How To Fix a Garage Door That Won’t Close

 

 

How often does your garage door not want to close? If you’ve ever had to deal with this problem, you know how annoying it can be. Luckily, there are some simple solutions to fix your garage door that won’t close. 

If it’s necessary, you can always call a local garage door service! However, this following guide will help you recognize common issues to check when your garage door doesn’t close and how to fix them effortlessly.

 

 

Instead of worrying about the contents of your garage until the repairman arrives, consider the following steps first: 

 

Review Your Garage Door Opener Manual

Your garage door opener manual will guide you on the proper settings for your safety sensors, travel limits, and other necessary settings. Most garage door opener manufacturers program their openers to have either the main lights or a notification light, flash or blink a certain amount of times if there is an error. 

The blinking light on your garage door opener is trying to alert you to a problem if the garage door doesn’t close properly. Check your manual’s troubleshooting section and note how many times the light blinks.

If you don’t have the manual with you, search for the error code online.

 

Check The Garage Sensors

 

If your garage door isn’t closing completely, it’s probably because there’s a sensor failing.

Garage door openers contain infrared safety sensors placed along the tracks near the floor. These sensors keep everyone safe by identifying when young children, animals, or other objects are in the way of the garage door.

These sensors may transmit an incorrect signal to the control board of the opener if their lenses become dusty. Cleaning them with a soft cloth should solve the problem.

If the sensor lights are blinking or off, they may need calibration since they need to “see” each other. Simply tweak one of the sensors until the tiny light remains steady, then tighten it into place.

 

Examine The Tracks & Rollers

 

If your sensors are working, but the garage door is still not closing past a certain point, check the tracks to verify there are no obstructions blocking movement.

Before calling an Apache Junction garage door service, you must verify if the tracks and rollers are working. Check your rollers and tracks to see any signs of damage. Occasionally a child could knock something over to obstruct the track or wedge a toy into the tracks. 

 

Check The Trolley

 

The trolley is the component that connects the garage door to the opener. This item is easy to recognize since it typically has a rope hanging. This rope connects and disconnects the door from the rail moved by the garage door opener.

Your trolley might be in bypass mode if you can open and close your garage door with ease by hand. Pull the rope in the same direction as the door to remove the trolley latch from bypass mode. It will latch back onto the chain once you turn on the garage door opener. 

 

Check The Remote Control

 

Batteries might be another component ruining your garage door’s performance. They might be dead if you can’t close the garage door with the remote control. However, there is a risk that a power surge will erase your garage door opener’s memory. You might need to re-program your remote if you change the batteries and the problem persists.

Open the rear cover on your garage door opener or take off the light cover while standing on a ladder. You should see a large “learn” button. Just press that button until a light starts to flash. Once the light flashes, press any button on your remote control. Your remote should work as usual after that. 

You can read this article here for more detailed instructions.

 

Contact The Experts

 

You might require a technician if you can’t fix your door yourself. Secure your garage by pulling down on the bypass rope while you wait. You should be able to close the garage door if you have the trolley disengaged.

We invite you to contact Same Day Garage Door Services if you’re looking for trusted Gilbert garage door services. We can guarantee the best solution to make your garage door work again!

 

 

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