Garage door not closing on 1 side

[ta66]

Hi everyone,

I noticed some light seeping in yesterday from 1 of the garage door's. I've tried adjusting the garage opener , putting foam inside the seal and I bought a garage door threshold. Nothing worked.

Any ideas ?

Thanks

 

[PT Doc]

Spring on that side might have different tension. My recommendation is DO NOT try to adjust the spring tension by yourself.

Dd it used to work well then suddenly not seal well? Spray some lube on the spring and cycle it a bunch of times and see what happens.

Could your floor have dropped somehow to account for this?

 

[upndown]

IF it's a torsion spring door, Check the opposite side cable for fraying!! If it is..Time to replace. Also check to see that the cables are wrapped around the drums the same way.Both should be on the first groove on the end of the drum!

When a cable frays it causes the cable to become longer, lifting on the shorter cable causing the daylight.

If its extension spring..Check for fraying, also lube all your pulleys. Good luck

 

[Big Bad Dad]

Another possibility. Look at your overhead tracks and make sure they are solidly braced. Any sideways shifting in them can cause this also.

 

[Cougar]

Looks like it may be your floor.
I'm having a similar problem.

 

[ta66]

Thanks everyone ,

I've tried everything suggested and it's still the same. When the door is closed I can still push it down a bit by hand and its a bit better.

I'm starting to think it is the floor as well

 

[fury9]

DO not adjust the spring unless you are qualified. I personally know a guy who lost his eye from one of those springs.

 

[Cougar]

Lay a long straight edge on the floor. See if the gap is still there.
You could try putting a piece of garden hose inside the door seal on that end.
It may help seal the gap.

That's what I'm going to try with mine.
It's either that or spend several thousand having the floor dug up and re poured.

 

[ta66]

DO not adjust the spring unless you are qualified. I personally know a guy who lost his eye from one of those springs.

Thanks for the warning , I heard screaming on my street couple of years ago to discover a neighbor had did the same thing , wasn't a pretty sight

Lay a long straight edge on the floor. See if the gap is still there.
You could try putting a piece of garden hose inside the door seal on that end.
It may help seal the gap.

That's what I'm going to try with mine.
It's either that or spend several thousand having the floor dug up and re poured.

just checked and gap is still there , I will try the garden hose.

 

[AndyL]

Throw a level on the door face... is it level? This is your starting point... if its not level, check against track spacing open and closed... does it sit square in the tracks, equal distance between top/bottom rollers and outside of track each side in open/closed positions... if not, needs to be leveled or reason for being out of level needs to be found (frayed cable, thrown cable etc)

If it really is the floor, and not the door... grab a handful of plastic shopping bags, run the door up about 6" from fully open, and stuff those shopping bags in the bottom rubber using a screwdriver to push them in... don't need to fill the whole thing, just the area of non contact (old trick, adds bulk to push rubber to the ground at the gap)

 

[upndown]

Tuff to tell from that picture but it doesn't look like your bottom w/s is compressed at all!!
Try closing your door manually..using your foot put pressure at center of door (downward) see if that solves it. If so adjust your down limit a little bit.
Also if it's a chain drive..check chain tension for excessive slack, that can be tightened up. DO NOT overtighten!

 

[Gary S]

DO not adjust the spring unless you are qualified. I personally know a guy who lost his eye from one of those springs.

Some of us do adjust our own garage doors, and do it right. Don't assume the wrench jockey you hire knows more than you do, unless you don't know much.
I've been doing garage door springs for over 40 years, starting with the long springs, and now with the torsion springs.

 

[kbs2244]

Before getting all excited about it, I would sit back and ask just how big a problem is it?
Does snow or rain come in?
Does it get so cold you have to get on a parka just to get to the car?

In other words, just how big a problem is it?
It is just a garage, after all.
Not a family room with a baby crawling around on the floor.

Could you learn to live with it and get on to bigger things?

 

[ta66]

Throw a level on the door face... is it level? This is your starting point... if its not level, check against track spacing open and closed... does it sit square in the tracks, equal distance between top/bottom rollers and outside of track each side in open/closed positions... if not, needs to be leveled or reason for being out of level needs to be found (frayed cable, thrown cable etc)

If it really is the floor, and not the door... grab a handful of plastic shopping bags, run the door up about 6" from fully open, and stuff those shopping bags in the bottom rubber using a screwdriver to push them in... don't need to fill the whole thing, just the area of non contact (old trick, adds bulk to push rubber to the ground at the gap)

Tried the garbage bags and it worked pretty good , still not perfect but a lot better.
Thanks

Try closing your door manually..using your foot put pressure at center of door (downward) see if that solves it. If so adjust your down limit a little bit.

It does go down further if I close it by foot , adjusted the opener yesterday and did not make a difference

Before getting all excited about it, I would sit back and ask just how big a problem is it?
Does snow or rain come in?
Does it get so cold you have to get on a parka just to get to the car?

In other words, just how big a problem is it?
It is just a garage, after all.
Not a family room with a baby crawling around on the floor.

Could you learn to live with it and get on to bigger things?

I'm not getting excited at all and to me it is a problem , but I'm not 100% focusing on this. Thanks for your post !

Ended up using the garbage bag trick and put a seal along the width of the door.
Thanks to all those who helped