Taking Care Of Your Garage Door by 1st United Door Technologies.

Perform routine maintenance steps once a month. Review your owner's manual for the garage door. If you don't have a manual, look for the model number on the back of the door, or check the lock handle, hinges, or other hardware for the manufacturer's name and request a manual from the manufacturer. Visual Inspection Look at the garage door springs, cables, rollers, pulleys, and other door hardware for signs of wear. If you suspect problems, have a qualified person make repairs. WARNING - Springs are under high tension. Only qualified persons should adjust them. Garage door springs, cables, brackets, and...

Sectional Garage Door and Electric Operator Checklist for Home Inspectors and Consumers

Sectional Garage Door and Electric Operator Checklist for Home Inspectors and Consumers  DASMA/IDA Sectional Garage Door and Electric Operator Checklist for Home Inspectors and Consumers Introduction The garage door systems industry recognizes the important safety role played by home inspectors. This checklist intends to help home inspectors maximize the value of their service to homeowners and home buyers. This checklist covers the most important parts of a basic inspection of a residential sectional garage door connected to an automatic garage door opener. This checklist does not apply...

Preventative Garage Door Injuries and Safety Tips from Statefarm Insurance

Garage Door Injuries The garage door is usually the heaviest moving item in a house, sometimes weighing as much as 300 to 400 pounds. This creates a safety hazard, especially for children who are smaller and may not be aware of the dangers. Most injuries ...

X10Pro Home Automation FAQ & Problem Solving Tips for Garage Door Openers and Garage Door Security

Non Reversing Garage Door Openers: A Hazard

by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Homeowners with automatic garage door openers that do not automatically reverse should repair or replace them with new openers which do reverse to prevent young children from being trapped and killed under closing garage doors. According to reports received by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), approximately 60 children between the ages of 2 and 14 have been trapped and killed under automatic garage doors since March 1982. This is approximately 4 such deaths per year....

LOCMATIC Automatic Lock for Garage Door Openers FAQ

Posed by Door Dealer Installers (DDIs) to Marantec Sales Personnel Q1. What does Locmatic do? A1. Locmatic works with a Locmatic-ready Marantec Garage Door Opener (GDO) to: Automatically lock a sectional roll-up garage door every time it is closed; and Automatically unlock it when it is opened. Q2. How is Locmatic of benefit to my customers? A2. The Marantec-Locmatic (ML) combination will enable your customers to: Have the peace-of-mind assurance that their home’s largest and most commonly used access door...

Aaaremotes’ Tech Tip – Garage Door Opener Opens By Itself

Common causes that make your garage door opener open the door on its own are:   ...

Garage Safety Tips from the Escondido Police Department

Garage Safety Tips from Escondido Police Department There is a residential burglary series going on in Escondido that involves a suspect entering a garage, either by forcing the garage or side door...