Garage Doors – Final Inspection Checklist for Home Builder
This checklist ensures that garage door installation meets quality standards, functions correctly, and adheres to project specifications. It includes verifying smooth operation, proper alignment, and installation of weatherproofing. Additionally, it emphasizes cleanliness and ensuring all components, including door openers, are functional and installed according to manufacturer specifications.
1Install garage doors of the correct number, size, type, and color——Add yours
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2Ensure doors operate smoothly——Add yours
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3Verify that door locks operate correctly and smoothly——Add yours
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4Hang door keys on the wall in the proper location——Add yours
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5Confirm thresholds are correct——Add yours
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6Install weather sealer and weatherstripping——Add yours
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7Adjust spring tension properly——Add yours
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8Ensure doors are level, plumb, square, and scribed to the existing garage floor——Add yours
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9Verify doors are undamaged——Add yours
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10Clean the garage, ensuring it is broom-swept and free of debris——Add yours
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11Remove all construction debris to the designated location——Add yours
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12Ensure door openers operate correctly and are hung per manufacturer specifications——Add yours
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13Receive one opener per door——Add yours
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You found the SOP
Now make sure it actually gets done.
13 tasks is the easy part. The hard part is that six months from now the project still has to run this way when you are not the one watching.
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