A garage door that only opens halfway becomes a nuisance for many reasons.
Door that opens halfway.
This is the most common problem that your door won t open all the way.
Pull the emergency release cord to disengage the opener trolley from the door.
Quite often the cause of your door s malfunction is an improperly set garage door limit.
Garage door springs support most of the weight of the door when it s opening and closing.
To give you information about these the travel limit controls how far your garage door opens and closes during its operation while force limit controls how much pull is needed to get the door completely open.
You may check the owner s manual on how to do the adjustment.
Close the door completely.
If the door opens without a hitch the fault lies with the automatic opener but if you can only open the door halfway the problem is the door itself.
Wondering why your garage door only opens part way or stops closing halfway down.
Manually lift the door by hand.