How To Hold A Garage Door If Wont Stay Up

When i say manually open i mean that i pull the rope to dislodge the electric opener.

How to hold a garage door if wont stay up.

I can press button on the remote or the switch mounted near the door either way the door opens and closes fully w o any problem thanks for. Then i let go and the door slides down by about couple of feet. Hold the garage door and remove the vise grips from the track after the spring tension has been adjusted. Door won t stay open.

Then i manually push the door up all the way. Ideally the door should slowly float up from this point. Adjusting the limit travel setting. The main reason for this is that the springs aren t holding as they should you will need to have your springs adjusted to give your garage the ability to hold the weight of the door.

Release your hold on the door and see if it stays up all the way. When i push the remote in my vehicle to close the garage door it will close and remain closed for about a second and then it will open up again. There is no problem using with the electric opener. Having a door which won t stay open or which droops when at the height of its lift can be troublesome.

Slowly close your door about halfway and release it.