Oh no! Any garage door experts?

[AC7179]

We just, as in Friday, bought a new house. I love it. We moved over the weekend and I went grocery shopping today. I don't have garage door openers yet, so I came inside and hit the button to raise it. It raised a little, but then stuck. I tried again. Same response. Errr, come to find out, my husband has locked the garage door yesterday. I unlocked it, but now it won't move at all. I think I broke it. has this happened to anyone else, and if so, what was the cost to fix it?

 

[dawson5]

Is there a reset button on the unit itself?

Can't see it burning out the motor unless you just held down on the button forever.

As for a new garage door opener, you can probably find them at Sears for under $200. Is your hubby handy to swap it out? You don't need to change the door or the rails.

 

[NotUrsula]

Usually when the door can move a bit but sticks, an adjustment to the travel will get it working again. If the door was manually locked, I'm not sure if adjusting the travel would work, but you could try it. (Check the owners manual -- you can find them online if the previous owner didn't leave it for you.)

If he key-locked it, I'm surprised that it moved at all. Did you try pulling the emergency release and then running it through the full cycle? (After unlocking it, of course.)

 

[Hercules10]

There's a possibility that the opener rail popped back behind the "trigger". What you might try is to pull the manual release cord. Raise and lower the door mannually. "Pop" the the manual release mechanism back into the track and see if that does it.

Good luck