Safety

Keep all unwanted elements from getting into your garage

When you come home, you expect your garage door to open and close just as it always has in the past. However, you might come home one evening and find that it’s simply not working. You click the remote and nothing happens. It has a new battery, so that’s not the problem. It’s something else. However, it’s not a problem with your door opener remote. Instead, something has gone wrong with the programming of the LiftMaster or Chamberlain garage door opener, and this means you need to reprogram it.

Power outages are commonplace today. It could be a summer thunderstorm, a limited brownout, rolling blackouts, or even the effect of a tornado or hurricane. When the power’s out, life feels like it comes to a standstill – no TV, no radio, no Internet except on battery-powered, wireless devices. It’s inconvenient, to say the least. It also has consequences that go far beyond mere boredom. For instance, if the power’s out, you’ll find it challenging to get your car out of the garage if you need to go to the store or experience an emergency.

Spring breaks are supposed to be fun -- not a terrifying, abrupt noise that sounds almost like a gunshot coming from your own garage.

In the United States, there is a residential burglary once every 18 seconds. In Canada, there is one every 90 seconds. In many cases, these home burglaries happen during the day. It might be surprising but it’s true.

Is your garage door the main point of entry into your home? You might not think it is, but if you consider how many times it opens and closes each day and whether you and your family usually enter through it, you’ll probably discover it is your main entrance. Unfortunately, it can pose some risks and that is why any kids in your home need to be trained in optimal garage door safety. Below are our top tips for a basic safety protocol.

Garage doors are the largest moving components of homes, and many people now also use them as the main entry point to their homes. But what happens when there’s a problem? Well, you have to get it repaired, of course. But who can you trust?

Garage door openers are so convenient that it’s easy to take them for granted. You just press the button on your door opener remote, and your door opens for you every time. In fact, more and more people are using their garage door as the main door in and out of their home. Even the kids just use the exterior keypad to get inside when they get home from school.

Garages are typically one of the least compelling spaces in the field of real estate, so there’s a good chance that your garage isn’t used to it’s potential. Considering the amount of space that a treadmill requires, and the noise that these fitness machines tend to generate, the garage appears to be perfect fit for this type of hardware.