Garage Door Reopens After Closing

You push the button to close the garage door.

Garage door reopens after closing.

They are usually on the motor housing and you access them by opening a panel or removing the housing cover. In this video i show in detail how to get your garage to stay shut if it continues to bounce back up. It goes partway down reverses direction and goes back up again. Fast easy step by step process on how to properly program your garage door travel system.

If the door stops short of closing lengthen the close limit by turning the control knob in the direction indicated usually counterclockwise. I also show how to lock the garage door opener to disa. This is almost always the result of a dirty or obstructed safety feature. My garage door has two sensors either of which can cause the door to open immediately after apparently closing.

If it closes before that distance has been traveled it thinks something is wrong and it reopens to help prevent any damage or safety risk. An optical sensor that detects if an object is obstructing a. Your garage door is programmed to travel a certain distance before it closes.