Essential Garage Door Security Tips

Garage doors are made to provide a certain amount of security for your home and family, but many garage doors especially older garage doors may not offer the security you would like. Here are some essential garage door security tips that if followed can help make your garage door more secure.

• Check for Possible Gaps in the Top of Your Garage Door When Pressure is Applied: Most garage doors come equipped with emergency release cord in case the garage door opener fails. Determined thieves will push on the top of your garage door trying to create a gap they can wedge something in to keep the gap open while they use a clothes hanger or other type of hook to pull the emergency release cord so they can open your garage door. If you can press on the top of your garage door and create a gap, talk to your garage door repair company on how to resolve this potential problem.
• Make Sure Your Garage Door Opener Uses Rolling Code technology: encrypted RFI makes the daily automatic garage door operation more secure and private.
• Automatic garage door locks: automatic garage door deadbolts can be locked and unlocked using your smart phone also adds to your garage door security. Manual locks on the inside of your garage door can also be helpful when you are home for the night or out for a vacation.

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Supply chain issues hits the garage door repair industry

Garage door suppliers, garage door installers and repair companies have felt the sting of the current supply chain crisis. Brought about by Covid-19 pandemic, garage door companies are also experiencing shortages of materials, supplies, and new products in the garage door industry. This includes popular material choices such as steel, aluminum and wood garage doors, garage door springs, openers and miscellaneous parts required for the garage door’s normal operation.

The coronavirus pandemic and subsequent shutdown of economies around the world, including the recent Shanghai lockdowns, which is responsible for 20 percent of total China's exports, have led to the supply chain crisis. In addition, a lack of truck drivers, train crews, and laborers has made it more difficult to ship goods around the world. In the US, the Section 232 Tariff on steel and aluminum might help alleviate some of the shortages.

Put simply, until the supply chain crisis has been solved, home and business owners can expect to pay more with less products being available in stock. Add to this the restricted availability of garage doors and parts, garage door repair companies, home improvement contractors and homeowners can expect the shortages and higher prices to continue for quite some time.

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