Your garage door won’t open? How do you manually open your garage door?
There could be multiple reasons why your garage door does not open. One could be the result of a broken spring. In this case, you do not want to attempt to open the door. The door will be extremely heavy and dangerous to manually open. Garage door springs are under an extreme amount of tension that are counter-balanced from 150-500 lbs. of weight on average. This makes it extremely dangerous for the lay person to try to open or service themselves. You should contact a garage door professional to replace your spring.
If there is a power outage in your area, this could cause your garage door to not open. In this case, you can pull the emergency release cord, commonly a red cord hanging from the garage door opener rail. Once you pull this cord, you can manually open and close your garage door by hand.
Another cause can be the operator unit has failed. In this case, you can pull the emergency release cord, commonly a red cord hanging from the garage door opener rail. Once you pull this cord, you can manually open and close your garage door by hand.
If your operator is not responding to your remote or keyless entry, you could possibly have a weak or dead battery. In this case, the battery will need to be replaced. Typically, the wall station is hard-wired and responses to commands unlike a remote or keyless entry touch pad.
