The Ultimate Garage Door Opener Repairs Guide

• Dead motor batteries
• Your garage door needs to be lubricated!
• Your photo-eye sensor is not aligned or broken
• Your garage door Remote control and Wall switch are not working!
• The switch disconnect OPTION is ENABLED

While this may be an obvious one, but many people mistake it for a broken garage door opener. The batteries of your remote control could be dead causing the transmitter to not send a signal to your motor. To check if your remote control batteries are dead, open your garage door using the wall switch, if it opens, it means your remote control batteries are dead and need replacement.

This is a very common probably, the top number one issue that a lot of home owners encounter! But, don’t worry we are here to help you because this should be an easy fix. When was the last time you lubricated your garage door chain? Your garage door chain needs to be regularly oiled so that it can run smoothly without making any annoying noises. Buy a garage door lubricant, a silicon-based lubricant preferably, and apply it to your chain as that will reduce the friction and allow your garage door to operate smoothly. Make sure to spray the lubricant all along and wipe off any excess spray.

The third most common issue on our list is unresponsive garage door openers. The first thing you should check out is the photo-eye sensor of your garage door. Check if they are aligned properly, there shouldn’t be any obstructions or objects in between. The photo-eye sensor transmits a beam of light to detect if there are any objects in between. This is a great safety measure as if there is a person or some valuable belongings, the photo-eye sensor would prevent your garage door from closing down when it detects objects that are in the garage door entrance path.Wipe off your photo-eye sensors as they tend to get dusty over time and that will cause the light beam to be blocked. Be careful while you are cleaning it up as it is made from glass and you should clean it carefully so that you do not scratch the glass or cause any damages.

Now test your garage door to see if it opens and closes! Did it work? If it worked, then congrats! You have done a great job. If not, then you need to check if both sensors are aligned properly. They you be exactly pointing to each others so that the light beam signal is received , or otherwise, the photo-eye sensor would think that there is an object in the middle of the entrance that is blocking the light beam. Now to test if they are aligned properly, you can measure the height of each sensor and then use a level to check if they are directly pointing across of each other. another way to do this, is to use a laser as your leveling device to see if they are pointing across of each other.

If both, your Remote and wall switch, are not working, there is a high chance that they are not receiving any power. The power source to you wall switch and Remote has been disrupted in some way or another. First thing you should do is check if your garage door is receiving power and if any of the lines has a short circuit. Contact Garage Door Specialists immediately to deal with such issues.

Every Garage door is equipped with a switch option for emergency situations such as power disruption. The main function of the DISCONNECT option of your switch is that; in case you home loses power, you can enable this options to open and close your garage door manually. You need to make sure that the switch disconnect option is DISABLED.

If none of these repairs worked for you, then it is time to contact a Garage Door Company Specialist to do an inspection on your garage door and run all the necessary diagnostics.