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What To Do When A Garage Doors Isn’t Working?

Why my garage door is not working?

This is a question that require from us to use all our experience in repairing garage doors in New York in order to be able to answer it. Just imagine that you ask a car mechanic that question. There is no one way to answer it, since it require more information. Here is just a partial list of the possible reasons that prevent an overhead garage door in New York NY State from working, just so you will be able to see how many reasons and problems can prevent garage doors in New York 10002 NY form working:

  • The garage opener is broken.
  • The garage spring is broken.
  • The garage keypad is broken.
  • The garage remote control has no battery.
  • The garage lock is broken.
  • The garage cable snapped.
  • The garage roller is broken.
  • The garage pulley is broken.
  • The garage panel is broken.
  • The Garage Door Is Off Tracks.

And this is only a partial list. There are many other possible reasons that can prevent a garage door  in New York NY State from working properly, and this applied to any garage door problem, whether it is a garage door in New York, broken garage door repair in Chantilly, or garage door in Syracuse. So before we will be able to determine what the problem is (As much as we can without physically examine the door), we need to first determine what kind of difficulties you are experiencing trying to operate the door.
We will list bellow common questions regarding garage door problems that can be applied for most overhead garage doors in NYS NY State, ways to deal with them, and we will include a garage door repair Video that should help you complete the repair, in case you choose to perform the repair by DIY.

Important Disclaimer

Keep in mind that repairing broken garage door can be complicated and dangerous. No matter if it is a garage door in New York or garage door repair in Rochester, fixing a broken garage door require knowledge, pars and tools and better to be left for the qualified technicians. And in order to deal with different garage door issues, whether it is a broken garage door repair in Queens, garage door repair in Buffalo, or any overhead rollup door in NYS NY State, require from you the tools, the parts, and fully understating of the garage doors and of the way the operate. If you find that you are not sure about the repair, if you think that you may need help, or if you have any questions, you can ask a garage door specialist, or hire garage door technician in New York for the repair. A good source of information can be found in this garage door repair Blog, where garage doors experts share their knowledge in the garage door repairs field, and answer questions from people who try to repair their garage door by DIY.

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The information we present in this article is not a recommendation to repair broken overhead doors by doing it yourself, and cannot replace the work and the opinion of a qualified garage door technician in New York NY State 10002, who can come to check the broken door, and has the tools and experience to fix any broken garage door in NYS NY.
Here is a list of common garage door problems that can prevent a garage door in New York NY from working properly, and the ways to deal with them, if you find the problem you are facing, click on the problem, and you will be transferred to the section that will help you solve the problem. Same Day Garage Door Repair is based in New York, but the information we present here can be used for garage doors in many other location. So even if you are facing a broken garage door in New York, or commercial overhead door in New York, we are here to help.
The questions the experts of Same Day Garage Door Repair hear almost every day while servicing garage door in New York area:

  • Why my garage door is not opening?
  • How to access the garage if the door is locked?
  • Why my garage door is not closing?
  • Why the garage opener can’t lift the door?
  • Why my garage door is out of tracks?
  • Why the garage door is making noises?
  • Why my garage door spring snapped?
  • Do I need repair or a new garage door?

 

Why the garage door is not opening?

There are many possible reasons, which can prevent garage doors in New York from opening. So we would like to divide them, and go over the possible problems and solutions:

The remote control doesn’t open the door.

Many home owns who own an automatic garage door in New York open and close their garage using a remote control. If you are trying to use the remote control, but it doesn’t trigger any respond form the garage opener, try and see if you can try and open the door using the Key-pad which located outside, or from the push button (wall switch) which located inside the garage. In case they do open and close the door, you may have a problem with the remote. Start by replacing the remote’s battery, and try again. If it is not solving the problem, the experts of Same Day Garage Door Repair are here ready to assist you with any garage door issue.

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In case the door still not opening.

If you tried using the key-pad and the wall switch, but none of them made the opener work, check the opener and look for lights. If you see no lights from the garage opener (Or the push button, or safety sensors), it is possible that the opener doesn’t get any power. First check if the garage door opener is connected to the electricity, if yes, check if there is electricity in the garage, if not, it may be that one of the breakers is down, or you may need an electrician for the repair. If this is the case, you opener may be fine, and there is no electricity in the garage. Call an electrician in New York to come and fix the problem. If it is not a problem with the electricity, the experts of Same Day Garage Door Repair are here for you and after dealing with so many overhead garage doors in New York, they will probably be able to assist you as well. It may a broken garage door in New York 10002 NY, or rollup gate repair in NYC, trying to use the opener when there is obviously something wrong with the motor or with the door itself, can only make things worse, and will lead to a repair that will cost you more.

How to access the garage if the door is locked?

If your garage door in New York is not opening, and you have no access into the garage from another door, or from inside the house (Detached garage doors), try to use the emergency release. The emergency release is the lock which instead on the center of the door, in the upper panels. This key is something that you probably never used before, so do not confuse it with the garage door lock, which is installed lower in the center of the door. If you can’t get the door to open, contact a local garage door supplier in New York NY State to come and open the door for you.

How to use the emergency release?

Many overhead doors in New York are equipped with emergency release. Insert the key, and pull the steel cable outside, you need to pull the cable, and disengage the opener from the door. This will allow you to open the door manually, and to open the garage door. Note: This method is to be used in case of emergencies, and not the way to open or close garage doors in New York NY.
If you do not have emergency release installed, you may need to use a garage door technician in New York NY, to come and open the door for you. A qualified technician should have the tools and different methods that can be used in order to break into garages in NYS NY State without any damage to the door or to the garage.

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Why my garage door is not closing?

If you are trying to close your garage door in New York 10002 NY automatically, but the door is closing partly, stop, and reverse to open position, in most cases the problem is with the garage door safety sensor. Usually when the door is closing partly, and then open again, it will be followed by a signal from the opener like noise or light going on and off, signaling that there is something wrong with the safety sensors, or, there is something at the door’s path that prevent the opener from closing the door.
To understand the problem and the ways to deal with it, you need to understand the way the garage openers operate, and how to troubleshoot garage opener in New York NY. We will take the Liftmaster garage opener as example, to make it clearer: The garage opener will not close the door unless the safety sensors “tell” the opener that the entrance is clear, and that there is nothing at the door’s path. Only then the opener will close the door. This goes for every garage door, whether it is garage door in Syracuse, or garage door in New York NY State.
When the safety sensors are not working properly, whether the cable cut, the safety sensor broke, the screw that hold the sensor got lose, or any other problem, the opener will not close the door.
You should know, that the safety sensors are required by low all over USA and not just in NYS, and there is only one way to install them and that is the safest and the most efficient way. There are wrong ways to install safety sensors, and this is something you should try and avoid!
Click on the following link to learn more about garage door safety sensors troubleshoot.

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Why the garage opener can’t lift the door?

If your garage opener can’t lift the garage door, it may due to several possible reasons. It can be something very basic, like if you forgot to open the lock of the door, and trying to open the door although it is locked (We have seen that during serving garages in New York). To a broken spring, snapped cable, or even a broken opener. If you are trying to open the door remotely, you hear the opener, but the door is not opening, stop trying, if you will try to open the door remotely even that obviously there is something wrong, you can burn the opener.
There is a reason why the opener can’t lift the door, and the reason need to be located in order to repair the problem. And there is one important thing you need to know about garage doors in New York and in general, and the garage opener: The opener is not what lifting the door, but the springs is what doing it! So if one of the spring break, or one of the cables snap (Which has the same affect), you need to address the problem first.

Using garage door manually

If the door and the door’s mechanism is fine, you should be able to use the door manually with no problems. So it is easy to understand that if garage door in New York is not working perfectly when it is being used manually, it shouldn’t be used with the opener!
If the door is not working properly when it being used manually, you need to repair the problem/s first, and only once you made sure that there is working properly again, reconnect it to the garage door opener, and use it automatically. This goes to every garage door, whether it is a commercial garage door in New York, or a garage door in DC.

Why my garage door is out of tracks?

If a garage door in New York NY State is off tracks, there is a reason for that. Garage doors in New York that were properly installed, should never go out of tracks. If your garage door off tracks, stop using it, and use a garage door specialist to fix the door. Sometime the reason why the door is off tracks is obvious, like if someone backed into the door with a car, and as a result the rollers came off tracks. But sometime garage doors can go out of tracks for no obvious reasons, and that require repairs.
It may look tempting not to call a local garage door technician in New York and to simply push the door back into tracks, and doing so may bring the door back into tracks, but by doing so you did not solve the problem. And the problem most likely to repeat itself. If your garage door is coming off tracks, we suggest you will contact garage door supplier in New York NY State to repair the door, and to make sure the problem won’t happen again.

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Why the garage door is making noises?

If your garage in NYS NY is making noises when you use it, it may be due to several reasons. First you need to determine if the noise is coming from the garage door opener, or from the door itself. Sometime it may be due to simple problem, like if the door wasn’t lubricated for a long time, and basic maintenance may solve the problem. And sometime the problem is more serious, and require repairs and even parts replacement.
To solve the problem, you may consider lubrication the door and maintain it, or to call garage door supplier in New Yorkto come and take care of the problem. To learn more about garage door maintenance you can read this article about garage door maintenance in New York.

Why my garage door spring snapped?

There is no one reason that include every broken garage door in New York. The spring may break due to several reasons, starting form lack of maintenance, through using the wrong spring, to the reason that the springs are simply too old. Whatever the reason why the garage door spring snapped is, you should not try and use the door until the problem will be repaired. You can either use a qualified garage door technician in New York NY (Recommended), for the repair, or you can consider fixing garage door by DIY but again only if you are sure 100% what you are doing.
Just keep on mind that replacing garage door spring, whether it is a garage door in New York, in NYS NY State, or anywhere else can be dangerous, and require knowledge, locating the right spring for the door, and the tools like torsion sticks. There is only one set of spring that will fit your garage door, and even if they might seem the same to you, using the wrong spring will prevent the door from working, and can end with serious injuries. If at any during the garage door spring replacement you are not sure what to do, stop and contact a local garage door supplier in New York NY State.

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Do I need repair or a new garage door?

This is a question that the experts of Same Day Garage Door Repair are dealing with almost every day. There are many customers in New York NY State who wonder what the best decision will be, and they are not sure if to repair or replace broken garage door. And unfortunately, in this post it will be impossible to provide you with a professional answer, since each case is unique, and what may work for a broken garage door in Alexandria VA, may not work for a broken garage door in Syracuse.
But if there was one simple advice we could give you if to repair or replace, it will be: Do not repair a door, if repairing it won’t mean that the door will be 100% safe for use. And this goes for every overhead door! It can be a broken garage door in New York NY, or a broken garage door repairs in Greece NY, do not take risks, so if repairing the door will not make it 100% safe for use, it may be better to replace it.  If you would like to replace your current garage door in New York by doing so yourself, you can purchase a door from garage door supplier in New York, and to perform the old door removal and the installation of the new door by DIY. Just make sure that you are purchasing a high quality door, from the kind that last for many years, and from the kind that doesn’t require garage door repairs very often. Here is a video that show how to perform the new garage door installation:

Same Day Garage Door Repair offer all kinds of new garage doors installation in New York, we supply new doors from leading brands such as Matalonco Garage Doors, Amarr, Clopay and more. If you want to see some works we have done, you can check our garage doors gallery. We have loyal customers, which their doors we repaired and install, and they find us professional and helpful. You can find reviews about our same day garage door repair services on Google, to see that we always do our best to provide professional service, to make the customer satisfied.

 

 

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