Common Garage Door Opener Problems and How to Solve It

 What are the common problems that you may encounter in your equipment? 

Your garage opener suddenly opens without your command. When you are about to close the opener then it opens up and goes down again. 

Another one is that it never opens up again, common difficulty with these openers are being stuck up on it way to be opened or closed. One more thing, the remote only works in a very short distance, you cannot use it away from the opener.

You may have experienced something from the list above. What you do not know is that it is very easy to prevent or troubleshoot problems that might occur in your own garage door openers. 

Here are some tips that may help you a lot. 

First of all, it is advised that you check your garage door opener every 2 or 3 months. How to check it up and maintain it? See to it that nothing is blocking it that may cause its wreckage and malfunction.

Then, let us go to the equipment itself. Tighten the screws, most of the time, problems occur with this matter. So, why ask for somebody else's help if you can do it yourself? 

To solve this, just make it tighter in every part or sections of the opener. 

Next, alignment is also important with the component of the opener. It may also be because of its difference from the natural way it opens. After that, have it a test run, observe if it's better now.

If it is still the same, maybe there is something wrong with the motor. Major motor complications cannot be handled by inexperienced people, help of the experts or professionals are needed. 

It is better to check it up yourself before asking professional help because maybe it has some difficulties with the tightening of the screws or with the alignment of the door opener.