How To Disable Automatic Garage Door

Disconnect the emergency release cord.

How to disable automatic garage door.

Sensors are a critical safety feature but can prevent an automatic garage door from working properly. It s very easy to defeat an automatic garage door opener and break into a garage especially when you have garage door windows that enable a thief to see exactly what they re doing. This becomes necessary when there is a power failure or for some reason you lose your remote. In my case you simply pull on the red lever which removes the motor and gear from the track.

I know how to disable the automatic garage door opener. Even without windows the task is fairly easy and can be done just on feel and knowing the mid point of your garage where the release cord is located. Just like the old days. This means that you have to get out of the car when you get home unlock the door and lift it yourself.

If you have an automatic garage door then you have to disconnect the door sensors. Please make sure that if your garage door has a manual locking device that it has been properly disabled. You will still be able to use the doors by manually opening or closing it. The first thing you need to do is stop the power supply for the garage door.

If your sensors or garage door motor is blinking or your door doesn t close it s a sign you could have faulty sensors. Forget the automatic garage door opener. Disconnect the garage door opener and use a manual latch to lock the door. All electronic or automatic garage doors have a bypass that will allow you to open it manually.

Luckily you can set most automatic garage doors to a manual mode to bypass the sensors. Getting out of the garage wasn t a huge issue.