Garage Door Sticks After Not Being Open For Awhile

Pulling this manual override cord allows you to open and close your garage door by hand.

Garage door sticks after not being open for awhile.

Pull the cord which usually features a red handle hanging from your automatic garage door s guide track. Your jammed garage door can be caused by something as simple as an obstruction in the track. Weather damage and harsh impacts can also distort your garage door track. Doing this will disable the automatic opener and allow you to open and close your garage door manually.

If the garage door is not opening but the motor is running the problem might rest on the springs in your garage door assembly. Broken springs are the most common issue at hand whenever a service person is called to a residence to repair a garage door. Over time your garage door track can be damaged resulting in a garage door that gets stuck open. Luckily in order to figure out if the opener is the cause of your garage door sticking all you have to do is pull the cord that hangs from the track it usually has a red handle on it.

If you detect a small bend you may be able to straighten it out yourself but anything more extensive will require professional intervention. This can be a quick fix by identifying the object and then removing it. Check to see if anything a shovel broom etc fell and is now stuck in the track that is causing it to be lodged.