I bought this house 1 5 years ago with attached garage garage door opener when it gets very cold out the remote will only open the door about 1 foot.
Garage door only opens 1 foot.
Since the door will open with a gentle push the issue will most likely be corrected by applying a bit more power to the opener.
If the garage door connected to your liftmaster opener only opens part of the way or it begins to open but then reverses check the track and the surrounding area for any objects that may obstruct.
As an owner it is in your most annoying moment when you wake up in the morning running late and then you just discovered that.
If your garage door is closing fully and then reversing to open again then it may be due to a problem with the close limit switch.
My garage door only opens a couple of inches and stops posted by ali tyler on wed oct 01 2014 01 07 pm tweet.
We came across with one of the forum talking about their door not opening all the way.
When you tried to lift your garage door after you disconnected it was it was too heavy to lift.
If your garage door still only opens partially then try adjusting the travel and force settings a little more.
Broken springs can cause a garage door to open and then quickly shut.
Garage door only opens 1 foot then stops.
It is indeed one of the biggest concerns of any garage door owners.
This is another very common problem we hear described by customers.
Unfortunately this problem is not usually a do it yourself fix like the safety photo sensors we talked about in a previous blog post.