Garage door opens a few inches then stops
A broken torsion spring prevents the garage door from lifting properly, causing it to stall after opening just a couple of inches. This leaves the door extremely heavy and difficult to open manually, forcing anyone lifting it to strain from a deep squat position.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1detaching the opener cord to lift the heavy door manually
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
Where this came up
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