With an understanding of what happened to the garage door, you can try to fix the problems yourself, or find an Automatic Garage Door Repair Brighton specialist who will take care of the functioning of the garage door. Follow these steps to check for problem areas.
- The first to check for obvious problems
Sometimes we can find simple solutions to the problem. First, check the batteries of the remote control. An empty battery is the most common “malfunction” problem for automatic garage door. Secondly, check the availability of electricity in the house and garage, in particular. Make sure no one has turned off the power. You can also check the extension cords that are used to connect the door opener. Most automatic garage door opening mechanisms are not directly connected to the wiring, more often they simply plug into a wall outlet. Make sure all plugs are still firmly inserted into the power outlet, and that none of the cords has been pinched, bitten by rodents, or disconnected by mistake.
- Check the automatic door opener
Check the condition of the garage door opener; this is an important part of troubleshooting a garage door. Sometimes, a problem may lie in the wiring fault between the switch and the motor. The wire may just be torn.
- Check engine mechanics
Remove the engine cover, then give the command to open the door, using the remote control and look at the engine. If you see that the engine is trying to execute a command, but something is going wrong, the problem is with the engine. If the engine does not start (but you have already carefully checked the wiring of the garage door opener), the engine may be damaged, the main board may have burned down. If the garage doors are working, however very slowly, you need to carefully inspect the engine during operation to find out which parts are moving slowly, so you can understand what to fix.
- Check the tracks
If you get the impression that the garage door is interfering, carefully inspect the tracks on either side of the garage door. Pay attention to any flaws or areas where the tracks do not match. Try to open the garage door, and watch the door in these areas. If the side tracks are clearly visible and their cleanliness is not in doubt, then the interference is in a different area. Remember to check the structure on the ceiling as well as the door tracks. Often, interference appears closer to the ceiling. But they go unnoticed, because the owner checks the tracks to the open state of the door.
- Checking the door
After inspecting the tracks, inspect the wheels and joints on the garage doors themselves. Make sure that there are no dents, damage, or other defects that are not related to factory production. Make sure the wheels are not aligned with the track. This decision can be the basis of your question, a simple fixation of one of the wheels can be a solution to the problem.