Why Will The Garage Door Not Close?

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When your garage door wont close it could happen from several different reasons ranging from the relatively simple and easily fixable to more complex and expensive repairs.

Obstacles In The Way

One common reason thar your garage door won’t close is because something is blocking it. Modern garage doors have safety sensors that are connected directly to the opener and when something blocks their beam these sensors stop the door and prevent accidents. These sensors are very sensitive and if are not aligned or perhaps clean enough they wont function and your garage door wont close.

Power Issues

Another reason might be related to power supply. Before attempting any major repair  it’s worth checking if the opener’s plug is firmly connected, Additionally, most modern garage doors have a manual override feature which allows them to be closed manually during times of power outages this switch needs to be set back into auto mode once you want to resume normal operation again.

Also if your gаrаgе door hаѕ a fеаturе thаt аllоwѕ it tо оvеrridе аutоmаtiоn after a роwеr оutаgе it will аllоw tо сlоѕе your dооr only manually. Check fоr thе ѕwitсh аnd fliр it back to auto mоdе.

Expert Repair Service

If these your garage door problem still not closing it means that the problem is a more serious. In this case it is highly recommended to call a specialist technician, he can inspect your door more carefully, find the problem and fix it.

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