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Have you ever stopped to look at your garage doors? Although most people don't think twice about how they appear, the fact of the matter is that garage doors can take up quite a decent amount of outdoors space, making your home look terrible. I took a good, hard look at my garage doors a few weeks back, and then I started making some changes that helped them to look better alongside the rest of my home. Read this blog to understand how to use your garage doors to improve the outer appearance of your home. After all, every detail counts.

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What To Do When Your Residential Garage Door Opener Stops Working

by Sheila Berry

Residential garage doors often have electric door openers installed to make opening and closing the door easier. If the garage door opener stops working, getting in and out of the garage can become troublesome, and calling a tech for garage door opener repair may be the best option you have.

Check The Power

If your residential garage door opener stops working suddenly, check the obvious things first. Most garage door openers draw power from a power outlet on the ceiling near the opener, so check to ensure that the cord is plugged in completely and there is electricity to the outlet. 

If a breaker tripped in the breaker box, you might not be getting electricity, and the repair could be as simple as resetting the breaker. If there is no power and the breaker is fine, you will probably need an electrician to check the outlet and see what is wrong with it.

If there is electricity to the outlet but the door opener will not function, you need to have a residential garage door opener repair tech look at the system and see if they can fix it. 

Partial Movement

In some cases, the garage door may open partway and then stop or close again. This is typically caused by a jam and resistance to the door opener. The cause could stem from door misalignment, a problem with the chain on the door opener, or movement in the track that allows the door to jam. 

If the garage door opener is causing the problem, it may need repair or replacement. A garage door opener repair service will need to diagnose the issue before fixing it. Still, it is vital to check the entire system to ensure that the door is not causing the problem with the opener before you spend the money on a new opener. 

An adjustment to the door and the garage door opener is often enough to resolve the issues, but the garage door opener repair tech will let you know what is required after inspecting all the components.

Under-Powered Door

 If the garage door opener you are using does not have enough power to lift and lower the door on your garage correctly, you may find that it operates intermittently. Often this happens if the opener has not been upgraded in a long time and the door is heavier than the original door in the garage. 

A garage door opener repair service can tell you if the door opener is not large enough for the job you need it to do and recommend a new opener that will resolve the issue for you. Often a new door opener can be installed using the existing brackets that will be far more efficient while offering features that the old door opener did not have.

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