Garage Door Safety Reverse Not Working

This is real safety hazard.

Garage door safety reverse not working.

Two possible problems can lead to a garage door reversing before it even touches the floor. Let s start with the most obvious sign your garage door doesn t close properly. Garage door openers have an adjustment screw that controls the closing force the pressure with which a door is allowed to descend before the motor switches off when the door reverses before it even hits the floor this is often because the close force. Garage door sensors prevent the garage door from closing if there s something in the way.

Therefore some pre 1982 garage door openers may have been manufactured with other safety features which may stop the door but not cause it to reverse. If it s not sensitive enough the door won t reverse creating a potential hazard. Garage door reverses before hitting the floor. It s not always clear if a garage door sensor is bad but there are a few common signs that indicate you have a malfunction.

In approximately half of my inspections the automatic garage door opener does not auto reverse when met with resistance. Sensors are a critical safety feature but can prevent an automatic garage door from working properly. To access the controls use a stepladder to reach the main part of the opener s motor. If you ve tested your garage door opener s auto reverse and found it requires too much force for the door to reverse or it doesn t reverse at all you can adjust the settings on the garage door opener controls.

If your sensors or garage door motor is. How to tell if garage door sensor is bad.