Here are some things you can check before you call a garage door repair company. These are simple things to check yourself and might save you some time and money.
If your garage door opener doesn’t work at all, no lights hum or buzz check your outlet for power. If you have power, unplug the machine for 30 seconds and plug it back in. Unplugging the machine will reset many models of automatic garage door openers and save you a garage door repair charge.
If your garage door is closed and your automatic garage door opener will only lift the door a few inches to a few feet, return your overhead door to the closed position and pull the emergency disconnect. Once your garage door is disconnected from the opener try to lift your door manually by hand. Be sure to lift with your legs so as not to injure your back. If the garage door is heavy or impossible to lift, stop, pull the plug and call our garage door repair company.
If the door lifts easily by hand find the manufacturer and model of your garage door opener, then call us for free advice or Google the owner’s manual. There’s a good possibility that a simple adjustment of your garage door openers sensitivity will solve your garage door repair problem.
If your garage door won’t open at all but tries to open, stop to avoid further damage and repair costs, disconnect the door and try to lift manually. If your garage door won’t lift manually check to make sure it isn’t locked, if not inspect the garage door springs to see if one is broken. When you have a broken garage door spring it will usually be visible and the spring will be in two pieces. If you discover the spring is broken pull the plug to avoid further repair costs and call our garage door repair company.
Look for part 2 and thanks for reading.
