My Garage Door Won T Go All The Way Down

Yes there is a problem with the photoelectric eyes.

My garage door won t go all the way down.

When the door won t go down automatically. They can be a contributing factor when your garage door won t going down won t stay shut and won t opening all together. Garage doors are heavy and to prevent injuries manufacturers of automatic openers include safety sensors to stop the door when someone is in the way. Something is blocking the beam either the sender or receiver is misaligned kicked.

You push the button to close the garage door. Unplug the garage door opener unit. Though this problem should be obvious it shouldn t be overlooked. A twisted or slightly bent track may be the culprit.

It goes partway down reverses direction and goes back up again. Carefully inspect the track and the rollers to see if something is stuck. Can you hold the button down to make the door go down. If there s something blocking the door from closing all the way a full close will be impossible.

The travel controls how far the door goes up and down. If you operate your door manually and the door will not go all the way down don t force it. When you pressed the button did the opener lights blink at you. Electrical connections can also be the reason why a garage door isn t working properly.

Most newer openers have a safety feature that makes the door reverse if it encounters an obstruction. This is almost always the result of a dirty or obstructed safety feature. Overtime the electrical connections can corrode and cause the garage door opener to malfunction. Check your garage floor and the area surrounding it for any objects or debris that might be causing the improper close.

In order to figure out why your garage door won t open all the way you first need to make sure it s secure. Something mechanical has most likely bound up. If you can close it completely to ground level. You don t want the door to come crashing down on you or anyone else once you begin disengaging your garage door opener.