Toronto Locksmith Garage Door Openers are offering you some safety tips helping in keeping your garage door opening and closing safely. Toronto Locksmith Garage Door Openers services are on call 24/7 and provided by our expert locksmith technicians trained with this specific purpose in mind.

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Here are some safety tips on using the garage door openers:

Installing a garage door opener is easier than installing an actual garage door, but a not proper installation can happen in a do-it-yourself environment. It is recommended that a trained garage door system technician install your opener, but if you do it yourself, follow the manufacturer’s instructions carefully.

Not in Sight? Not Safe! When closing your garage door with a push button or remote control, you should always wait until the door is completely closed. This ensures no person or animal gets caught under a closing door. A few seconds can save a severe injury.

Have a Reinforcement Bracket? Some do-it-yourselfers forget to install an opener reinforcement bracket on the top section of the door. Failure to do this can damage your door. All Do-it-yourselfers should double check the installation manual for instructions.

Get a More Powerful Opener? If your door feels unusually heavy, it is probably out of balance and needs adjustment. Many problems can be the cause, and if you try to fix it yourself, you could get hurt. Call our trained door systems technician to diagnose any problems and offer solutions. The answer is not a more powerful garage door opener. Openers are designed to open doors that are properly balanced.

The Six-Inch Rule. Photo eyes should not be installed more than six inches above the garage floor. If they are installed higher, you run the risk of a person or pet not getting detected by the photo eyes.

The Five-Foot Rule. The push button for your garage door should be at least five feet above the floor so it is out of the reach of children. Teach your children to not play with the garage door.

Do You Know Where Your Remote Controls Are? For the reasons mentioned above, keep remote controls for your garage where children cannot play with them. Warn your children of the dangers of playing with a garage door. Also, be sure to keep your remote controls locked up. If you park a car outside, be sure to lock your car so no unwanted people can access your remote and garage door.

Rolling Codes. Some thieves use technology to “record” your transmitter’s signal. Then, after you have left, they replay that signal to open your door. If your transmitter (the remote control) has rolling code technology, no one can replay your signal. This makes the thieves’ technology useless. Contact your garage door opener manufacturer or us for more information.

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