I had the bracket that mounts to the garage door panel literally rip out of the panel and take a torn sheet of metal from the panel with it. I want to do a repair without having to replace the entire panel ( it is a heavy custom garage door with custom exterior trim). My idea was to put a sheet of metal over top of the "hole" in the door panel (about 6" across) and then use self-tappers to secure the new sheet of metal to the door panel. THEN, re-screw down the door lift bracket to the new panel. I also think some welds on the bracket to secure it to the new repair sheet would make it stronger but I'm not a welder. If NOT using welds (which I prefer to avoid), I would rather user a ice sheet of diamond plat for the repair, but that is aluminum so I don't think that would be easy to weld.
So my questions are, do I NEED welds or will self tapping screws work?
Also, WHAT KIND OF MATERIAL AND HOW THICK should be sued as the "cover plate over the damaged door panel???
I went to Lowes to get just some mile steel plate and they had a million selections of thickness, hot rolled, cold rolled, etc...I had no idea how thick or what kind? So that is where I was just thinking dome diamond plate since the garage door panel itself is probably just thin aluminum skinned anyway. I can get pics of the damage if that will help you guys help me?
Thanks
So my questions are, do I NEED welds or will self tapping screws work?
Also, WHAT KIND OF MATERIAL AND HOW THICK should be sued as the "cover plate over the damaged door panel???
I went to Lowes to get just some mile steel plate and they had a million selections of thickness, hot rolled, cold rolled, etc...I had no idea how thick or what kind? So that is where I was just thinking dome diamond plate since the garage door panel itself is probably just thin aluminum skinned anyway. I can get pics of the damage if that will help you guys help me?
Thanks