JHZR2
Staff member
One of the garage buildings I’ve recently bought has two very old (30s or 40s) overhead doors. They’re 9’ high, so bigger than typical home garage doors, at least in the old garages around here, and of course very heavy.
They have original hinge hardware, and some of it is bent or not quite right. I think over the years probably cars bumped the doors at least once. I’ve been working to refurbish the doors as needed.
Examples of the original hinges:
When I had springs replaced, the service guy gave me a few hinges. They were #1 and #2.
A #1 hinge has only one hole, so the roller shaft goes through it. #2 and higher hinges have two holes, which I believe is to allow the hinge to be tight to the door, and the roller to be offset.
I put the new #2 hinge in the #2 spot, and the roller in the offset position. I was pleased with the fit. The original hinges caused the door to sit a bit too far from the building for that panel only. All other panels sat nicely against the wood trim, but this section didn’t. When I put the new #2 hinge in like this, it sat correctly against the trim.
However, when I tried to roll the door up, after a few feet the door would hang and I couldn’t push it any more upwards. I think these rollers were causing a bind.
When I put the rollers into the lower hole on the new hinge, they work fine, but the door again is tilted slightly so there’s a gap at the edge of the door between the door face and the side trim.
I did not put all new hardware on all door sections. I don’t know that to be the cause of issue, I guess maybe it could?
So which of the two holes is the roller supposed to go in? Any suggestion on how to make things better?
Full disclosure the doors went up and down well with the old hinges. Some of the rollers were just completely messy, a few hinges were bent, and some weren’t holding the rollers correctly.
Thanks!
They have original hinge hardware, and some of it is bent or not quite right. I think over the years probably cars bumped the doors at least once. I’ve been working to refurbish the doors as needed.
Examples of the original hinges:
When I had springs replaced, the service guy gave me a few hinges. They were #1 and #2.
A #1 hinge has only one hole, so the roller shaft goes through it. #2 and higher hinges have two holes, which I believe is to allow the hinge to be tight to the door, and the roller to be offset.
I put the new #2 hinge in the #2 spot, and the roller in the offset position. I was pleased with the fit. The original hinges caused the door to sit a bit too far from the building for that panel only. All other panels sat nicely against the wood trim, but this section didn’t. When I put the new #2 hinge in like this, it sat correctly against the trim.
However, when I tried to roll the door up, after a few feet the door would hang and I couldn’t push it any more upwards. I think these rollers were causing a bind.
When I put the rollers into the lower hole on the new hinge, they work fine, but the door again is tilted slightly so there’s a gap at the edge of the door between the door face and the side trim.
I did not put all new hardware on all door sections. I don’t know that to be the cause of issue, I guess maybe it could?
So which of the two holes is the roller supposed to go in? Any suggestion on how to make things better?
Full disclosure the doors went up and down well with the old hinges. Some of the rollers were just completely messy, a few hinges were bent, and some weren’t holding the rollers correctly.
Thanks!