How To Disable Automatic Garage Door

I know how to disable the automatic garage door opener.

How to disable automatic garage door.

Forget the automatic garage door opener. Going old school will get you added garage security but at the cost of convenience. If you have an automatic garage door then you have to disconnect the door sensors. Disconnect the garage door opener and use a manual latch to lock the door.

Getting out of the garage wasn t a huge issue. Sensors are a critical safety feature but can prevent an automatic garage door from working properly. If your sensors or garage door motor is blinking or your door doesn t close it s a sign you could have faulty sensors. The first thing you need to do is stop the power supply for the garage door.

This means that you have to get out of the car when you get home unlock the door and lift it yourself. It s very easy to defeat an automatic garage door opener and break into a garage especially when you have garage door windows that enable a thief to see exactly what they re doing. In my case you simply pull on the red lever which removes the motor and gear from the track. Licensed garage door installation companies will either remove these devices or disable them in some way.

Then i can manually lift it up and exit the garage just like i did when i was a little kid and we didn t have an automatic garage door opener. You will still be able to use the doors by manually opening or closing it. Luckily you can set most automatic garage doors to a manual mode to bypass the sensors. Just like the old days.

All electronic or automatic garage doors have a bypass that will allow you to open it manually. Disconnect the emergency release cord.