If your garage door won’t open or close, you may think that you’re in for some involved or expensive repair work. You may be envisioning having to call the door’s dealer and have a technician come out to service the door. But don’t jump to conclusions. Often garage door problems of the basic type that the door does not move have very simple causes. Causes that can make you feel a little silly when you find out what the real problem was.
You’ll feel even sillier if you have a repair professional come all the way out to fix it when it was very simple to fix yourself. Though these problems and their solutions may seem to be of the “duh” variety, it’s remarkable how often people make these sorts of mistakes.
Let’s take a look some of these very easy to fix garage door repair problems:
Opener Unplugged
As specified by Canadian garage door Repair Calgary founder Jams .H – One of the simplest garage door repair problems that often occur is that the garage door opener mechanism (the box located near the ceiling which controls the opening and closing of the door) is unplugged. This opener box needs electrical power in order to function. If it’s not plugged in it obviously can’t. There is an AC cord tha
To check this, get a small step ladder, situate it near the box, climb up and look all around the box until you find the power cord coming out of it. Then simply plug it in if it’s unplugged. You may also want to check the outlet to make sure it is not loose and overused, and possibly replace it yourself or have it replaced if it is.
Dead Battery in Remote
You may also want to check the remote-control garage door opener to see if perhaps the battery is dead or missing. This is an equally silly sort of problem, but it is nevertheless a common one. Of course, trying the button on the manual garage wall mounted control box will reveal this problem as well or at least reveal that there is some issue with the remote. If the door opens when you press the button and not when you don’t, then you can be sure that there is a problem with the box. But once that is determined, the situation with the batteries in the box is the first thing to check. Simply try new batteries in the box and see if the door opens.
Remote Needs to Be Reset
You may also want to check the remote-control garage door opener to see if perhaps the battery is dead or missing. This is an equally silly sort of problem, but it is nevertheless a common one. Of course, trying the button on the manual garage wall mounted control box will reveal this problem as well or at least reveal that there is some issue with the remote. If the door opens when you press the button and not when you don’t, then you can be sure that there is a problem with the box. But once that is determined, the situation with the batteries in the box is the first thing to check. Simply try new batteries in the box and see if the door opens.
Remote Needs to Be Reset
If the problem does seem to have to do with the remote, but you have determined it is not the batteries which are at fault, another simple problem is that the remote may need to be programmed or to be reset. There may be codes that need to be entered in order to render remotes operational. Or it may have become deprogrammed somehow and need to be reset. If you suspect this type of problem is the case, your best bet is to check the owner’s manual for the information that is given on this and take the appropriate steps. Just keep in mind that a remote with well charged batteries which appears not to work may not actually be broken but may have this other data related problem.
Lock Feature
On the wall mounted control box there is often a button which says “lock” over it which makes it so that pressing the open button or the button on the remote do not open the garage door. It’s possible to inadvertently hit this button on this cause the door not to be able to open. Usually pressing it again unlocks the door and it will function normally.
These are a few of the really simple problems that can occur with garage doors and their equally simple solutions.
Try these first before assuming you have an actual repair issue. This will not only save you the time and expense of trying more involved repairs yourself or having a garage door repair technician look at these issues, it will also save you from looking stupid.
HALIFAX – A village of tiny homes is set to open next month in a Halifax suburb, the latest project by the provincial government to address homelessness.
Located in Lower Sackville, N.S., the tiny home community will house up to 34 people when the first 26 units open Nov. 4.
Another 35 people are scheduled to move in when construction on another 29 units should be complete in December, under a partnership between the province, the Halifax Regional Municipality, United Way Halifax, The Shaw Group and Dexter Construction.
The province invested $9.4 million to build the village and will contribute $935,000 annually for operating costs.
Residents have been chosen from a list of people experiencing homelessness maintained by the Affordable Housing Association of Nova Scotia.
They will pay rent that is tied to their income for a unit that is fully furnished with a private bathroom, shower and a kitchen equipped with a cooktop, small fridge and microwave.
The Atlantic Community Shelters Society will also provide support to residents, ranging from counselling and mental health supports to employment and educational services.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 24, 2024.
Housing affordability is a key issue in the provincial election campaign in British Columbia, particularly in major centres.
Here are some statistics about housing in B.C. from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s 2024 Rental Market Report, issued in January, and the B.C. Real Estate Association’s August 2024 report.
Average residential home price in B.C.: $938,500
Average price in greater Vancouver (2024 year to date): $1,304,438
Average price in greater Victoria (2024 year to date): $979,103
Average price in the Okanagan (2024 year to date): $748,015
Average two-bedroom purpose-built rental in Vancouver: $2,181
Average two-bedroom purpose-built rental in Victoria: $1,839
Average two-bedroom purpose-built rental in Canada: $1,359
Rental vacancy rate in Vancouver: 0.9 per cent
How much more do new renters in Vancouver pay compared with renters who have occupied their home for at least a year: 27 per cent
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 17, 2024.
VANCOUVER – Voters along the south coast of British Columbia who have not cast their ballots yet will have to contend with heavy rain and high winds from an incoming atmospheric river weather system on election day.
Environment Canada says the weather system will bring prolonged heavy rain to Metro Vancouver, the Sunshine Coast, Fraser Valley, Howe Sound, Whistler and Vancouver Island starting Friday.
The agency says strong winds with gusts up to 80 kilometres an hour will also develop on Saturday — the day thousands are expected to go to the polls across B.C. — in parts of Vancouver Island and Metro Vancouver.
Wednesday was the last day for advance voting, which started on Oct. 10.
More than 180,000 voters cast their votes Wednesday — the most ever on an advance voting day in B.C., beating the record set just days earlier on Oct. 10 of more than 170,000 votes.
Environment Canada says voters in the area of the atmospheric river can expect around 70 millimetres of precipitation generally and up to 100 millimetres along the coastal mountains, while parts of Vancouver Island could see as much as 200 millimetres of rainfall for the weekend.
An atmospheric river system in November 2021 created severe flooding and landslides that at one point severed most rail links between Vancouver’s port and the rest of Canada while inundating communities in the Fraser Valley and B.C. Interior.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 17, 2024.
