Garage door safety, operation, maintenance tips, and more.
Safety
Your garage door openers have some nice built-in safety features:
- Optical sensors stop garage doors from closing on someone or something
- Safety Reversal System senses resistance against the door and will reverse itself if it encounters elevated resistance in case of entrapment
- Important: Do not attempt to adjust tension spring, as this can cause serious injury or death. Consult a professional if adjustments are needed.
General operations:
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Push main button on wall to operate door, and smaller button to operate light
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Pull cord to release from opener to operate manually
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Push button (or largest button if multiple) on remote to operate garage door
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Maintenance and cleaning:
Batteries
- If the remote or keypad no longer operates as expected, change the batteries to see if that solves the problem.
Every Six Months
- Manually operate the door; if it is unbalanced or binding, call a trained door systems technician
- Check to be sure the door opens and closes fully; adjust if necessary
- Test the safety reversal system; adjust if necessary
Every Year
- Oil bearings and hinges; the garage door opener does not require additional lubrication; do not grease the door tracks
- Test the battery backup (if applicable) and consider replacing the battery to ensure the garage door opener will operate during a power outage
- Pressure-wash the door Every Two to Three Years
- Use a rag to wipe away the existing grease from the garage door opener rail
- Reapply a small layer of white lithium grease to the top and underside of the rail surface where the trolley slides