This can happen if a track is accidentally struck by a heavy object and bent outward.
Garage door opener want work in the morning.
This may show a grease buildup.
We sometimes have to put 20 30 times for it to finally close.
Several problems could be causing your garage door to stick in the cold.
Then within 30 seconds hold the button on your remote for three seconds or until garage door opener s lights flash or the led light on your opener blinks.
Put a tube on the electric eye on each side of the garage door one side for mornings the other side for evenings 5 make sure the tube is extending straight out from the electric eye.
Openers aren t made for that kind of load.
To reprogram your garage door remote locate then press your opener s learn button.
When a roller on the garage door comes off one of the side tracks the opener won t be able to lift the door.
The garage door remote won t work but the wall switch does check the batteries and electrical connections in the remote to make sure they are working correctly.
Garage doors operate as a system and several things could cause your door to not close in the morning but will close at night.
If it isn t it could get in the way of the electronic beam and prevent the garage door from closing because the cardboard tube is breaking the beam.
Second your problem seems to be temperature related.
Start by troubleshooting what the problem is.
If i hold the remote in my hand and continuously push up on the wood garage door then it ll keep humming work until it s all the way up.
When we leave in the morning and we re right outside the door and want it to close the remote barely works.
We have a single garage door with an opener and two remotes.
When remote is pushed again to close it ll close easily normally.
Check for spots where it sticks.
Some garage doors have infrared sensors that shoot an invisible beam across the door.
Unplug the garage door opener and check the wiring connections on the panel.
If they are working correctly the problem might be because of the safety sensors.
The weight of the door should be counter balanced with the proper springs torsion or extension whichever you have.
It ll just go up 10 inches or so and then stop.
If the door starts down and reverses accompanied by the opener lights flashing and a clicking sound this indicates a safety eye sensor issue.
Our opener won t work when the temperature of the garage is below 35 degrees.
I ve seen this numerous times.
We get extremely inconsistent results with both remotes a change of batteries does not fix.
Most likely someone has used the wrong lubricant on the opener mechanism or on the door hardware.
Try using your remote to open or close your door to determine if the reprogramming was successful.
While your garage door is in the down position disconnect the opener and try to raise the door manually.