single piece door warped: truss rod kit?

[Vintage Veloce]

I have a single piece garage door that is a bit warped at the bottom.
And then I found an ad for this:

Has anyone tried this "Truss Rod Kit? How well did it work? Where can I buy one?

Carl

 

[Cyberbear]

All of my wooden garage doors came with truss rods installed. If your door is aluminum and bowed as the picture shows, someone has probably been slamming the door when closing it. So, besides a truss rod kit, top and bottom, make sure the door is always gently closed and nothing or no one is hanging from it when open.

 

[PugetDude]

You can accomplish the same thing with a piece of 1/8" cable, two eyebolts and a turnbuckle...just need a wood block in the center to act as a standoff.

 

[DangerousDan55]

Good deal Pugetdude! Thats the stuff that I get GREAT pleasure in fixin stuff. But, thats just me!

 

[Vintage Veloce]

It's a wooden door.
@PugetDude... all your idea needs is an arrow. ;-) From a safety standpoint, I much prefer using truss rods with brackets that bolt through the door a bit better than a cable and eyebolts! Seriously, cable and eyebolts is a very bad idea.
(I should say, that was my first idea too, but then I thought about it a bit more.)

 

[PugetDude]

It's a wooden door.
@PugetDude... all your idea needs is an arrow. ;-) From a safety standpoint, I much prefer using truss rods with brackets that bolt through the door a bit better than a cable and eyebolts!

Better take that dangerous lift cable and those scary springs off your door then... all that stored kinetic energy must make it difficult for you to sleep at night.

 

[Vintage Veloce]

Sorry, I didn't mean any offense. The eyebolts and cable were my first idea too until I reconsidered! The door springs are a much different setup: The whole thing is constructed very solidly, there is a safety cable through the spring, solid steel fittings on the ends, and substantial bolts holding everything in place.
Eyebolts in an old 2x4 with a homedepot unrated cable doesn't quite seem the same. ;-)

 

[PugetDude]

Sorry, I didn't mean any offense. The eyebolts and cable were my first idea too until I reconsidered! The door springs are a much different setup: The whole thing is constructed very solidly, there is a safety cable through the spring, solid steel fittings on the ends, and substantial bolts holding everything in place.
Eyebolts in an old 2x4 with a homedepot unrated cable doesn't quite seem the same. ;-)

Buy the truss kit. It's target-marketed to homeowners like you.
Or, accomplish the same result with a few bucks worth of off- the shelf hardware. Two eyebolts though the door, a cable between them with a short standoff in the middle so you can pull against the direction of the bow in the door. A simple turnbuckle for tension (won't take more than a few pounds to pull the bow out of the door) They're doing it with threaded rods, rod couplers and scraps of bottom bar bracket, but the principle is exactly the same.

 

[fitz11]

How are eye bolts and cable a bad idea? It's not like it's a high tension setup?

 

[Vintage Veloce]

I'm thinking it's bow and a string. The bottom of my garage is pretty warped. If one used rated eye through bolts with big washers and a rated cable with rated ends, it would probably be fine. But when I initially thought of this my idea was using home depot supplies and screw eyes. (PudgetDude was probably suggesting a more better setup than I was imagining) But if that cable breaks loose while you are tightening it, it could be bad, even with modest tension on the cable.
Said another way, any time you put tension on a cable, you should evaluate what you are doing carefully.
On the other hand, the truss kit above uses a rod instead of a cable, with well fastened brackets on the ends. And that was my original question. I didn't start this thread to talk about the cable idea....

 

[KenC]

You're really overestimating the cable tension! I really doubt it would exceed 50-100 lbs. Certainly not enough to damage you or anything in the vicinity. At that tension the cable would just go limp if something came loose. And, that is very unlikely.

That aside, assembling a truss rod kit from scratch is probably cheaper than purchasing the kit from one source. A couple of brackets from the hardware aisle, 4 screws and a length of rod stock to suit.

Given the choice, I would prefer the cable as it is adjustable.

 

[ez-duzit]

The cable would almost certainly be stressed way beyond 100 lbs.

Just get the best price you can on the ready-made truss--meets code--foolproof and low risk.

 

[Vintage Veloce]

The cable would almost certainly be stressed way beyond 100 lbs.

Just get the best price you can on the ready-made truss--meets code--foolproof and low risk.

Yup. SO!... back on topic, has anyone used one of these or know where to get one?

 

[er3456df]

The door springs are a much different setup: The whole thing is constructed very solidly,

He didn't say "use ****** cable". How solidly it's constructed is up to you, but from your replies I'd say you're probably going to need someone else to solve this for you. Go for the kit.

 

[PugetDude]

--meets code--

Link?

 

[upndown]

your best bet would be check with a local door co. I have seen many of those but never installed one. They were always on doors that were being replaced.

You might find something on line, but shipping a 16' rod might be an issue. Good luck!

 

[ez-duzit]

Link?

Google challenged?

 

[Vintage Veloce]

Guys, please, lets take the confrontational stuff to private messages, I just asked a question about an existing product and this seems to have gotten derailed. Lets talk about the product I originally asked about please.

 

[Leaflessshadetree]

Try contacting Holmes (kit part number TRK-14-6P)
http://www.holmesgaragedoor.com/where-to-buy/

or American spring (kit part number TR-114)
http://justin038.wix.com/americanspring#!contact/c1p0a


You also could try local garage door installers.