Garage Door Won T Stay Up

This is almost always the result of a dirty or obstructed safety feature.

Garage door won t stay up.

Test the garage door to see if it stays closed. You push the button to close the garage door. Check the motor housing mounted to the ceiling of your garage. The main reason for this is that the springs aren t holding as they should you will need to have your springs adjusted to give your garage the ability to hold the weight of the door.

Water valve leaks if not fully opened or closed. Start by rotating the down limit screw or knob one complete turn in the minus direction. Having a door which won t stay open or which droops when at the height of its lift can be troublesome. It goes partway down reverses direction and goes back up again.

Locate the cable clip that is attached to an s hook toward the front of the horizontal track. Secure the garage door in this position by clamping vice. Raise the garage door up to its fully open position. You should find two plastic screw heads or knobs on the back side or bottom of the housing.

The valve on the hot water line to my washer is fine if fully open or if fully.