The first thing you need to do is stop the power supply for the garage door.
How to disable automatic garage door.
Even without windows the task is fairly easy and can be done just on feel and knowing the mid point of your garage where the release cord is located.
If you have an automatic garage door then you have to disconnect the door sensors.
Licensed garage door installation companies will either remove these devices or disable them in some way.
Disconnect the garage door opener and use a manual latch to lock the door.
Sensors are a critical safety feature but can prevent an automatic garage door from working properly.
Forget the automatic garage door opener.
Then i can manually lift it up and exit the garage just like i did when i was a little kid and we didn t have an automatic garage door opener.
Getting out of the garage wasn t a huge issue.
Luckily you can set most automatic garage doors to a manual mode to bypass the sensors.
I know how to disable the automatic garage door opener.
All electronic or automatic garage doors have a bypass that will allow you to open it manually.
If your sensors or garage door motor is blinking or your door doesn t close it s a sign you could have faulty sensors.
You will still be able to use the doors by manually opening or closing it.
Disconnect the emergency release cord.
Please make sure that if your garage door has a manual locking device that it has been properly disabled.
This becomes necessary when there is a power failure or for some reason you lose your remote.
It s very easy to defeat an automatic garage door opener and break into a garage especially when you have garage door windows that enable a thief to see exactly what they re doing.
Just like the old days.