future.
great video but to dark and your web page logo is over critical viewing points.
Hi scott o! Thanks for the comment. We hope that you were still able to get good info despite these flaws in the video. We hope to be able to go back and edit some of these things out to improve our videos in the future.
first mistake was you never vised off the other side of the door to make sure it doeent try to come up while slipping the drum
looks very dangerous i would think twice before you loose a finger !!!!!!!!!!
Hi Steven! If you do not follow proper safety precautions, this can be a dangerous operation, as can any time spent working on a garage door.
He doesn't even tell you what kind of tool to use to loosen/tighten the drum. if i knew, would i need to watch a how-to video??
Kelly Riordan If you can’t figure that out on your own, You have no business working on garage doors.
wow man once again your going to kill someone. i would fire you in like .5 min. plus i would recomend you take these videos off line and never work on another door. for your own safty!