Garage Door Stuck Shut

Even with regular maintenance garage doors can sometimes stick refusing to open or close.

Garage door stuck shut.

Take a few minutes to troubleshoot some built in safeties in your. When attempting to fix a garage door that is stuck open make sure to turn the garage door opener off. Garage doors sometimes seem to have a mind of their own often deciding when and how far they want to open or close. If it is possible to safely pull the garage door manually to a closed position before attempting any repair do so.

A garage door stuck in the closed position may tempt you to crash on through but don t let frustration get the better of you. Because of the potential danger of broken parts you should inspect the garage door for damage before attempting to close it. You can view this video on how to safely open your garage door with no power here. A door that is stuck halfway open is a security risk allowing access to the garage and the home if it.

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. Some garage doors have a full lock system which enables you or anybody to lock your garage door from the outside by only turning the handle. However if you encounter resistance stop. Sometimes the fix can be as simple as replacing the batteries in the opener.

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.