Even with regular maintenance garage doors can sometimes stick refusing to open or close.
Garage door halfway opening.
Pull the emergency release cord to disengage the opener trolley from the door.
If the door opens without a hitch the fault lies with the automatic opener but if you can only open the door halfway the problem is the door itself.
In cold weather your door will open smoothly if it has a high amount of grease.
Close the door completely.
A garage door that only opens halfway becomes a nuisance for many reasons.
Metal pieces contracts and shrink.
Manually lift the door by hand.
Quite often the cause of your door s malfunction is an improperly set garage door limit.
Another reason that your garage door won t open all the way in cold weather is probably that the metal has contracted.
A door that is stuck halfway open is a security risk allowing access to the garage and the home if it s.