how to get garage door open when frozen?
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['Check the bottom of the door to make sure it is indeed frozen. There should be water – or now ice – directly under the weather seal/bottom of the door. ... ', 'Pour hot water on the area where the garage door is stuck to the ground. ... ', 'Scrape ice with ice scraper. ... ', 'Use a heat gun to melt away ice.']
640256
Use the manual lock: Next to your garage door, there should be a metal manual lock. When the power is out, the automatic lock on your garage door is inactive. Slide the manual lock into place to keep your home protected during an outage.
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If the garage does not have an alternative access there should be a manual cable release which disconnects the door from the opener chain so that you can manually open it. Often this is in the form of a small key near your garage door. With the key you can open the lock and pull the manual release.
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['Locate the LEARN button on the garage door opener.', 'Press and immediately release the LEARN button. ... ', 'Within 30 seconds, press the button on the remote control that you wish to operate your garage door.', 'The garage door opener lights will flash or two clicks will be heard.']
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['Measure your old garage door section. ... ', 'Measure your new garage door section. ... ', 'Unplug the power cord to the garage door opener. ... ', 'Disengage the opener from the door. ... ', 'Place the hook of a come along on the top of the track, as shown. ... ', 'Place the other hook of the come along on the outside hinge that is second from the bottom.']
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Pull the emergency cord to disconnect the door from the garage door opener. The cord usually has a red handle and will hang down from the center rail of the garage door mechanism. Lift the garage door straight up until the door is fully open. Make sure the door will remain fully open before leaving it unattended.
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["Pull the red cord down firmly once to manually release the door's locking mechanism, The opener will make a clicking noise.", 'Walk over to the door to push it up manually.']
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['Locate the "Program" button on your garage door opener or keypad. ... ', 'Press and release the button on the remote control that you wish to program.', 'Wait for the remote control LED to stop blinking, then slowly press and release the button again.']
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['Press and hold the DOOR CODE BUTTON on the back of the opener.', 'Press button 1 (or the button you are wanting to programme) on the remote for two seconds.', 'Release and press for two seconds.', 'Press the same button again on the remote for two seconds.', 'Release the DOOR CODE BUTTON.']
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['Locate the LEARN button on the door control.', 'Press the LEARN button twice. The LED will blink.', 'Press and release the button on the remote control that you wish to operate your garage door.', 'The garage door opener lights will flash or two clicks will be heard.']
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['Use a padlock to lock the garage door from the inside.', 'Use a padlock to lock the track.', 'Slip a C-clamp through the track.', 'Unplug the garage door opener.', 'Use a zip tie to secure the garage door in place.', 'Keep the remote in the house.', 'Lock the release lever.', 'Disable the release lever.']
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Pour warm water in a steady stream onto the ice that is jamming the door shut. If the lock is frozen, then insert a key soon after melting off the ice, as the cold metal and air can freeze the formerly-warm water right back over the small opening for the lock. Step 3: Push and pull on the door until it opens.
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['Go inside the garage and use the wall button if you have power. ... ', "Locate the emergency release rope that is connected to the door opener' motor carriage. ... ", 'Pull the emergency rope, which will release the door from the opener carriage. ... ', 'Locate the two bolts that connect the two pieces of the opener arm.']
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['Press and release the "learn" button on the opener\'s motor unit. ... ', 'During those 30 seconds, press down and hold the "learn" button on the handheld remote control you want to use to operate the garage door.', "When the motor unit's light begins blinking, release the remote button."]
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['Get help from a second person. ... ', 'Use extreme caution! ... ', 'You will have to open the door manually. ... ', 'Disengage the door from the opener. ... ', 'Carefully lift the door until it settles in place along the horizontal rails.']
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Locate the Emergency Release Kit and insert the appropriate key into the lock socket. Turn the key and pull the lock tumbler out of the lock to engage the release mechanism on the garage door opener carriage. Lift the garage door open until it stops moving. Drive the car inside the garage and put the garage door down.
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Sometimes, a garage door won't open or close for one reason only — the operator has no power connection. In the funniest of scenarios, the problem will simply be due to an unplugged power cord. You might have absentmindedly unplugged the operator as you were exiting the garage through your internal door to the house.