Monitor these things for a safer garage.
How easy to break into garage door.
How they can get into your garage.
To the casual passerby an open garage with a work truck pulled up to it doesn t look out of place or scream break in.
Emergency garage door release.
This is an easy way for thieves to break into your car and get easy access to your garage.
This is a case of the forgetful ones.
If necessary hook the.
By disengaging the safety release on your door the door can be rolled up by hand to let a thief inside and then quickly back down as if nothing were out of the ordinary.
Through the garage window.
The device he s created dubbed the opensesame can open a garage door using a brute force attack in less than 10 seconds.
Push the hooked end of the wire through the weather seal between the frame of the house and the top of the garage door.
Straighten a coat hanger but leave a curved hook on one end.
To open up a roll up garage door all a thief needs to do is thread a coat hanger or hooked piece of wire through the top of the door and pull the emergency latch.
Inside your garage door is an emergency release you can pull to open the door if you are stuck inside.
Don t leave your garage door opener remotes anywhere especially in the car.
If the garage doesn t have a keypad another way to get in is by using a hook to reach up over the garage door and grab the emergency release rope.
Since it s on the inside this should be safe right.
Fortunately there s an easy fix to this problem.
Just as quick and simple a household wire hanger.
Garage door are not only a weakness but provide criminals a shelter once inside.
Standard garage doors are way too easy to break into.
Catch the emergency release lever yellow arrow and gently pull until the lever releases.
Some garages have their own windows for ventilation and light.
8 ways to keep thieves out of your garage.
How garage door openers work before we get into the details of the vulnerability let s explain a bit about how automatic garage door openers developed.