How To Make A Garage Door Sensor

The garage door is one of the most prominent parts of our house and they deserve equal care.

How to make a garage door sensor.

Sometimes the sensor may be beyond repair due to wear and tear and in such a case your best bet is to replace the garage door sensor with a new one. Once your garage door is secure pull down on the manual release cord which should be red and located next to the garage door motor. Proper height for a garage door sensor is 4 to 6 inches 10 2 to 15 2 cm. Higher than that can miss many low lying objects including pets.

And if you are planning to upgrade to a new garage door or sensors make sure to check out a few available options in the market. If your garage door sensors are outside of this range remove them entirely from the garage door frame and install leveled inside the safe zone. Raise the garage door using the control button on the garage wall or the remote control unit from a vehicle. A few minutes every six months or so will.

To disable your garage door sensor first make sure your garage door is closed or propped up with 2 by 4s just in case it comes crashing down when it s put into manual mode. Lower is easy to stand above with a foot on either side. An incorrectly adjusted garage door opener and sensor can cause damage to the garage door motor lift mechanism your house or worse a person or pet.