How To Disable Automatic Garage Door

Please make sure that if your garage door has a manual locking device that it has been properly disabled.

How to disable automatic garage door.

Forget the automatic garage door opener. This becomes necessary when there is a power failure or for some reason you lose your remote. I know how to disable the automatic garage door opener. 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. Disconnect the garage door opener and use a manual latch to lock the door. The first thing you need to do is stop the power supply for the garage door. 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.

You will still be able to use the doors by manually opening or closing it. This means that you have to get out of the car when you get home unlock the door and lift it yourself. Just like the old days. Disconnect the emergency release cord.

If your sensors or garage door motor is blinking or your door doesn t close it s a sign you could have faulty sensors. Licensed garage door installation companies will either remove these devices or disable them in some way. Sensors are a critical safety feature but can prevent an automatic garage door from working properly. Then i can manually lift it up and exit the garage just like i did when i was a little kid and we didn t have an automatic garage door opener.

Going old school will get you added garage security but at the cost of convenience. If you have an automatic garage door then you have to disconnect the door sensors.