Adjust the sensors until they line up and allow you to close the door by pressing the button on your remote once.
Garage door will not close without holding button down.
This method is the only way to override the safety and close the door.
They can easily become mis aligned due to bumping twisting and loose mounting.
It had worked just fine a few hours earlier.
My wife had just come home.
Leaving it open all night is not a.
The photo eye components consist of two pieces that align face to face across each side of the garage door roughly four feet above the ground.
Step by step procedures to try if the garage door of your home will not go down without holding the button before calling a repair man was this video helpful.
When this happens your garage door will only close by holding down on the wall button or wall console until the door fully closes.
The majority of garage doors manufactured since the early 1990s are equipped with this safety feature.
Now if your garage door still won t go down after you ve made sure the sensors are properly aligned and there s no obstructions you ll want to take a damp cloth and wipe down the lenses of the sensors.
It was late in the evening.
They are there to stop the garage door from closing if there is something in the path of the door.
The garage door did not want to close when she pressed the button on the remote.
These obstructions can include anything like a garden tool a lawn chair or anything else in the way.
First check the sensor lights.
Depending on the brand.
If your garage door won t close all the way the problem could be due to a blocked photo eye.
Likely one of the sensors got bumped or moved and it is not lining up correctly.
Garage door does not close.
Clutter or obstructions that block the sensor are the first problems to look for if your door won t close or in extreme cases open at all.
My tools are in the garage.