How To Shorten A Garage Door

Push the open set limit button then release to save the door s position as the new open limit setting.

How to shorten a garage door. The green indicator light will flash twice to confirm. This video shows you how to cut down clopay cuttable models 3591 3715c 3717c and 3720c. If your new garage door spring turns out to be too long try shortening the spring with either a torch or a hand grinder. This short video shows you how to easily shorten a roller chain for a bike snowblower anything that uses a chain.

How to cut down an overhead door using low headroom track when you have no other option. The great part is you don t even need any. Here s the method of door cutting that works best for us. Trimming a wood door with a circular saw without splintering the wood or damaging the finish is a challenge.

A dremel tool will work well. Hold down the open travel limit button until the door has raised all the way. In fact you might want to try to remove the cones on the old spring before purchasing a new spring. Program the garage door opener to recognize when your garage door is completely open.

If you ve just installed carpeting your doors will probably rub and bind which means that you have to trim off the bottoms. The best way to cut off a door bottom. When the going gets tough the tough get going. So that said if you have the space on the inside to move the tracks for the new door in all reality you wouldn t need to cut the door at all.