Upper Keys
Photo-Eye Repair in Key Largo
A photo-eye note for Key Largo without a place on the highway only guesses the driveway. Open bays under the house put the eyes in the weather, and closed garages keep them indoors. Either way the eyes sit a few inches off the floor on the posts. They must see each other, or a remote may not be allowed to finish the close. A finger held on the wall button is constant pressure and can still complete one close.
Open bay or closed garage
Watch the indicator as your foot breaks the beam, with the door standing fully open. On an open bay the lenses take rain, glare, and a film of road dust. In a closed garage they take household dust, and often a cooler stored across the line. Wipe that film with a damp cloth, since a dry paper towel scratches the lens. A hose or a ladder foot left in the beam stops the remote in either building.
The wire on damp posts
The pair is aimed, power is confirmed, and the wire is traced before a replacement set is discussed. Under the house the cable shares damp posts, and a green splice copies a dead eye. A closed garage more often hides a staple behind boxes along the wall. A remote that dropped its code stays a separate fault after the beam is sound. The label on the operator picks the sensor, and power is confirmed at each eye before a housing is condemned.
Where the afternoon light hits
Sun off the water can wash a lens on an open bay through the bright part of the afternoon. The same door may close politely once dusk takes that glare off the posts. Grit in an open track can reverse the door near the floor, which is not a blinded lens. Give a mile marker, or a subdivision and the highway side, with the hour the remote quits.
What each control still does
Try the wall button, the remote, and the keypad, and write which of those closes succeeds. A keypad that works beside a quiet remote points at the remote once the eyes agree. If none succeed unless the button is held, the beam is the cause rather than the transmitters. An early reverse can be the eyes, the down limit, or a bind as the seal meets the floor.
Tape on an open bay
Masking the eyes with tape defeats the entrapment check and tells the operator the opening is empty. One held close can secure the cars for the night, and the bay still needs a working beam afterward. If an open bay is stuck up, call (645) 256-1794 and say the door will not come down. A closed door that merely ignores the remote can go on the form, and the callback sets the visit.
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Call (645) 256-1794 about this door.
We answer any hour Sunday through Friday.
Saturday stays closed.
Keys Door Co is family-owned, local, and insured.
We have worked this coast for over ten years.
Common questions
Why does holding the wall button close a bay the remote leaves open?
A finger held on the wall button is constant pressure and can finish one close while the remote waits. The remote needs the eyes to see each other, a few inches off the floor on the posts.
What happens if the eyes are taped just so the door will close tonight?
Masking the eyes with tape defeats the entrapment check on a bay that may face the road. One held close can secure the cars for the night, and the tape should not stay for the week.
What does it mean if this door reverses only during a bright afternoon?
An afternoon reverse can be the sensors, the down limit, or a bind in the track. Light off the water is compared with a shaded test of the same close before a remote is blamed.
Request service
Name the street and whether the door is up, down, or stuck.
- Repairs and replacement parts
- Openers and controls
- New garage doors