Garage Door Hung Uo A Few Inches Then Stops

It goes partway down reverses direction and goes back up again.

Garage door hung uo a few inches then stops. Then sometimes it reverses at the bottom sometimes it reverses right after it starts moving. My garage door opens about six inches and stops i press the button twice so it will stop going down and then is goes up another 6 inches or so. If the garage door still won t open maybe there s another source of dead batteries involved. Open your garage door opener and change the batteries.

After a few minutes i realized one of the wires for one of the garage door eyes was covering the eye so i moved it and the door closed. The garage door can be operated manually by disconnecting the garage door opener from the door using the red pull cord. Call 630 271 9343 serving dupage co. It will come down read more.

Back to garage door question list. My garage door opener doesn t close all the time. Well sometimes it does. Garage door opener stops or reverses when activated.

Open up the case and look for a screw type track that moves when the opener runs. In order to fix this you ll want to make small changes to the close limit setting until the door opener knows to stop once the door has reached the floor. This is almost always the result of a dirty or obstructed safety feature. An obvious reason why a stubborn door won t open concerns the batteries.

Try to operate the garage door manually this helps you determine if the problem is related to the door or the motor. 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. Garage door will only open about 3 inches then stops this morning i opened my garage door drove out tried to close it but it refused to close. Clean the photo eye.

Yes it doesn t take a garage door expert to know that batteries die and it s easy to forget to check them. If the door is working properly it should be easy to lift by hand.