Garage Access Checklist

For most American Homeowners, the garage is an integral part of a homes design and function. Often, there are rooms adjacent to or above the garage.

The condition of Access to the garage can affect their safety and enjoyment.

Most homes have several Garage Access Points through which people can enter or leave the garage. These include one or more Garage Doors, and normally, at least one Interior Access Door into the home.

Many homes also have an Exterior Access Door to the garage and most have one or more Garage Windows. The condition and security of each Access Point are integral parts of transforming your garage into a Safe, Secure Garage Environment.

Garage Door Security

The Garage Doors are the largest, heaviest and have more moving parts than any other door in the home. The following questions, responses and solutions will help determine the condition, Safety and Security of your Garage Doors and Garage Door Openers.

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Do your Garage Door(s) have a locking mechanism other than the Garage Door Opener that operates it?

YES ___ NO ___

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Unless your Garage Opener is a later model with a integral locking system, burglars could easily gain access to your garage using a Garage Door Invasion Techniques.

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Buy and Install the latest Rolling Code Technology in the Latest Automatic Garage Door Openers. Buy and Install separate Garage Door Locks.

Learn more about the latest Automatic Garage Door Opener Security and Garage Door Locks.

Garage Services that provide Garage Door Opener Installation or Garage Door Locks Installation.

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When your garage door is and opening or closing does it operate smoothly and quietly all the way up and down?

YES ___ NO ___

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If the Garage Door is noisy or sounds like it is under stress, it could need Garage Door Maintenance or Garage Door Replacement.

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Regularly maintain the Garage Door Opening Mechanism.

Review the DASMA Garage Door Opener Guide.

Consider Garage Door Replacement

Replace your Garage Door Opener with the Latest Garage Door Openers.

Request the free Garage Door Safety Checklist.

Learn more about Garage Doors by visiting Garage-Door-Solutions.com.

Garage Access Doors Security

The condition of the access doors is important because they will determine the ease of access to the garage and provide protection to keep uninvited intruders out.

Access door construction and effective locking devices are critical part of keeping everything in your garage secure.

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Are your access doors solid wood or metal doors?

YES ___ NO ___

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Hollow core access doors offer little security. They can be easily damaged to gain access to your garage or home.

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If you answered NO, hollow core access doors should be replaced with Solid Wood Doors or Metal Doors.

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Are your exterior and interior access doors equipped with Dead Bolt Locks?

YES ___ NO ___

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Most regular door locks are easy to get past. Dead bolt locks make it more difficult for a burglar to gain access to your garage or home.

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Keep your access doors secure. Purchase a good quality Steel Dead Bolt Locks and have it installed in each access door.

Garage Window Security

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Does every opening garage window have a working Window Locks that are always locked? Even when the window is opened a few inches for ventilation.

YES ___ NO ___

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Permanent Window Locks are an inexpensive security measure. They limit window opening to a few inches, allow ventilation and discourage uninvited visitors.

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Buy  Window Locks for each window and ensure that they are always locked.

Learn more about Garage Window Locks.

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Do your have Garage Window Sensors that detect window breakage?

YES ___ NO ___

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Many alarm systems include Window Breakage Sensors that activate or contact Garage Security methods and sound an alarm or notify the Security Monitoring Service.

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Ensure your Garage Security methods have garage window breakage sensors that activate or contact your method of Garage Security.

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Do you have Window Security Glass in all Garage Windows have that are resistant to breakage?

YES ___ NO ___

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Many burglars enter homes by simply breaking glass windows. A good deterrent is to have Window Security Glass installed in all Garage Windows.

Because the better quality windows are more difficult to break, burglars avoid attempting to break them for fear of attracting attention.

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Buy and Install Window Security Glass made from vinyl or plastic layers sandwiched between two layers of glass. This adds additional strength to your Garage Windows.

Buy and Install Tempered Window Security Glass. Tempered Glass is made by placing a piece of regular glass in an oven, bringing it almost to the melting point, and then chilling it rapidly. Tempered Glass can be four to five times stronger than regular glass.

Buy and Install Wired Window Security Glass. Wired Glass adds the benefit of a visible deterrent, plus requires extra effort to break the glass. Once broken, a burglar then must cut through the wire in order to gain entry. This is probably the best overall solution.

Learn more about Wired Window Security Glass