You will find that the door will only move an inch or so in the close direction and reverse.
Have to hold wall button to close garage door.
There is a screw under the push button that holds the door control on the wall.
Why do i have to hold down the button to close the garage door.
The garage door opens fine.
If you have a problem with your wall switch being unable to open or close the garage door then it s often a problem somewhere in the power supply.
Test the remote controls.
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Remove the wires from the back of the door control.
They can easily become mis aligned due to bumping twisting and loose mounting.
Any transmitter like a handheld clicker.
When you can close the door with the wall button by holding it down until it completely closes and the remotes only make the door move a small amount and the door returns that is the sign of the safety sensor system.
You are overriding the infrared beam sensor when you hold down the wall button continuously while the garage door is closing.
When this happens your garage door will only close by holding down on the wall button or wall console until the door fully closes.
So if you have to do this to close the door it means the sensor is malfunctioning.
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If remote controls do not work then replace the wire.
A wall console unit for a garage door opener is not a complicated device so it s fairly simple to troubleshoot when something seems to go wrong.
The transmitters remotes will not work to close the garage door.
If i push the button to close it the light flashes and it comes back up.
Is this something i can fix without calling a garage door guy.
Step by step procedures to try if the garage door of your home will not go down without holding the button before calling a repair man was this video helpful.
Go to the door control take the door control off the wall by popping off the push button.