If the door opens without a hitch the fault lies with the automatic opener but if you can only open the door halfway the problem is the door itself.
Door that opens halfway.
Close the door completely.
Wondering why your garage door only opens part way or stops closing halfway down.
You may check the owner s manual on how to do the adjustment.
Quite often the cause of your door s malfunction is an improperly set garage door limit.
Having some trouble with a garage door that seems to quit midway through either opening or closing.
To give you information about these the travel limit controls how far your garage door opens and closes during its operation while force limit controls how much pull is needed to get the door completely open.
Garage door springs support most of the weight of the door when it s opening and closing.
A garage door that only opens halfway becomes a nuisance for many reasons.
This is the most common problem that your door won t open all the way.
A broken spring typically will make the door very hard to lift rather than causing the door to stick halfway.