Wayne-Dalton 6100 User Manual

Please Do Not Return This Product To The Store. Contact your local Wayne-Dalton dealer. To find your local Wayne-Dalton dealer, refer to your 

local yellow pages/business listings or go to the 

Find a Dealer section online at www.wayne-dalton.com

Tools Needed:

FAILURE TO SECURELY ATTACh A SUITAbLE MOUNTING PAD TO 

STRUCTURALLY SOUND FRAMING MEMbER COULD CAUSE SPRINGS TO 

VIOLENTLY PULL MOUNTING PAD FROM WALL, RESULTING IN SEVERE 

OR FATAL INjURY. 

If you just removed your existing door or you are installing a new door, 

complete all steps in PREPARING ThE OPENING. 

To ensure secure mounting of track brackets, side and center 

bearing brackets, or steel angles to new or retro-fit construction, it is 

recommended to follow the procedures outlined in DASMA Technical 

Data Sheets #156, #161 and #164 at www.dasma.com.

The inside perimeter of your garage door opening should be framed 

with wood jamb and header material. The jambs and header must be 

securely fastened to sound framing members. It is recommended that 

2” x 6” lumber be used. The jambs must be plumb and the header 

level. The jambs should extend a minimum of 14” (356 mm) above the 

top of the opening for Torsion spring applications. For low headroom 

applications, the jambs should extend to the ceiling height. Minimum 

side clearance required, from the opening to the wall, is 3-1/2” (89 

mm).

imPoRTaNT: CLOSELY INSPECT EXISTING jAMbS, hEADER AND 

MOUNTING SURFACE. ANY WOOD FOUND NOT TO bE SOUND, MUST bE 

REPLACED.

For Torsion spring applications, a suitable mounting surface must 

be firmly attached to the wall, above the header at the center 

of the opening. The mounting surface must be 2” x 6” lumber 

minimum (Select southern yellow pine lumber. Do not use lumber 

marked as spruce-pine-fur or SPF). The mounting surface must be 

securely attached to the wall with four (4) 3/8” anchors for masonry 

constructions or four (4) 5/16” x 4” lag screws for wood construction.

NoTe: Drill a 3/16” pilot hole in the mounting surface to avoid splitting 

the lumber. Do not attach the mounting surface with nails.

weather Seal (may Not be included): 

Cut the weather seal if necessary to fit the header and jambs. 

Align the header seal with the inside edge of the header and 

temporarily secure it to the header with equally spaced nails. Next, 

fit the jamb seals up tight against the header seal and flush with the 

inside edge of the jamb. Temporarily secure the jamb seals with equally 

space nails approximately 12” to 18” apart. This will keep the bottom 

section from falling out of the opening during installation. 

NoTe: Do not permanently attach weather seal to the jamb at this time.

heaDRoom RequiRemeNT: headroom is defined as the space needed 

above the top of the door for tracks, springs, etc. to allow the door to 

open properly. If the door is to be motor operated, 2-1/2” (64 mm) of 

additional headroom is required.

backRoom RequiRemeNT: backroom is defined as the distance 

needed from the opening back into the garage to allow the door to 

open fully.

9’0”

12”, 15” Radius

126”

168”

Track type

Torsion springs

12” Radius track

12 1/2”

15” Radius track

14-1/2”

Recommended tools 

from 

page 5

Weather seal

headroom

backroom

Door

width

Door 

height

Level header

Plumb jambs

header board 

2” x 6” lumber 

recommended

Suitable mounting surface 

2” x 6” lumber minimum

header

jamb

jamb

Weather Seal

jamb

Weather 

seal