Safety

Nothing can be more devastating than your house catching on fire. You work hard to maintain your home, and the last thing you want is for all your effort to go waste in an accidental fire. While you might think house fires are uncommon, you are going to want to take every precaution to ensure the safety of yourself and your family.

Many people don’t realize how precious some of their commodities are until they lose them. Simple things like having fresh water, air conditioning, and electricity are taken for granted until we lose them. Luckily, we have strong sources for these things, so incidents where we lose them don’t happen very often. However, when they do, it can be incredibly inconvenient. Losing electricity usually means losing the ability to flush your toilet, access hot water, and even prepare a simple meal.

Smart technology is taking the home goods industry by storm, and garage doors are no exception to the rule. With the innovation in this new line of LiftMaster garage door openers by Chamberlain, you’ll have to see it to believe it.

Like most things, garage doors just need a little tiny bit of care to ensure optimum operation for decades to come. We’re not talking hours and hours of work, just 10 minutes every three months, and there are only four things that you really need to check regularly.

How often do you stop to consider your garage door, and how much you might take it for granted that you can just use your door opener to pop it open and closed all of the time? Most of us don’t actually realize how much we take it for granted, and yet most homeowners actually use the garage door as their main entrance. This includes the use of the “clicker” in the car or the exterior keypad when just walking in and out.

Reducing the amount of money that you spend on your home sometimes involves cutting corners on unessential items or features of the home that aren’t important to you and your family. Since the garage is one of the areas of the home that people consider the least, it tends to be a candidate for people to go cheap on the construction of this part of their home. The garage door is one of the first lines of defense for your home and should be considered as important as the quality of your front door. When you install a cheap garage door and garage door opener, you’re much more likely to be targeted by thieves looking for homes that present an easy break-and-enter target.

In recent years, garage doors have advanced in their design, technology, and materials. Prior to these advancements, there were only a few options when it came to garage door safety and many of these fell quite short. Since there were only a couple choices, it was easy to just pick the best out of the handful and move on. Now, since there are so many choices, it can be difficult to tell X from Y. Advancements have come as far as a motion controlled doors or even smartphone controlled doors. As the years continue to pass, advancements and innovations continue to impress.

Your garage can be a weak point in your home’s security. Intruders target residential garages for a few reasons. Firstly, valuable tools, equipment and vehicles are often stored in the garage. Secondly, some homeowners have the habit of leaving their garage doors open or unlocked, making it an easy entry point. Finally, the garage provides shelter once inside, giving burglars the time and concealment to break into the rest of your home.