How To Hold A Garage Door If Wont Stay Up

I have had to resort to disengaging the chain assembly with the lever and have opened the door manually.

How to hold a garage door if wont stay up.

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. Door won t stay open. 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.

Adjusting the limit travel setting. 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. Ideally the door should slowly float up from this point. Release your hold on the door and see if it stays up all the way.

Then i manually push the door up all the way. Hold the garage door and remove the vise grips from the track after the spring tension has been adjusted. Then i let go and the door slides down by about couple of feet. There can be a few reasons as to why your garage door won t stay closed and by doing some snooping and checking a few parts of the garage door system you ll be able to see what s really going on.

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