My garage door is not opening. The code panel on the outside is not working. I replaced the battery, trying two new batteries, but it does not appear to have power–lights are not lighting up. There is no way to manually open the door. There is a remote, but it is in my car in the garage. There are no exposed hinges or any way I can see to take off the door.
The opener is Sears Craftsman if that helps.
There should be a manual release to open the door. In most cases it’s a red cord that is hanging down from the door opening system. I think most building codes require a manual door release.
(this assumes you can get into the garage, but maybe that is not true?) If you can’t get in , call a local place that fixes garages doors and they should get in one way or another.
Nevermind. I got the door open, and I will be replacing the lock.
I’m so glad my garage door has an manual opener on the outside, as well as access from both a door in the house and from the backyard. It seems silly to me not to include at least one of those.