A garage door is one of the largest moving objects in your home, and is
typically used every day,giving you good reason to keep it in proper working
order.
Overhead Door Company of South Central Texas is dedicated to providing safe and reliable products that last for many years. We would like to offer the following practical tips for keeping your garage doors and openers in safe, proper working order.
Garage door safety tips
- Mount the garage door opener control button out of the reach of small
children (at least five feet from the floor) and where you have a clear view of
the door.
- Do not let children play with garage door remote controls; explain that the
remote controls are not toys.
- Set a good example for children and discuss garage door safety with them;
explain how to operate the door safely.
- Test your garage door opener’s reversing mechanism monthly by placing a 2 x
4 board in the door’s path. If the door does not reverse after contacting the
object, call Overhead Door Company of South Central Texas at 1-866-348-DOOR for professional repair.
- Know how to use your garage door opener’s emergency release feature. Your
owner’s manual provides instructions.
- Visually inspect your garage door each month. Look at the garage door’s
springs, cables, rollers and pulleys for signs of wear. If any of these
components appear damaged, contact Overhead Door Company of South Central Texas for inspection or repair.
- Do not attempt to repair cables or springs. These parts are under high
tension and require special tools for adjustment. Improper handling or
disconnection can cause breakage and serious injury.
- To avoid damage to your door and/or opener, make sure you disable and/or
remove any door locks, ropes, and/or cables prior to operating your opener.
- Use the release mechanism on the garage door opener to manually open the
door using its interior or exterior lift handles. The door should lift smoothly
with little resistance and should stay open around three or four feet above the
floor. If it is difficult to perform this task, your door may be out of balance, causing premature wear. Call Overhead Door Company of South at 1-866-348-DOOR for adjustment.
- To prevent accidents when a garage door is closing, invest in a garage door
opener that features photoelectric eye safety beams, which are mounted a few
inches off the floor and send an invisible beam across the door’s path. If the
invisible beam is broken, the garage door will automatically reverse to its
fully open position. The invisible beam provides added safety to the auto
reverse mechanism, as the door does not have to contact an object in order to
reverse. The Safe-T-Beam® is a standard feature on the entire line of
Overhead Door garage door openers.
Garage Door Security
- While on vacation or away from home for extended periods of time, unplug the
garage door opener unit or use a vacation lock on the wall console switch, which
is an optional accessory on Overhead Door® garage door openers.
- Consider purchasing a garage door opener with rolling code technology, which
changes the access codes each time the transmitter is used to prevent code
grabbing. Overhead Door’s CodeDodger® has been incorporated as a
standard feature into our full line of openers since 1995.
- Wireless keypads, which activate the garage door opener with a personal
identification number (PIN), are available for Overhead Door® garage
door openers. This allows family members to open the door without the use of a
key or remote. Never disclose the PIN or leave it written down.
- Never leave the remote control in the car or with a parking attendant. It
should be treated like a house key.
- Always lock the door from the garage to the inside of your home for greater
safety and security.
- Check to make sure your garage door is closed when you lock your entry doors
at night.
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