Your garage door opener is designed to stop.
My garage door is stuck halfway.
A door that is stuck halfway open is a security risk allowing access to the garage and the home if it.
This is a very common problem that occurs to panel lift garage doors and the reason for this is that the cable has come off the drum wheel on one side when the garage door was in the fully open position.
Weather damage and harsh impacts can also distort your garage door track.
A garage door that only opens halfway becomes a nuisance for many reasons.
This could mean that anyone in your driveway children bystanders could have turned your handle and mistakenly locked the garage door without you being aware of it.
Why is my panel lift garage door stuck in the halfway position.
The garage door needs to be serviced by a trained technician.
Manually lift the door by hand.
If the door opens without a hitch the fault lies with the automatic opener but if you can only open the door halfway the problem is the door itself.
Close the door completely.
Some garage doors have a full lock system which enables you or anybody to lock your garage door from the outside by only turning the handle.
You can identify the issue by checking if anything is blocking the doorway.
Over time your garage door track can be damaged resulting in a garage door that gets stuck open.
I ve noticed that my garage door stops working whenever i m trying to open it because it stops halfway.
Pull the emergency release cord to disengage the opener trolley from the door.
If you don t see any obstruction the next thing you should do is ensure that you have correctly aligned sensors.
Now if your garage door is stuck halfway something may be in the way of the infrared beams.
If you detect a small bend you may be able to straighten it out yourself but anything more extensive will require professional intervention.
Even with regular maintenance garage doors can sometimes stick refusing to open or close.
It s interesting to know that damaged rollers could be causing this problem for me.
