Why would your Lake Villa garage door jam?

Garage doors are designed to go up and down. With garage door openers, the process is, for homeowners in Lake Villa, such as you, is virtually effortless. But, the frustration can be monumental if your garage door is jammed somewhere between opened and closed.

You may find that you can’t open the garage door and you can’t close the garage door. It’s as though someone built a partial wall in the front of your Lake Villa garage. You can’t get the car in and out, and you can’t keep unwanted animals or criminals out. It’s upsetting.

Of course, proper maintenance of your garage door and garage door opener can go a long way to avoiding this unpleasant scenario. But, simply put, mechanical things sometimes break. The question is, ‘What could cause this kind of problem with your garage door?’

There are several possible causes when a garage door is jammed, such as:

• You have a broken garage door spring: If you have a torsion spring, located above the garage door on a rod extending from one side of the door to the other, you may see a space in the middle of the spring. This means that the torsion spring has broken. If you have extension springs on both sides of the garage door, you may find that one of the springs is broken (DO NOT ATTEMPT TO FIX THIS YOURSELF! The pressure from these springs is tremendous and can cause serious bodily harm or, even, death. Be sure to call a professional).
• The garage door is off the track: If this is the problem, you’ll probably see rollers on the sides of the garage that are not in the tracks. You may even be able to put them back in the track. The problem is that they’re liable to come out of the track again. The trick is to determine why they came out of the track so you can avoid the same problem at a later date.
• Something is jammed into the track: Could a broom handle have fallen into the track and jammed into a roller? Anything that gets wedged into the garage door can cause this kind of problem. Once again, be careful while examining your garage door. Severe pinches and cuts are possible if you’re not careful.
• The garage door opener is broken: If this is the case, you can usually free up the garage door by pulling the release cable. But, you’ll probably want to get that garage door opener fixed again.

As you can see, there are several reasons that garage doors can get jammed and neither open or close. If you maintain your Lake Villa garage door and garage door opener, you may never experience this problem. But, if you do, be sure to call in a professional before performing and significant repairs; garage door repair is hazardous if you’re not familiar with working with garage doors.