If you are using two scales add the weights together for the total garage door weight.
How to weight garage door.
Remove the opener arm.
Door weight is important when trying to figure out what torsion or extension springs are needed to counterbalance the door.
The first step to weighing your garage door in weighing your garage door is unwinding the garage door springs to remove the tension from the torsion cables.
The average modern steel single car door weighs around 125 pounds while double car doors weigh about 200 pounds.
Make sure your cables are a bit loose when unwinding the spring.
Place a scale under the door.
You can do this by backlining the springs.
Disengaging the trolley from the drawbar carriage is not enough.
Garage door weight is determined by size material steel gauge thickness insulation and glass.
How to weigh a garage door that has torsion springs 1.
If the garage door has a spring that is not broken push up slightly with the winding bar until the cables loosen and the entire garage door weight is on the scale.
Read the scale for the garage door weight.