Level Up Your Home Security: Garage Door Tips
Vložit
- čas přidán 8. 06. 2024
- The underlying principle behind any good security plan is making your home a harder target, causing would-be criminals to look elsewhere.
It doesn’t take much to level up your home security, here are a few simple tips to get you started.
Read our Definitive Guide to Running a Home Security Assessment to learn even more! → bit.ly/2xC1Sta
LIGHTNING... storm opened my old garage door once, so now I press the lock-out button every night.
Fantastic video series keep up the great work!
I would swear the garage in the preview is Ed Bolians from VinWiki
On Liftmaster, Chamberlain, and Craftsman garage door openers you press and hold the "lock" button on the wall control for about three seconds, the light on the opener will flash one time and the LED on the wall button will flash continuously. That locks out the receiver. If you install a slide lock on the garage door, absolutely 100% of the time unplug the garage door opener to make 100% sure you never attempt to open the door with the lock engaged. The suggestion of using the fire extinguisher type zip tie will not guarantee to prevent someone from hooking the release. I recommend using a small regular zip tie. One good solid pull will defeat a zip tie that fits in the release. There really isn't a good option to prevent this on a Genie brand screw drive opener because there is not a good place to put the zip tie. The slide lock is the best option. They can be purchased at Lowe's or Home Depot for around $15.
My locking vice gripes stuck in the door track works good
Video would be more effective if filmed in the garage so u could point stuff out. Just saying. Like the subject matter though.
As a locksmith, these are great tips. Because that is the easy bypass i use if someone loses a key and needs to get into a stand alone garage to have it rekeyed.
very informative appreciate it
Great set of tips! I wasn't aware of the remote jammers. I'll have to look into that. Thanks!
Yup, there's remote "skimmers" that steal your garage door opener code. They also have keyless remote skimmers for cars. Dirty SOBs!
A great video ITS..... Well thought out. I've driven around neighborhoods hitting my garage door opener and open quite a few. Change your GD code.
Great vid, although I already had all the tips in play, still great info for the uninformed
I was surprised that you didn't mention anything about wall mounted or jackshaft openers. Some of them come with auto deadbolts. It's also much easier to protect that safety pull rope. Even if the deadbolt isn't engaged it'd be pretty tough to open the door.
Pretty sure its code to have a fire door from your garage to the house to prevent exhaust fumes and any fire that may occur in the garage from getting into the house. So no, there should not be a hallow-core door there, it should be solid and it should be some sort of metal wrapped material just like your front or rear entry door probably are.
What's important with 'solid' doors is that it's actual solid wood. I've seen plywood solid core doors kicked into pieces. Some aren't even plywood. It's a veneer then particle board.
I didn't follow the zip tie recommendation. Anyone care to elaborate?
I clamp a pair of vice grips to the roller rail above the top roller. Good luck getting that puppy open. No opener.
An easy idea to shut down the garage door opener is to unplug it from the electrical outlet. Or, better, install a switch between the outlet and the motor.
My automation system uses a power controller that cuts off the power automatically at a time I specify.
Having a motion detector paired with door contacts is the best method to protect your garage. Not sure why that wasn't mentioned.
@@RickL_was_here Wow, that sounds great! Good job! I hadn't thought of that.
:praisesun: