If it is possible to safely pull the garage door manually to a closed position before attempting any repair do so.
My garage door is stuck half open.
This requires a simple turn.
Even with regular maintenance garage doors can sometimes stick refusing to open or close.
A garage door that only opens halfway becomes a nuisance for many reasons.
Pull the emergency release cord to disengage the opener trolley from the door.
Surprisingly your garage door just being locked can be causing your problem.
Quite often the cause of your door s malfunction is an improperly set garage door limit.
It would be more challenging to drive a car that has a cold steering wheel and sitting uncomfortably in a cold seat.
It s interesting to know that damaged rollers could be causing this problem for me.
An electric garage door can become stuck in the open position for several reasons.
Aside from the fact that having a problem opening your garage door is really annoying the cold weather aggravates the situation.
A detailed description of how to adjust garage door torsion springs and detailed information on how to do it safely.
If the door opens without a hitch the fault lies with the automatic opener but if you can only open the door halfway the problem is the door itself.
Use this information at your own risk.
Close the door completely.
I ve noticed that my garage door stops working whenever i m trying to open it because it stops halfway.
When attempting to fix a garage door that is stuck open make sure to turn the garage door opener off.
Why does my garage door won t open all the way in cold weather.
You can view this video on how to safely open your garage door with no power here.
When you know there is no damage to the door you can close the garage door by disconnecting the door from the electric opener.
However if you encounter resistance stop.
Because of the potential danger of broken parts you should inspect the garage door for damage before attempting to close it.
I think i ll hire a service to repair it for me so that i ll get my car inside the garage as soon as possible.
