My Fox Lake garage door is teasing me – it won’t go all the way down

The garage door goes up. The garage door goes down. Your hope is that your Fox Lake garage door goes up, and down, when you ask it to. But, what if it cheats; what if it doesn’t quite go all the way up or down?

No, your garage door isn’t actually teasing you, laughing over your head as you puzzle at its failure to complete the task you’ve asked of it. Your Fox Lake garage door may simply be out of adjustment.

There are knobs inside the garage door opener assembly, the box at the ceiling that responds to your signals and initiates the process of raising or lowering your garage door. Over time, those adjustments can change with the result that you’ll find your garage door isn’t quite open all the way or closed all the way. A simple adjustment should fix the problem.

You want the garage door to open all the way because you don’t want to risk hitting the garage door with the top of the car as you pull in or out of the garage. You want it to close all the way so that the  elements – including cold, heat, rain, snow and ice – can’t seep underneath the door.

When the garage door is down all the way, the weather strip at the bottom of the garage door should seal against the concrete floor of the garage. Anything short of a tight seal is an example of the garage door opener cheating and coming up short on the completion of the task you’ve given it.

If you have your garage door maintained periodically, a quality garage door technician will check to make sure that the travel of the garage door is complete going up and down. They’ll also lubricate the hinges and rollers while otherwise ensuring that your garage door, and garage door opener are operating properly and efficiently.

When your garage door opener is working properly, you don’t have to worry about this winter’s snow and cold sneaking under the garage door while the garage door opener snickers over your head.