Garage doors need springs to operate. Without a spring to lift the weight of the garage door, it would be impossible to open. There are two varieties of spring used in garage door design. Torsion springs and extension springs. Torsion springs are located along the top of your garage door when it is closed. Extension springs run along the tracks on either side of your door when it is open.

In the majority of cases if one of your springs is broken it may be entirely not possible to open your garage door. The exception is if you have a single door and it is made of a light metal. In any case it is best not to try to open your door yourself. It can lead to injuries.

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If one of your garage door springs is broken, there's very little the average residence owner can do for herself. The only actual alternative is to get in contact with a garage door company. They're all the time accessible visit and substitute your springs.

If you make an attempt to close your garage door using your opener and the door goes part way down, then stops and goes back up, you most likely have something blocking your door's travel path. Or possibly not

If your garage door begins going down, then stops and goes back up, accompanied by your garage door opener's lights flashing, you have a difficulty you on which you can work

Occassionally your garage door eyes will stop and reverse your door when there is no apparent reason. One cause may be that your stop/reverse units have been bumped and are no longer pointing at each other. If you suspect that is the problem, use the set screws or wing nuts to adjust the lights, not a hammer.

If your garage door still refuses to go down and stay there, keep looking. Persistence will pay. You'll in time see something blocking your garage door's "eyes.

If you have looked high and low for the thing blocking your garage door to the point that you have become frustrated, it may be that nothing is blocking it. Occassionally a speck of dirt, a bug or condensation has gotten on the lenses of your stop/reverse lights. Wipe the lenses with a dry cloth and see if that works.

If wiping the lenses does not make your problem go away, the fault may lie with your garage door opener. You may have a bad sprocket or bad logic board.

Both of this stuff could be fixed by the enterprising resident if he so choses. However for both of them you may require the parts. You may have the ability to acquire a gear sprocket replacment kit at one of many huge box stores. For the logic board, you may need to speak to the manufacturer of your opener.

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One of the good things about garage doors is that they are very dependable. Most homeowners go years and years without a difficulty. That means that when a problem does develop, it is often a new experience for a homeowner. With any luck your repair will be easy and the price reasonable. Good luck!