To manually open your garage you will first need to open any latches or locks on the outside that otherwise keep the door shut.
How to manually open a garage door from the inside.
Disconnect the power cord to the automatic door opener.
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Prop the door open using a two by four or have someone hold the door open for you while you drive your car in or out.
By using a clothes hanger and pulling the lever the door can manually be opened.
To open it up all you need to do is thread a coat hanger or hooked piece of wire through the top of the door and open the emergency latch which can also be done by the rope many emergency latches.
Pulling the cord detaches the garage door from the opener and allows it to open manually.
When you re finished with the door ease it down by hand.
Holding the handle at the end of the cord pull until the release lever locks.
Pull down on the cord.
Typically you have to pull the cord straight down or slightly away from the door to disengage the opener.
How to open a garage door manually from the inside.
Put a zip tie on the manual release latch.
This emergency release cord will be attached to the trolley in the center of the garage door.
Many electronic garage doors come with a bypass switch allowing you to override the system and manually lift it open when needed.
This lever is for when you lose electrical power and you cannot open the 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.
Garage door locked from the outside.
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.
2 zip tie manual release latch garage door openers have an emergency release lever.
To locate the bypass switch look for a red rope hanging down from your garage mechanisms.
Thieves can use this to get into your garage.