When you know there is no damage to the door you can close the garage door by disconnecting the door from the electric opener.
Garage roller door stuck 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.
Do not attempt this if the door is wide open.
How to troubleshoot a garage door that won t open.
Even with regular maintenance garage doors can sometimes stick refusing to open or close.
Sometimes a garage door that lowers just fine will fail to open especially in winter.
This is best for when the door won t open or if it close to the ground anyways.
Especially in winter when rollers sometimes get stiff the door opener might be refuse to open.
Because of the potential danger of broken parts you should inspect the garage door for damage before attempting to close it.
An electric garage door can become stuck in the open position for several reasons.
Garage door doesn t open in winter.
A door that is stuck halfway open is a security risk allowing access to the garage and the home if it.
It will come crashing down and could cause some damage.
If your garage door is closing fully and then reversing to open again then it may be due to a problem with the close limit switch.
A garage door stuck in the closed position may tempt you to crash on through but don t let frustration get the better of you.
However the rollers do need to be put back on the track which should be done by a professional.
In order to fix this you ll want to make small changes to the close limit setting until the door opener knows to stop once the door has reached the floor.
Take a few minutes.