Walk over to the door to push it up manually.
Manual override electric garage door.
To manually open most garage doors you simply pull a corded handle that is attached to the door.
All electronic or automatic garage doors have a bypass that will allow you to open it manually.
If you experience a lose of power while your door is in the up position please call your local overhead door company.
Pull the emergency release cord toward the door.
Step 2 will allow you to freely move the garage door open and close.
Manually move the garage door and return to down position.
This becomes necessary when there is a power failure or for some reason you lose your remote.
Pull the red cord down firmly once to manually release the door s locking mechanism the opener will make a clicking noise.
Take care when operating the manual release when the door is open as it may.
This disengages the electric drive from the door and you can manually open and close it.
It will snap under the load.
This manual release handle disengages the trolley from the attachment point to the rail.
On most garage door openers there is a rope with a handle on the end usually red.