Manual Garage Door Release

If you experience a lose of power while your door is in the up position please call your local overhead door company.

Manual garage door release.

Compatible with a wide range of metal or wood garage doors this convenient option is ideal for vaulted garages with no other entry. How to disengage and reengage your garage door opener if you need to open your door manually. Once you are done maneuvering your garage door and are ready to re engage the automatic door opener please return the garage door back to the down position. It allows garage access during power outages and other opener failures.

To manually open most garage doors you simply pull a corded handle that is attached to the door. Inspect the garage door hardware to ensure the springs are intact and no damage has occurred to the garage door system. The quick release key guarantees garage access anytime providing exterior manual operation of any brand of garage door opener. The red manual release cord is attached to this motor.

All electronic or automatic garage doors have a bypass that will allow you to open it manually. Motors for sectional and tilt doors are installed in the middle of the garage ceiling. How to open a garage door manually. Pull the red emergency cord to disengage the release lever on the garage door opener carriage.

Roller garage door openers are usually attached to one side of the garage door near the garage opening. This becomes necessary when there is a power failure or for. Pull the emergency release cord toward the door. Step 2 will allow you to freely move the garage door open and close.

Manually move the garage door and return to down position. Lift the garage door until it is all the way open and stops moving.