Residential Garage Door Security
Have you taken a good look at your garage doors lately? For many folks, the garage can be a vulnerable spot when it comes to burglarly potential. Residential garage door security is as important to consider as every other aspect of your home's security.
You want to fortify your garage door and entry doors in order to reduce your risk of being burglarized. Most thieves will move on to another house if they spend a couple minutes checking yours out and find it well secured. Here's a list of things to do to turn them away from your garage:
- Place deadbolts on all exterior doors.
- Install a deadbolt as well as a lock on doors leading from attached garages and into the house.
- If you have an old garage door opener system, upgrade to a modern unit that uses rolling code technology.
- When you go out of town, stick a padlock through your garage door track above one of the rollers.
- Make sure windows have locks and, if they slide, bars.
- Don't leave ladders or other tools around the house, which thieves could use to gain entry.
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