Garage Door Closes All The Way Then Opens

It may be your garage door sensor.

Garage door closes all the way then opens. Your travel down setting needs to be adjusted. Open the garage door and watch it closely as it opens. When the garage door opens about halfway or 5 feet from the ground and stops the up limit switch needs to be adjusted. You push the button to close the garage door.

If the door stops short of closing lengthen the close limit by turning the control knob in the direction indicated usually counterclockwise. In cold weather your door will open smoothly if it has a high amount of grease. Your garage door is programmed to travel a certain distance before it closes. If your garage door is closing fully and then reversing to open again then it may be due to a problem with the close limit switch.

This is almost always the result of a dirty or obstructed safety feature. They are usually on the motor housing and you access them by opening a panel or removing the housing cover. In cold temperature the space between molecules reduces making the metal shrinks. Sometimes your remote controls may be sending signals that you may not be aware of.

Another reason that your garage door won t open all the way in cold weather is probably that the metal has contracted. Your garage door opens when it hits the ground. It goes partway down reverses direction and goes back up again. Erase and reprogram remotes.

As is the case with so many issues at the home there s no one reason why your garage door closes then opens. Proper maintenance is essential for the door to function properly. Garage door opens and closes automatically by itself disconnect the control station. Here s a rundown of some of the possible reasons this can be happening.

Garage door opener keeps going back up. Metal pieces contracts and shrink. Most garage door openers have an open and close limit control.