Garage Door Suddenly Heavy

Transmitters and motor are fine but door won t lift if your door will not open and you re confident that the motor and the transmitters are functioning correctly there s a good chance you have a problem with your garage door torsion springs.

Garage door suddenly heavy. While many problems that keep the door from opening are caused by broken springs a lot of other parts could be keeping your door from functioning properly. Having your garage door open when no one is home can be a huge security risk and messing with buttons and wiring can be frustrating especially if the opener still malfunctions after your best attempt to fix it. For safety reasons don t try to solve the problem yourself. A properly balanced garage door weighs about 10 to 15 pounds which can easily be lifted with one hand.

There could be several issues preventing your door from lifting easily. Raynor trubalance garage door drum system. Doors come with one or two torsion springs. Some people think it s from their neighbor s garage door opener.

Garage door opens but the motor won t stop running. While breakdown situations where the garage door won t close or came off the tracks can leave the residence vulnerable and pose safety hazard to the surroundings other situations can prevent access to the garage vehicles and belongings. This is true only in rare cases though. Quite often the cause of your door s malfunction is an improperly set garage door limit.

If it happens at all it will usually be noticed when you first install the garage door opener. The new trubalance drum system is designed to reduce and even out the lifting force needed as the top heavier glass section travels up the tracks. The most common scenario is a misalignment of the photoelectric reversal system. These are heavy duty springs that do all of the hard work when opening your door.

The effect is like magic. The first is photoelectric and the second is mechanical. Residential electric garage door openers manufactured after 1993 are equipped with two safety mechanisms that operate while the door is closing. We recommend having a maintenance done to your garage door every 12 to 18 months.

When this unusual problem occurs it means the up limit switch probably needs to be moved away from the motor unit. This page should help you troubleshoot your garage door problems. It is rare for this problem to suddenly appear. This requires a simple turn with a screwdriver to reset the limit so the garage door opens and closes all.

Suddenly you are superman or supergirl and the door opens much more easily to get you out and on the road. Garage door openers especially old ones can be triggered by a number of things. That s because garage doors can be very heavy and despite what most people think it s not the garage door opener that does the heavy lifting but rather the heavy duty springs of the door. This bang can be so loud that some people might think a firecracker went off inside their garage.

When the two sensor housings are out of alignment the beam is. Sudden breakdowns fast response times. The drums used on lighter weight single doors are quite different than those used on heavy double doors.