Garage Door Only Opens An Inch With The Remote

Broken springs can cause a garage door to open and then quickly shut.

Garage door only opens an inch with the remote. If your garage door opens and suddenly stops it might be because of your logic board. You might need to consider replacing it if your door is not working properly or you may purchase a new opener. My garage door only opens a couple of inches and stops posted by ali tyler on wed oct 01 2014 01 07 pm tweet. Some garage doors have infrared sensors that shoot an invisible beam across the door.

When i try to open or close the garage door the opener will move the chain a couple of inches and turn off. I tried resetting them but now the large button opens both doors at the same time. This is another very common problem we hear described by customers. If they are working correctly the problem might be because of the safety sensors.

If so this means the springs are probable broken. My craftsman 1 2 hp 315 mhz model 139 53985d gargage door opener will not open or close. If your garage door still only opens partially then try adjusting the travel and force settings a little more. I have 2 craftsman 1 2 hp door openers each car has a remote and i am trying to get my remote to open with the large button on the remote and my wife s door to open with the other button.

Unfortunately this problem is not usually a do it yourself fix like the safety photo sensors we talked about in a previous blog post. He suggests that the reason why the reader s garage door opener will only work when used within inches of the door is related to the light bulb. While the reader never specified his bulb situation the answer man believes that he may have recently swapped out a cfl or incandescent light bulb for a modern and energy efficient led light bulb. The logic board receives and responds signals to any remote.