Keeping the garage door closed is important to home security so life can become pretty stressful when that door can t seem to stay shut in your efforts to get your home safely sealed up again.
Garage door is stuck shut.
When attempting to fix a garage door that is stuck open make sure to turn the garage door opener off.
You can view this video on how to safely open your garage door with no power here.
Take a few minutes to troubleshoot some built in safeties in your.
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.
When you know there is no damage to the door you can close the garage door by disconnecting the door from the electric opener.
An electric garage door can become stuck in the open position for several reasons.
A door that is stuck halfway open is a security risk allowing access to the garage and the home if it.
However if you encounter resistance stop.
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.
Surprisingly your garage door just being locked can be causing your problem.
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.
Even with regular maintenance garage doors can sometimes stick refusing to open or close.