Wood Garage Door Weight Calculator

Wood doors are heavier than standard uninsulated steel doors for example and generally need a more powerful motor.

Wood garage door weight calculator. The door material is irrelevant regardless of the material with which your garage door was made its thickness its size single or double or if it has windows it weighs at least 130 pounds single door and it can go up to 350 pounds or more double door with windows. Enter door height in inches. If more then one door is being considered enter the number of mulitple doors. Although the door springs balance the weight and do the actual job of lifting the door some doors are heavier and need more power behind them from the actual opener.

Weighing your garage door is the best possible way to determine the proper springs needed for the door. Click here to access the door and finished material weight calculator. Enter decimal values e g enter 2 25 and not 2 1 4. Next consider the garage door material.

Once you know the total weight of your garage door using a bathroom scale for doors under 300 pounds you can use the chart below to see the color extension spring you need. Material lb sqft calculated door weight lb calculated door weight lb calculated door weight lb hollow core 2 5 30 33 35 40 38 42 44 50 45 50 53 60 white pine 3 5 42 47 49 56 53 58 61 70 63 70 74 84 fir 3 5 42 47 49 56 53 58 61 70 63 70 74 84 solid core 4 3 51 57 60 68 64 71 74 85 77 85 89 102. Door weight calculator input your data into the box below and the weight of a single door will be automatically calculated. Enter full inches only do not enter fractions or decimals.

Web site https ddm. Contemporary doors all glass double door can weigh over 400 pounds. A standard 25 steel gauge 8 x 7 residential garage door from unique raynor amarr haas midland doorlink garaga northwest hormann delden clopay midamerica martin overhead c h i wayne dalton and windsor will weigh approximately 75 80 lbs and an insulated will garage door weigh approximatly 85 90 lbs. You could also use 4 springs consisting of 2 at 100 pounds tan and 2 at.

If your door is 210 pounds you would need a pair on for each side of the 210 pound white springs. Door weights 150lbs and under will be shipped with 1 high cycle life torsion spring. Try our new door weight calculator for clad and flush door options.