Garage door only goes half way up
Dec 11, 2009 Home Improvement
This is the first year I have ever had a garage to park my truck in. Just as it started to get colder my garage door started not opening all the way. You could push the button to open the door and it would stop half way up, then when you put it down and then back up again it would open all the way. As it got colder the door just would not go any further than half way up no matter how many times you pushed the button. In one case just to make it to work on time I pulled the emergency release cord to let the door work without the opener. Once my truck was out I re-attached the opener and exited out another door once the garage door was all the way down. After taking the case of the opener apart to make sure none of the gears were stripped I had thought that the tracks should be lubricated. Not knowing how old the opener was (possibly original to the house 18 years ago) I picked up some lubrication from the local Sears store. After running the door up and down several times to lubricate the entire screw everything was working as expected. Even after a night of freezing temperatures the garage door opened smoothly without any problems the morning after the lubrication was applied.
When in doubt…. lubricate!
