Oddly enough, when people think of household dangers, they often overlook some of the larger ones. Every year, thousands of people are injured by garage doors, particularly the older models as they tend to be very dangerous, hence the need to keep your family safe. Your garage door is the heaviest and largest moving object in the house, you do not want to take the safety precautions lightly. ASAP Garage Doors offer the best garage door services in San Antonio Texas. We also do free consultations on garage door safety tips and maintenance. The more recent models are of course safer since they come with safety measures.
The automatic garage door openers have a safety measure that causes the door to reverse if it encounters an obstruction, you can check if this works by placing a bunch of paper towels underneath the door and then lower it. When the door hits the towels, it should automatically reverse, if it doesn’t, you need to get it checked. Another feature is the electric eye, which reverses the garage door if anything crosses in front of it, the electric eye is a piece of standard equipment for the garage door.
The garage doors on most new houses use automatic openers, and safety plays an increasingly important role in garage door design and installation. All new garage doors include photoelectric eyes that stop and reverse the door if a child, an animal or object passes in front of them. Wireless technology is used for added suitability.
It is important to test both the reverse mechanism and the electric eye at least once a month. If you need to open the door when the power is out, use the red emergency cord to release the locking mechanism. Also, place the control switch for the garage door opener at least 5ft above the floor so that small children can’t reach it.
Another recent enhancement is the wireless keypad, which opens the garage door when the correct code is inputted. This new system can be very useful especially when you find yourself locked out of the house.
New garage doors integrate a “pinch-proof” design that does not allow a finger to get caught between the panels as the door opens and closes.
