Garage Door Hung Uo A Few Inches Then Stops

You push the button to close the garage door.

Garage door hung uo a few inches then stops.

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. 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 garage door still won t open maybe there s another source of dead batteries involved. 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.

Try to operate the garage door manually this helps you determine if the problem is related to the door or the motor. Garage door opener stops or reverses when activated. This just started a couple weeks ago. This is almost always the result of a dirty or obstructed safety feature.

Then sometimes it reverses at the bottom sometimes it reverses right after it starts moving. Open up the case and look for a screw type track that moves when the opener runs. It goes partway down reverses direction and goes back up again. Clean the photo eye.

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. Call 630 271 9343 serving dupage co. The garage door can be operated manually by disconnecting the garage door opener from the door using the red pull cord. It will come down read more.

Back to garage door question list. Open your garage door opener and change the batteries. If the door is working properly it should be easy to lift by hand. 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 photo eye a small sensor hovers four to eight inches above the floor on the inside of the garage door track to detect objects in the path of the garage door. Well sometimes it does.