My Garage Door Won T Go All The Way Down

If there s something blocking the door from closing all the way a full close will be impossible.

My garage door won t go all the way down.

If you operate your door manually and the door will not go all the way down don t force it. In order to figure out why your garage door won t open all the way you first need to make sure it s secure. You push the button to close the garage door. Something mechanical has most likely bound up.

Overtime the electrical connections can corrode and cause the garage door opener to malfunction. 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. The travel controls how far the door goes up and down. Carefully inspect the track and the rollers to see if something is stuck.

Most newer openers have a safety feature that makes the door reverse if it encounters an obstruction. When the door won t go down automatically. When you pressed the button did the opener lights blink at you. A twisted or slightly bent track may be the culprit.

Check your garage floor and the area surrounding it for any objects or debris that might be causing the improper close. Can you hold the button down to make the door go down. Electrical connections can also be the reason why a garage door isn t working properly. Though this problem should be obvious it shouldn t be overlooked.

Yes there is a problem with the photoelectric eyes. Right now your opener is reading the floor as an obstruction. They can be a contributing factor when your garage door won t going down won t stay shut and won t opening all together. It goes partway down reverses direction and goes back up again.

You may also want to check the tracks and the garage door itself for the culprit. Something is blocking the beam either the sender or receiver is misaligned kicked. This is almost always the result of a dirty or obstructed safety feature. Unplug the garage door opener unit.