An electric garage door can become stuck in the open position for several reasons.
Garage door jammed open.
Your garage door works because the garage door opener unwinds or winds the torsion springs pulling or pushing the garage door with rollers along a track.
How to fix a jammed garage door.
It will only open a few inches from the car.
Here are some things to try as you troubleshoot a jammed garage door.
When you know there is no damage to the door you can close the garage door by disconnecting the door from the electric opener.
Jammed or obstructed track.
Garage door will only open if we hold the button down.
If you wake up to find a jammed door there are a number of things you can try to get it unstuck.
Nothing s quite as frustrating as having a garage door and opener that just won t work.
Your jammed garage door can be caused by something as simple as an obstruction in the track.
Because of the potential danger of broken parts you should inspect the garage door for damage before attempting to close it.
It opens and closes manually.
Terry on march 10 2017.
Lodged garage door track.
Check for an obstruction.
Here are the five different garage door items you should inspect that could be triggering your jammed garage door and their possible fixes.