How do you unlock your house when you return home? Many families rarely put a key in their front door lock. Instead they push a button on their garage door opener, drive in, then walk through the garage-house door. Reversing the process to go out into the world. The garage door is often the main entrance to a home.
If you use this slick way to get vehicles, family members, groceries, and other car contents past the locked perimeter, then I’d suggest that you do the following:
- Learn how to manually release your garage door. Garage door openers manufactured and installed in the U.S.since 1982 must have quick-release mechanisms on the trolley that allows the garage door to be disconnected from the garage door opener in the event of entrapment. This site might help you: http://www.ehow.com/how_5576113_unlock-automatic-garage-door.html
- Have an alternative way to get into the house, could be as simple as making sure that you have keys to the front door. Otherwise, you could be stuck out in the cold (or heat) if the power goes out or you lose your remote control or it malfunctions or . . . . . .
By the way, June is Garage Door Safety Month. Read this blog for 10 garage door safety an security tips: http://garagedoors.wordpress.com/2012/06/21/june-is-garage-door-safety-month-3/
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