Garage door won't close manually and springs back up
When the power goes out, forcing the garage door down by hand often fails because it quickly springs back up. This prevents you from getting the door to the floor so you can close it for the night.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
Found another way around this?
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- 1Clamping C-clamps or locking pliers on the track below a roller to keep the door shutDid this help you?
- 2Having two people manually force and control the door down togetherDid this help you?
- 3Calling a professional garage door technicianDid this help you?
- 4asking maintenance to fix itDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“Door will not stay open all the way. Any suggestions on how to fix?”source ↗
“Power went out today so we couldnt close the garage door.”source ↗
“Now the garage door wont close at all, when forcing it down a bit it springs back up quickly.”source ↗
“Its late, want to close my door for the night.”source ↗
“I cant get the door to the floor”source ↗