How Do I Lock My Garage Door If I Have An Automatic Door Opener? |
Posted: December 4, 2018 |
One of the easiest traps for Tempe homeowners to fall into is mistakenly thinking that simply because they have an automatic garage door opener that means their garage is secure. This is particularly common if the garage is detached. People think that as long as thieves can’t get into the house itself that there is no danger of any real harm being done. But how easily they forget that garages hold some of the most valuable personal items that we can possibly own – namely our cars! But people also keep very expensive tools, that not only are valuable in and of themselves but could also be used by thieves to gain access to the house itself. So it is always beneficial to supplement the security of your garage by relying on more than just the automatic opener to keep thieves out.
There are several options for locking your garage door apart from the automatic opener. One option is to use what is known as a T-lock or a T-handle lock. T-locks require a key and are installed into the center of the garage door and require a locking hub or a swivel lock handle to open and close the locking mechanism. As such, the only way these kinds of locks are going to work is to have other hardware installed first. Installation is relatively straightforward but should still only be done by a professional like Canadian Garage Door Repair Edmonton. One of the more low-tech ways to lock your garage door but one that is nevertheless extremely reliable is with a standard Master Lock. This requires adding a sliding latch on the front of the door with a hole through which the lock can be placed. There are doubters that argue that Master Locks and other similar heavy duty steel locks can be cut with certain kinds of bolt or lock cutters. They can, in fact, be cut with certain cutters but those kinds of tools are extremely difficult to obtain and they require a tremendous amount of strength to use. Also, they attract quite a bit of attention in terms of the effort needed to use them so someone trying to break into a garage in a quiet neighborhood is going to have a hard time doing so without being noticed.
There are some high-tech options for adding additional security to your garage door as well. There are locking mechanisms on the market which use scanners to read thumb or fingerprints of registered users in order to allow access.
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