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One of the more popular are the double roller low headroom top fixtures, also called quick close fixtures, quick closing fixtures and rapid flex brackets. For many decades these low headroom top fixtures have been used successfully on wood garage doors by lowering the top strut below the top fixture. Lowering the top strut on a steel garage door, however, compromises the section's integrity and has led to many damaged top sections. This tutorial offers one solution for installing low headroom double roller top fixtures without damaging the section. This will allow a door to operate with a headroom clearance between 9 and 12 inches. Â» DDM Home.
Troubleshooting Garage Door Adjustment Problems. In this series of articles on 'Adjusting Garage Doors' we discussed practical adjustments that you can make. The easiest thing to adjust is the garage door track. It keeps the door aligned in two ways. The tracks guide the door as it goes up and down. Either by lifting or via a garage door opener. The track also keeps the door in alignment against the weatherstripping. Slots in the brackets make adjusting the track fairly straightforward. If you need to review the topic on 'Adjusting a Garage Door Track', you can follow this link.