My Automatic Garage Door Will Not Open

Use a screwdriver to tighten the wire.

My automatic garage door will not open.

The torsion springs are broken. Locate the force adjustment dials. You might have absentmindedly unplugged the operator as you were exiting the garage through your internal door to the house. In the funniest of scenarios the problem will simply be due to an unplugged power cord.

If you have a dent use a block of wood against it and use a hammer against the wood to hammer that dent out. Pull your garage door so it s about halfway open. Turn the power back on and the door should open and close normally. The first thing you ll want to do when your garage door opens a little and then stops is to check to see if there is anything obstructing the lenses.

Your garage door will immediately stop and close if anything is in the field of view of the lenses. If the motor is running on your garage door opener but the door itself isn t opening don t panic. They can be found at the back panel of your craftsman garage door opener to increase the open force turn the open force dial about 1 4 of a full turn similarly to increase the close force turn the close force about 1 4 of a full turn operate your garage door. Perhaps the greatest cause of a garage door that will not open all the way up is a lack of balance.

Shut off the power to the garage door opener. If you find that other lights or electrical circuits in the garage aren t operating this is the likely cause and you ll need to reset the breaker or gfci or replace the burned out fuse. Test your door s balance by disconnecting it from the automatic opener. The door should raise and lower easily by hand.

The limit setting is off. It s also possible that the circuit breaker fuse or gfci outlet powering the door opener circuit has tripped or burned out. If you ve checked the door springs and the track for obstacles and those things appear to be fine check to see if the lock on the door is engaged. If there are dents in the door they need to be dealt with as they will affect the way the door opens.

Its power source is disrupted. Sometimes a garage door won t open or close for one reason only the operator has no power connection. This can happen if a track is accidentally struck by a heavy object and bent outward. Snapped or loose cables.

The door has dislodged from its track.