Garage Door Is Not Tight

Mice can squeeze through a garage door gap the size of a dime.

Garage door is not tight. When the door is lowered the springs that raise the door are under tension. Pull this rope to release the door. If that is the case you will have to look at the way the bare end of the garage door cable is attached to the garage door track and loosen an inch or two. This end may be simply looped through the holes in the track or it could be attached by means of a special clip and an s hook.

Garage floor may have cracked or shifted 2. If this is not the problem it could well be that the springs of the garage door have stretched causing the shift. Garage door sensors may not be aligned correctly 3. When the door won t go down automatically.

The ends of the garage door tracks are usually held in place by metal angles that are attached to the ceiling or rafters. The door opener should have a rope attached to the garage door mechanism. Loosening the screws on the track. Press the long edge of the seal against the garage door and hammer a nail through the short edge of the seal to secure it to the trim.

Use a screwdriver to loosen the screws that are in the tracks to secure it to the garage door frame. The following is a guide of how to adjust the tracks to unbind it. We mentioned that the springs are needed to balance the great weight of the door and make it easier to open and close the door. So without the springs you might not be able to even open your garage door.

The idea is to have the track parallel to the door in its up position. If that is the case you will have to do a spring replacement instead of simply adjusting the garage door. 5 pull the weatherstripping taut without stretching it to. A garage door is considered bound when it s difficult or impossible to move up and down.

Gaps along the sides and top of the door let in wind rain and snow and gaps along the floor let in not just weather but also critters. When you have positioned it correctly tighten the lag screw as tight as you can. Raise the door to release the. Adjusting the position of the track.

Garage door seal may be damaged 4. Assuming that the overhead garage door track is not bent this will work fine. But the springs that are part of your overall garage door system balance the door in two ways. Garage door will not close all the way leaves gap at bottom 1.

The door should then hang correctly. Garage doors are heavy and to prevent injuries manufacturers of automatic openers include safety sensors to stop the door when someone is in the way. A garage door gap of almost any size is an invitation to unwanted guests. The metal angles have holes in them some are slotted and some are not.