Determining Why Your Garage Door Won’t Open

When your garage door will not open, it’s no need to go into a full panic. Garage Door Hapeville in Hapeville, Georgia helps homeowners with this problem every day. We are your local locksmith service offering you 24-hour servicing. You are not the only person this has happened to. Trust us when we tell you this is a problem that we have to deal with on a regular basis here in Hapeville, GA. We have a team of competent service technicians who will make a complete evaluation of your garage door to determine why you’re experiencing a problem. In some cases, they may even determine that the cause of your problem is something that you are doing that you may not even realize.

We don’t see anything wrong with homeowners trying to find out what the problem is but we always encourage you to let our trained and qualified professionals handle the job for you. We just do not want you to be harmed by your garage door and we certainly know just how easily this can happen. Perhaps it is something simple and if it is something as simple as moving a trashcan away from the door, by all means, you don’t need a technician for this. However, if there is a problem with your rollers or your garage door opener, this is definitely a problem that is best left to the experts. Our service technicians will take every precaution needed to ensure their safety and that of anyone around. Since we are not opposed to your trying to troubleshoot your problem prior to contacting us, we figured we would give you some things to consider and possibly investigate on your own.

Below are some of the most common garage door problems and reasons why your garage door will not open:

Transmitter

The transmitter or remote on the wall could be your problem. If it needs a new battery, it will not allow you to open your door. The problem may start off gradual until you can no longer open the door. When you need a new transmitter battery, you’ll need to replace it in order for it to communicate with the handheld transmitter or remote, in your car. When you discover this to be the problem, don’t just change one set of batteries, change both the wall units and the handheld remote. It is likely that they were all installed at the same time and will need replacing at the same time. This is definitely something that you can do on your own without the assistance of a garage door technician.

Debris on Sensors

There are sensors inside your garage, on both sides of your garage. They face each other and communicate with each other. If the sensors or photo eyes have debris in front of them or anything is blocking them, it will prevent your garage door from closing. This is something that happens a lot. Perhaps someone was taking out the trash and they placed a small trash bin too close to the sensor and it is now blocking part of the sensor. The trash bin needs be removed in order for the door to close. If your safety cord is blocking the sensor or anything else, it will prevent the door from closing. This is actually there to protect you from harm. The only thing you’ll need to do, if there is nothing blocking the sensor, is to clean it. You can take a light weight cloth and a mild detergent and gently wipe the lenses. You may not be able to see the dirt or debris but it doesn’t mean that it isn’t there. Don’t wipe too hard or you might really have a problem on your hands. You want to avoid scratching the lens.



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