Safety Tips for Garage Doors

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Garage Door Safety & Maintenance Tips

Your home should be the safest place for you and your family. We all want to protect our love ones and make them feel comfortable. Most houses have a garage door, one of the largest mechanical moving parts of your home. A poorly maintained garage door and/or electric garage door opener may cause serious and sometimes fatal injuries.

This article is only a reference and if you feel that your garage door system is unsafe please consult a professional garage door repairman like Atlas Overhead Door Company in the Houston, Texas and surrounding areas.

The following are steps you can take to prevent accidents and costly garage door repairs:

1. Do Not let young ones operate or play with remote controls or control panels mounted to the wall.
2. Do place remotes out of the reach of small children. Wall mounted control panels should always be installed at least 5 feet from the floor and in viewing distance to the garage door it controls.
3. Do Not allow any horseplay with the garage door or any other parts of the system. Play "Beat the Door" or hanging and swinging from the frame, tracks, or door can cause serious damages to the garage door system and your love ones.
4. Do set a good example for others and review the owner's manual about your garage door openers emergency release device and teach others how to use it properly.
5. Do read all your manufactures' owner's manuals for any other safety devices and special maintenance instructions. If you cannot find your original owner's manuals find the model number on the device and request a new manual from the manufacture.
6. Do perform routine maintenance steps once a month. Click here for our recommended Monthly Garage Door Maintenance List

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