Garage Door Only Opens 1 Foot

If your garage door still only opens partially then try adjusting the travel and force settings a little more.

Garage door only opens 1 foot. In order to fix this you ll want to make small changes to the close limit setting until the door opener knows to stop once the door has reached the floor. If the garage door connected to your liftmaster opener only opens part of the way or it begins to open but then reverses check the track and the surrounding area for any objects that may obstruct. Since the door will open with a gentle push the issue will most likely be corrected by applying a bit more power to the opener. If so this means the springs are probable broken.

It is indeed one of the biggest concerns of any garage door owners. If your garage door is closing fully and then reversing to open again then it may be due to a problem with the close limit switch. This is another very common problem we hear described by customers. As an owner it is in your most annoying moment when you wake up in the morning running late and then you just discovered that.

We came across with one of the forum talking about their door not opening all the way. Unfortunately this problem is not usually a do it yourself fix like the safety photo sensors we talked about in a previous blog post. Garage door only opens 1 foot then stops. Broken springs can cause a garage door to open and then quickly shut.

There should be a couple of small knobs on the opener labeled open.