The garage is the least secured entry on most homes. A handful of inexpensive changes close the common gaps.
Close the Emergency Release Gap
On many doors the emergency release cord can be reached from outside through the top of the door with a coat hanger. Shortening the cord, removing the handle or fitting a release shield eliminates that access without affecting your ability to use it from inside.
Doors with windows in the top section make the release visible, which makes it a target. Frosted or obscure glass removes that cue and also hides the contents of the garage.
Monitoring and Automatic Closing
A smart opener or an add on controller tells you when the door opens and closes and sends an alert when it has been left open. Scheduled auto close after a set number of minutes solves the most common real world failure, which is simply forgetting.
Camera equipped openers record the bay and give you a view when an alert arrives. On a household with deliveries into the garage, that record has practical value beyond security.
Physical and Lighting Measures
A slide lock or an interior deadbolt on the track is worth having on a bay used for storage rather than daily parking, provided the opener is disengaged when it is locked. Motion activated lighting at the apron deters the opportunistic approach that accounts for most garage entries.
Keep the interior door from the garage into the house treated as an exterior door, with a real deadbolt. It is frequently the weakest lock in the house.
Security Upgrades in Weston
We install smart openers, release shields and monitoring on existing doors, not just new ones.
Impact Rated Garage Doors Weston is at 16000 S Post Road, Weston, FL 33331. Call (954) 837-8316, open 24 hours, seven days a week.
Impact Rated Garage Doors Weston
- 16000 S Post Road, Weston, FL 33331
- (954) 837-8316
- Open 24 hours, 7 days a week
Main office: Impact Rated Garage Doors, 13651 NW 4th St, Pembroke Pines, FL 33028, (954) 232-0488.
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