We all have those rare or not so rare occasions where we lock ourselves out of our house.
Power outage garage door outside.
Make sure to close the garage door as soon as you can.
Slide the manual lock into place to keep your home protected during an outage.
Next to your garage door there should be a metal manual lock.
If not don t worry.
This will keep the rope out of the way while you operate the door in manual mode.
Locate the emergency key release on the outside of your garage door and insert the key into the lock.
Garage door locked from the outside.
During a power outage the garage door must be manually opened and closed in order to get in and out of this area of your home.
By using the emergency release cord you are able to open the trolley and shut down the electric garage door opener.
Once installed follow these steps to open your garage door.
It is pretty easy to do.
Pull the rope back and as close to the garage door opener motor as possible.
If the door must be disengaged when in the up position use 2x4 s to prop open the door for safe closing.
During a power outage you must manually open and close the garage door.
Once removed you should see a cord in the lock tumbler hole.
This might not be an option if a power outage occurs when the door is up but when the handle is released the door will come crashing down.
If you can t open your electric garage door when the power goes out this video will show you how to manually open your garage door.
These things can leave you at the mercy of a lo.
An emergency release cord on the garage door arm opens the trolley to allow you to disengage the garage door from the.
Turn the key and pull the lock tumbler out.
Ever forget your keys to the house or even lost your garage door remote.
To do this at the top of your garage door place a shim in the weather stripping to allow enough room for a metal coat hanger.
Bend the coat hanger to form a hook on one end and try to disengage the lever from outside.
Use the manual lock.
When the power is out the automatic lock on your garage door is inactive.