My Garage Door Will Not Close In Cold Weather

Cold makes the space between molecules lessen which makes objects such as garage doors contract.

My garage door will not close in cold weather.

My door is an old wooden. Cold weather can affect safety sensors in a number of ways. Both should have a solid green light with no flickering. If your garage door starts to close but then goes back up automatically typically followed by a series of light flashes chances are something is triggering the safety system.

If the issue is with the sensors you ll likely find that you can use the garage door remote or wall mounted switch to open the door but not to close it. The only way it will close is if i depress the button on the wall mount control unt read more. Check the infrared sensor units that point at each other across the bottom of the door opening. My craftsman 1 2 hp garage door opener will not close in cold weather using either the remote or wall mount control.

Sometimes in cold weather these lenses develop a fine film of condensation that will break the connection between the two sensors and keep your garage door from closing. Or the garage door opener may not be able to open the door at all. In the cold your garage door opener may strain to open the door which could create greater energy costs to you or cause the garage door or opener to break. One of the most common reasons a garage door won t open in cold weather is that the metal has contracted.

When there is an issue with your safety sensors the opener will interpret this as an obstruction and refuse to close the door.