Is Your Garage Door Opening By Itself? Know What To Do

 

The garage door is one of the most important parts of our home but often ignored. It adds to our home’s curb appeal & gives us an additional level of safety and convenience. As we generally use our overhead door several times a day, it puts more strain on the door than we realize. Homeowners only realize how critical their overhead doors are when they stop operating completely.

Garage doors are complicated machinery. When any component of the door malfunctions, regardless of how small, it can have an impact on the whole door. An automatically opening door is such an issue that may point out a trouble with the machine.

Listed below are the top 3 reasons why garage door opens on their own & some quick fixes you can try.

Radio interference:

Overhead door employs radio frequencies to close and open. Whether you are using pass code entry or your remote opener, the opener & door should be on the same frequency.

If the frequency is the issue, you are in luck. Just reprogram the opener of your door, and it will be back to functional order.

Clear out debris:

Automatic garage doors make our daily lives simpler. From not getting soaked in the rain to avoiding clearing our cars of ice and snow during the winter, they do so much for us.

These doors have sensors close to the ground to make sure nothing gets trapped under the door when it closes. If the garage door goes up, apparently on its own, after you close it, be certain to look for any wreckage the sensor is picking up.

The door won’t close of anything is obstructing the path. Make sure to check twice if there’s anything under the door if it persists to open after you close it.

Make sure the remote opener is working properly:

Another reason why your garage door may open by itself could be because the remote’s batteries may just not be placed properly. Double check their positioning or change them to find out if it prevents your door from opening by itself.

Wall control (push button) malfunction 

In some cases your garage door opener wall control which is hard wired to the actual opener my have some defect / malfunction which send unwanted signals to the motor and make the opener open your door by itself.

Wire shortage:

If you have an attic above your Garage and you had mice Issues, there is a possibility the wires of the Garage Door opener wall control are damaged and need possible replacement.

Another case of "Phantom openings" related to a specific brand and model radio issues 

When you can’t find any reason why your garage door is opening by its own, it is time to look for a professional garage door service like GVA Garage Doors. We are one of the most reliable garage door companies in Surrey helping both homeowners and business owners with their garage door problems. Feel free to schedule our service now!