How to open your garage door manually when the power is out.
Manually open garage door from inside.
If your garage connects to your home through an interior door you re in luck manually opening a garage door from the inside is easier than opening it from the outside.
This becomes necessary when there is a power failure or for.
Disconnect the power cord to the automatic door opener.
Find any locks or latches near the outside of the garage door and make sure they re open so they won t interfere with you manually opening the door.
Pull the emergency cord to disconnect the door from the garage door opener.
While you ve likely already checked this out we sometimes overlook the simplest things so it s worth mentioning and inspecting.
How to open a garage door manually.
How to open a garage door manually from the inside.
Garage doors come with an emergency release cord to use in the above situations.
The cord usually has a red handle and will hang down from the center rail of the garage door mechanism.
Ensure your garage door is fully closed then disconnect the garage door opener.
All electronic or automatic garage doors have a bypass that will allow you to open it manually.
The cord allows you to disengage your garage door from the opener allowing you to open it manually.
However if your garage door is the only way to access your garage you may need to contact a professional to open your garage door.
If you have a locked garage the house will generally have the clasp side attached to it while the other side where the locking mechanism goes will attach to the garage itself.