15 years experience ofdoing garage doors here. IF YOU PUT ANYTHING IN THE VERTICAL RAILS TO (LATCH OR LOCK) TO STOP THE DOOR FROM OPENING, THEN YOU WILL WANT TO UNPLUG THE OPENER ! , if you don't , when you go to press the opener button or remote the door might just get ripped out of track. The openers have a lot of power and can easily destroy the thin metal the door is made of.
@@LemonySnicket-EUC Well that is a good thing to consider. My "backup" has always been the release cord. That was even in nicer houses and now I live in a cheap house. Thank you for something to consider.
@@AmandaTexas haha! Same! I guess I live in a cheap house too! No battery backup on mine either….BUT…..the garage door IS insulated and hurricane rated braced…so I guess I get points for that 😂
Remove the pull cord. Where the cord normally passes through at the top there is a hole. Obtain an RV window awning pull rod that is either fixed in length or retractable that you can mount on the garage wall to be used in event of emergency. Camping world sells both versions for about $20.
I ditched my regular remote that is typically left in the vehicle for one that attaches to the key chain. When you do that, be sure to wipe ALL remotes from the memory of the garage door opener, and re-add only the remotes that you are using. Note if you buy a house, you should also wipe the garage door memory as well, and ideally, be sure that any wifi settings for the garage door opener gets wiped as well.
Good tips. Another just came to me, after watching your video: replace the string with a rigid stick or pipe with a hole in the end. Connect the stick to the latch with a loose fitting piece of string or wire. As long as it isn't flexible it won't be possible to get it through the gap in the door.
The best thing you people can do for added security is ditch that overhead garage door opener and get yourself a jack shaft garage door opener. Super quiet and they have electronic auto firing door lock steel pins to lock the door when closed and automatically unlatch when opening the door. Plus works excellent as you get rid of that overhead clutter for low ceiling garages to add storage or fit taller trucks.
You could thread the cord right through the pool noodle, or as my friend did through a length of 3/4" PVC conduit, which does the same thing to stop crooks fishing the cable.
If I'm going to be gone for a long time, I just drilled a hole in the track and installed a padlock. While in town, I put a long bolt through the hole with a washer and nut.
the shield is nice, if the door has windows, this break-in becomes super easy (and quiet) with a cordless drill/bit and a coat hanger; pool noodle is great idea, too - TY.
Good information. What about a pool noodle cut about 2-4 inches longer than the cord and shove the handle inside, nothing exposed tp hook. Take the cord off completely and have a broom handle and a hook to release the latch.
Good suggestioons. They are practical if you're going to be gone for an extended time. Criminals will scout before they'll jump right in to burglarize a home. Leave a locked car in the driveway and leave your outside ligths on in hopes that the criminal will believe someone is home. Security cameras are a plus. But no matter what you do, a very determined criminal will not care about the damage they cause a homeowner; they think they won't get caught.
Nice tips and I'd also add that you don't want big windows in your garage especially ones that are low. You give up security for a bit of fashion, and unless it's breakproof you can't have both.
The windows in my garage door aren't just for fashion. My washer and dryer are in my garage so it's a space where someone has to spend time and not just one where the cars are stored. Applying a frosted break resistant film to the window glass makes my garage door windows more secure and the space more private.
Really enjoy your channel and videos. This was an especially helpful one but I fear that many would be garage thieves just learned an easy way to break into garages that haven't used your tips or havent seen them .
@@reccocon3442- Yeah, those windows are way too low and accessable, also large enough for most peeps to slide thru once kicked in. They need security cross-bars or steel wiremesh inside, and plastic laminate to keep the glass together, at a minimum. Most of the usual top door section mounted windows are thin basic glass and right in front of the pull cord! All bad design choices in a world where thieves run rampant because "catch and release" is the norm, and prison is considered as criminal graduate school. If you want daylight in the garage put in a skylight or high-up wall portholes.
Great video. I cut the plastic ball off the end of the cord, and shortened the cord. I have a camera also in my garage connected to my phone app as well. I never even considered the cord as a way thieves could get access. Thanks
I used the deadlock, actually a fence latch with padlock. Another way is to use a 2' piece of galvanized pipe, a Tee, and a cap. Cap the pipe, put the pipe into the middle hole of the tee, and drill and lag the tee right over the garage door. When it's swung down, it blocks movement of the garage door. With the lag bolt snugged, it will be hard to move and will stay up out of the way when unlocked.
Just an FYI some fire department knows to make small holes or remove a garage door window to access your cord to open the garage. This saves huge replacement costs for a new garage door.
My garage door is opened and closed at least 4 or 5 times a day. Locks, vice grips, and anything else installed in that manner is just not practical on a daily basis. Best thing to do if at all worried about security is just remove the chord hanging down. I've been in my house 22 years and only used that chord dis=engaging feature one time and that was when the garage door spring broke after 18 years of use.
If you use a lock, vice grips ect. and forget about it, you can burn up your garage door opener motor. The zip tie works best, but you need a ladder to get up higher to clip the zip tie before opening the door manually if power goes off or a spring breaks.
@@FixThisHouse Most openers have pressure sensors to detect if the door hits something like your child when it's closing. They will stop or go back up. So will it do the same when going up? I'll have to try that. I did have to replace the plastic gears in a Chamberlain that got shredded due to extreme cold. IMO, the plastic will fail long before the motor gets any damage.
My garage door opener includes electronic solenoid locks that engage on the lower sides of the door. To open in an emergency you need to manually retract them otherwise the door won’t open.
Been doing the vice grip thing for years. With wood blocking right above one of the wheels so it won't move at all. My auto opener is broken so this is secure at all times.
Some of the ideas work only if you do not plan on using a remote opener from your car. I like the pool noodle, or you can use a 1/2" or 3/4" pvc water pipe cut the entire length of the pull rope. Your family can still get out in an emergency or power loss. Removing the rope is dangerous for emergencies.
#7 & #8 are pretty good. However, better, buy an opener where the pull cord disengages the drive, not the door. That way the pull cord is half way down the garage. Secondly, the magnetic sensor needs to be part of the system so when the house is armed disturbing the door alerts the monitoring company.. Lastly, some models of openers now come with back up batteries so in case of a power failure you can still cycle the door a number of times. Peripherally, a gap as you show loses masses of heat. Improving the fit all round saves money.
What I doo is I install a remote on and off power cord on the garage door opener so when I don’t use the garage door I shut the power off from the door opener so no one can open the door with multi frequency remote or other means.
My door lift has outputs to control one or two electric locks. When the door is fully closed the lock slides through the rail like the manual one you showed. When you actuate the garage opener first the lock(s) retract then the door goes up. Then when you close it, the door stops and the lock slides through the rail. So when the door is down you can’t lift it manually due to the locks.
I wish there was an easy solution to adding a 12V deadbolt to engage after door closes. I think the deadbolt through the rail is best but I put my lock on the wall (i.e large lags holding to stud and bolt slides through drilled rail). I agree with cutting rope and using zip tie also and have had it like that for decades now. Chamberlain makes a cheap gizmo (MyQ) which makes automating with cell easy. Great video! Thanks for sharing!
Very thorough and thank you for so many awesome ideas on this. My garage is a standalone structure without a regular doorway. I installed a key based pull string on the outside of the garage door. This solves the problem of if the electric opener becomes inoperable. But I can see that the pull string and the extra pull wire I installed are just dangling there still. Grrr! :D
A lot of his tips are for people going on vacation. Meaning if you use some of his method on a daily basis, make sure you don't forget that you put something on the track or you will buy a new garage opener. 😂
I cut the release cord so it doesn't reach the top of the garage door. My tools are right there, so if I need to open the door with the cord, I can grab a pliers, or move and stand on any number of things to release the latch with the shortened cord. I'm 5' tall, so if I can do it, so can most. When a bad person makes it into your garage, it is relatively easy to get into the house, since a lot of people don't lock the door from the garage to the house, or the door between the garage and the house is flimsy. Be sure to lock that door from garage to house every single time.
I have the alarm contact and the closer controlled by the alarm panel and it's app. Along with an extra panel on the door making it is even more difficult to reach the pull cord. Plus the slide lock if needed.
Further thoughts: If you have a garage door remote in your car, either built-in or not, make sure it can't open the door if you park in your driveway or on the street, especially if you have used a locking mechanism on the garage door tracks.
That rope trick doesn't work on my door. Pulling towards the door just pulls it harder into the locked position. Not sure why more door opener manufacturers don't do it that way.
Thank you for the tips. What I want to know is how can i get in, power off or remote doesn't work or cable off track, and still secure the door from burglars. My entry door is barred with a 2X4.
Get yourself a 2x2 or a piece of 1.5 inch plastic pipe, drill a small hole through the center. Pass the pull cord through the hole, then through the little red handle and tie a stop knot.
Pool noodle is the practical, inexpensivev solution. Most of the other "solutions" will just result in being a major pain in the sss for the garage users.
Best option is to put an outside hasp lock. It's locked and shows the thieves your garage is secure, so what if it looks like crap, it's locked. 😆 If you're that worried about it, get a side mount motor.
Just a deadbolt is fine as if they're already needing a key while inside the garage, they'll likely have tools and time to cut it. I just unplug the opener and deadbolt before leaving town.
7:44 - there are alarm sensors that attach to the ground inside the garage, with a mating piece in the door, that I believe would be more reliable in sensing any opening of the door.
If people dont want to install a lock, which is the best option. They could permanently disable the release mechanism on the track by bolting or tying it. And change one of the arm pins with a lynch pin or a carabiner.
Remember, the last tip only notifies you that your door is open. It doesn't prevent someone from opening the door. If you're on holiday you probably won't be able to come back home to stop them from accessing. But, in conjunction with the MyQ, invest in their camera that links to it (or some other camera) to provide you a live view as well as video of any activities in your garage.
The last tip doesn't even notify you if someone has opened the garage door by pulling the manual release cord. The garage door opener doesn't know that the door has been manually opened so it's not going to inform anyone that the door is open.
I know it is expensive but there are garage door openers that have an automatic lock to make sure your garage door can’t be manually opened except from the inside as well.
while i like the ideas of shortening or augmenting the pull cord (PVC, Wood, etc), or removing the rope completely, the reality is the coat hanger only has to find the the latch itself, and pull that downward to unhinge the door from the track. i like the zip tie one. but that can be an issue in an emergency.
Use a ceramic dog bone insulator up close to the release and then fasten a wire to the lower end of the insulator. Connect the wire to a high voltage neon sign transformer. Let’s say they will have a bright awakening.😅😅😅
I cable tied a bit of garden hose along the edge of the track to door rail, and ran the string down the inside of that, no way you can snag it from the outside . Is that too simple? 😂
I am not crazy with the zip tie on the Release. If someone or pet gets stuck under the door, or door comes off track, you want to emergency release the door easily with the Release Pull.
Heck, I'm just gonna take the pull cord off and if I ever need it I'll put it back on with some sort of quick connect like a removable zip tie. Or just eliminate the cord entirely being that I'm 6'7" and my wife is 6' so we can likely reach the release mechanism without the cord.
With any of these devices that you have to mount on the side of your rail just remember one thing you have to be able to get to it and if your kids are outside and they open the door while that is like that you’re very likely to wind up having a pool, something loose and twist everything just kind of keep that in mind
Attach a plastic pipe to the opener arm, then slide the string through it, then you can tie the plastic handle back on it and still use it. This way kids, elderly or handicap people can still pull it
I just cut the cord down to where it is long enough so I can reach it standing without a ladder, and it's short enough to where it can't be pulled through to the outside! Also, I removed the pull handle off the cord'
Get the garage door sealed all the way around and just remove the pull cord. You can always put it back on if you lose power and need to operate it manually.
Looks like this video was REPOSTED again. I remember leaving a comment that I would prefer option # 2 with padlock. You could NOT go wrong with that option unless you park your vehicle inside the garage daily.
Remove the pull rope handle is all you need to do. Do not block the door from opening as if the garage button is pressed the strain from the automatic door opener will rip your door track down .
Instead of vice grips or padlocks, use a bolt and nut in one of those holes on the track... you probably have one in that can of spare hardware. No need to destroy the pull cord when it can simply be removed.
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15 years experience ofdoing garage doors here. IF YOU PUT ANYTHING IN THE VERTICAL RAILS TO (LATCH OR LOCK) TO STOP THE DOOR FROM OPENING, THEN YOU WILL WANT TO UNPLUG THE OPENER ! , if you don't , when you go to press the opener button or remote the door might just get ripped out of track. The openers have a lot of power and can easily destroy the thin metal the door is made of.
😬 uh oh…I’ve been doing that - the padlock trick. I’ll need to rethink my strategy. Thank you!!
@@lizzieb6311 Just unplug the opener so you don't forget.
@@AmandaTexasmany openers have battery backup as well.
@@LemonySnicket-EUC Well that is a good thing to consider. My "backup" has always been the release cord. That was even in nicer houses and now I live in a cheap house. Thank you for something to consider.
@@AmandaTexas haha! Same! I guess I live in a cheap house too! No battery backup on mine either….BUT…..the garage door IS insulated and hurricane rated braced…so I guess I get points for that 😂
One good thing about this vid was starting a conversation and that has heighten awareness of this issue
Remove the pull cord. Where the cord normally passes through at the top there is a hole. Obtain an RV window awning pull rod that is either fixed in length or retractable that you can mount on the garage wall to be used in event of emergency. Camping world sells both versions for about $20.
Remove the string completely and have a hook on a stick handy if disengagement is ever needed
That is the first thing thought of too!
I ditched my regular remote that is typically left in the vehicle for one that attaches to the key chain. When you do that, be sure to wipe ALL remotes from the memory of the garage door opener, and re-add only the remotes that you are using. Note if you buy a house, you should also wipe the garage door memory as well, and ideally, be sure that any wifi settings for the garage door opener gets wiped as well.
I do what my dad did 60 years ago-I cut a 2x4 to the right length to tightly wedge it between the top metal rail of the door and the ceiling.
That pool noodle tip is genius. Thanks for the tip!
Good tips. Another just came to me, after watching your video: replace the string with a rigid stick or pipe with a hole in the end. Connect the stick to the latch with a loose fitting piece of string or wire. As long as it isn't flexible it won't be possible to get it through the gap in the door.
I just removed the pull rope. Never have needed it in 20+ years (i don't park in garage). I use a padlock on the rail when on vacation.
Yup, I use padlock also, that door isn't opening for anything but a key.
That only works if you have a man door from your house to garage
@@motorcoachtech7615 man door??🤔
A door from your house into your garage or a door from outside your your garage.
Same here. My house has a full home power backup so I'll never need to pull the emergency rope.
The best thing you people can do for added security is ditch that overhead garage door opener and get yourself a jack shaft garage door opener. Super quiet and they have electronic auto firing door lock steel pins to lock the door when closed and automatically unlatch when opening the door. Plus works excellent as you get rid of that overhead clutter for low ceiling garages to add storage or fit taller trucks.
You could thread the cord right through the pool noodle, or as my friend did through a length of 3/4" PVC conduit, which does the same thing to stop crooks fishing the cable.
I was going to add, using a length of water pipe insulation. My wife and I fixed ours is 3 minutes from a scrap I had laying around.
GREAT ideas!!!!!!
If I'm going to be gone for a long time, I just drilled a hole in the track and installed a padlock. While in town, I put a long bolt through the hole with a washer and nut.
A brilliant and practical solution to enhance garage security Easy and effective
Thank you! 🙏🏽
the shield is nice, if the door has windows, this break-in becomes super easy (and quiet) with a cordless drill/bit and a coat hanger; pool noodle is great idea, too - TY.
If somebody is using a drill then they’re gonna get in the house one way or another..
Good information. What about a pool noodle cut about 2-4 inches longer than the cord and shove the handle inside, nothing exposed tp hook. Take the cord off completely and have a broom handle and a hook to release the latch.
Good suggestioons. They are practical if you're going to be gone for an extended time. Criminals will scout before they'll jump right in to burglarize a home. Leave a locked car in the driveway and leave your outside ligths on in hopes that the criminal will believe someone is home. Security cameras are a plus. But no matter what you do, a very determined criminal will not care about the damage they cause a homeowner; they think they won't get caught.
Nice tips and I'd also add that you don't want big windows in your garage especially ones that are low. You give up security for a bit of fashion, and unless it's breakproof you can't have both.
The windows in my garage door aren't just for fashion. My washer and dryer are in my garage so it's a space where someone has to spend time and not just one where the cars are stored. Applying a frosted break resistant film to the window glass makes my garage door windows more secure and the space more private.
Really enjoy your channel and videos. This was an especially helpful one but I fear that many would be garage thieves just learned an easy way to break into garages that haven't used your tips or havent seen them .
The thieves dont need ideas to break in, they are usually way ahead of tips.
I like the noodle option. Thanks!
I’m glad you liked that part! It’s my favorite trick! 👍🏽😊🙏🏽
@@FixThisHouse Are those glass or plexiglass panels on door ? ..A big hint for you and you're welcome😅
@@reccocon3442- Yeah, those windows are way too low and accessable, also large enough for most peeps to slide thru once kicked in. They need security cross-bars or steel wiremesh inside, and plastic laminate to keep the glass together, at a minimum. Most of the usual top door section mounted windows are thin basic glass and right in front of the pull cord! All bad design choices in a world where thieves run rampant because "catch and release" is the norm, and prison is considered as criminal graduate school. If you want daylight in the garage put in a skylight or high-up wall portholes.
@@KevinSmith-ys3mh Even today's fire station doors with ''windows'' are non-accessible deterrents
Great video. I cut the plastic ball off the end of the cord, and shortened the cord. I have a camera also in my garage connected to my phone app as well. I never even considered the cord as a way thieves could get access. Thanks
I like the pool noodle solution.
I used the deadlock, actually a fence latch with padlock. Another way is to use a 2' piece of galvanized pipe, a Tee, and a cap. Cap the pipe, put the pipe into the middle hole of the tee, and drill and lag the tee right over the garage door. When it's swung down, it blocks movement of the garage door. With the lag bolt snugged, it will be hard to move and will stay up out of the way when unlocked.
Just an FYI some fire department knows to make small holes or remove a garage door window to access your cord to open the garage. This saves huge replacement costs for a new garage door.
My garage door is opened and closed at least 4 or 5 times a day. Locks, vice grips, and anything else installed in that manner is just not practical on a daily basis. Best thing to do if at all worried about security is just remove the chord hanging down. I've been in my house 22 years and only used that chord dis=engaging feature one time and that was when the garage door spring broke after 18 years of use.
If you use a lock, vice grips ect. and forget about it, you can burn up your garage door opener motor. The zip tie works best, but you need a ladder to get up higher to clip the zip tie before opening the door manually if power goes off or a spring breaks.
Great point, thanks for adding that!
@@FixThisHouse Most openers have pressure sensors to detect if the door hits something like your child when it's closing. They will stop or go back up. So will it do the same when going up? I'll have to try that.
I did have to replace the plastic gears in a Chamberlain that got shredded due to extreme cold. IMO, the plastic will fail long before the motor gets any damage.
Don't know how cheap your motors are. But here they have usually a overload protection. They just switch off.
Before I had keys made for my garage door, I would put a c~ clamp on the track as you did with a vise grip, same concept and is stronger imho.
C-clamp...I like that idea. No chance of losing a key and no chance of damaging the track like u could w the vise grip
My garage door opener includes electronic solenoid locks that engage on the lower sides of the door. To open in an emergency you need to manually retract them otherwise the door won’t open.
Been doing the vice grip thing for years. With wood blocking right above one of the wheels so it won't move at all. My auto opener is broken so this is secure at all times.
Good tips especially the pull cord release.
Some of the ideas work only if you do not plan on using a remote opener from your car. I like the pool noodle, or you can use a 1/2" or 3/4" pvc water pipe cut the entire length of the pull rope. Your family can still get out in an emergency or power loss. Removing the rope is dangerous for emergencies.
I do this when I go on vacation, I just put a C-Clamp on the track just above one of the rollers.
#7 & #8 are pretty good. However, better, buy an opener where the pull cord disengages the drive, not the door. That way the pull cord is half way down the garage. Secondly, the magnetic sensor needs to be part of the system so when the house is armed disturbing the door alerts the monitoring company.. Lastly, some models of openers now come with back up batteries so in case of a power failure you can still cycle the door a number of times. Peripherally, a gap as you show loses masses of heat. Improving the fit all round saves money.
I have used TWO high security padlocks for the past 20 years. When on vacation they are locked. Plus my garage door is security alarm armed.
I was just thinking that a piece of PVC tube, or similar over the release cord will work the same as the pool noodle. But well done. 👍🏻
What I doo is I install a remote on and off power cord on the garage door opener so when I don’t use the garage door I shut the power off from the door opener so no one can open the door with multi frequency remote or other means.
My door lift has outputs to control one or two electric locks. When the door is fully closed the lock slides through the rail like the manual one you showed. When you actuate the garage opener first the lock(s) retract then the door goes up. Then when you close it, the door stops and the lock slides through the rail. So when the door is down you can’t lift it manually due to the locks.
Yes, myQ is the best. Open/Close the garage from anywhere on the planet (with wifi) and visualise with your in garage camera.
I wish there was an easy solution to adding a 12V deadbolt to engage after door closes. I think the deadbolt through the rail is best but I put my lock on the wall (i.e large lags holding to stud and bolt slides through drilled rail). I agree with cutting rope and using zip tie also and have had it like that for decades now. Chamberlain makes a cheap gizmo (MyQ) which makes automating with cell easy. Great video! Thanks for sharing!
Very thorough and thank you for so many awesome ideas on this. My garage is a standalone structure without a regular doorway. I installed a key based pull string on the outside of the garage door. This solves the problem of if the electric opener becomes inoperable. But I can see that the pull string and the extra pull wire I installed are just dangling there still. Grrr! :D
A lot of his tips are for people going on vacation. Meaning if you use some of his method on a daily basis, make sure you don't forget that you put something on the track or you will buy a new garage opener. 😂
Great video! Garage door security (or lack thereof) is one of the biggest areas people fail to focus on
I cut the release cord so it doesn't reach the top of the garage door. My tools are right there, so if I need to open the door with the cord, I can grab a pliers, or move and stand on any number of things to release the latch with the shortened cord. I'm 5' tall, so if I can do it, so can most. When a bad person makes it into your garage, it is relatively easy to get into the house, since a lot of people don't lock the door from the garage to the house, or the door between the garage and the house is flimsy. Be sure to lock that door from garage to house every single time.
I have the alarm contact and the closer controlled by the alarm panel and it's app. Along with an extra panel on the door making it is even more difficult to reach the pull cord. Plus the slide lock if needed.
Thank you! I use the padlock method…
Great tips. Thanks for the video. MyQ is great!
Vice grip on the track right above a roller is my solution.
Welders clamps work great
Clamp them right above the wheels on the garage door
My garage doors has a handle that i turn from the outside and a bar that slides in the holes,tension is by a spring...it also uses a key to open..
Stop buying ceiling mount and buy side mount. It also comes with a side lock..
Further thoughts: If you have a garage door remote in your car, either built-in or not, make sure it can't open the door if you park in your driveway or on the street, especially if you have used a locking mechanism on the garage door tracks.
That rope trick doesn't work on my door. Pulling towards the door just pulls it harder into the locked position. Not sure why more door opener manufacturers don't do it that way.
I drill a hole just below a roller and put in a bolt with 2 nuts. 1 nut on each side of the bolt for your adjustment.
awesome dude! going to do a couple of these things right now. thanks!
Thank you for the tips. What I want to know is how can i get in, power off or remote doesn't work or cable off track, and still secure the door from burglars. My entry door is barred with a 2X4.
Simplest/FREE, wrap the pullcord around the bar so it doesn't hang ;)
The railing has a knockout for the latch, look where you showed the padlock holes, it's between those 2 holes.
Get yourself a 2x2 or a piece of 1.5 inch plastic pipe, drill a small hole through the center. Pass the pull cord through the hole, then through the little red handle and tie a stop knot.
Pool noodle is the practical, inexpensivev solution. Most of the other "solutions" will just result in being a major pain in the sss for the garage users.
I like the pool noodle.. all of the other manula items are good to secure the door while on holidays. But on a daily basis youll never do it.
The frosted “windows” in your garage door are an easy access point for burglars. They can easily kick it in and crawl through. 😮
Your best tip was at 3:35 and is the one I'll be using. Thanks!
Agreed 😊😅
Best option is to put an outside hasp lock. It's locked and shows the thieves your garage is secure, so what if it looks like crap, it's locked. 😆
If you're that worried about it, get a side mount motor.
Excellent video!
A Pad lock works well on the inside track, hide the key and know why it's at if you need it in a Hurry ! I also have taken off the Rope.
Just a deadbolt is fine as if they're already needing a key while inside the garage, they'll likely have tools and time to cut it. I just unplug the opener and deadbolt before leaving town.
7:44 - there are alarm sensors that attach to the ground inside the garage, with a mating piece in the door, that I believe would be more reliable in sensing any opening of the door.
If people dont want to install a lock, which is the best option. They could permanently disable the release mechanism on the track by bolting or tying it. And change one of the arm pins with a lynch pin or a carabiner.
Very useful information, thank you!
Remember, the last tip only notifies you that your door is open. It doesn't prevent someone from opening the door. If you're on holiday you probably won't be able to come back home to stop them from accessing. But, in conjunction with the MyQ, invest in their camera that links to it (or some other camera) to provide you a live view as well as video of any activities in your garage.
The last tip doesn't even notify you if someone has opened the garage door by pulling the manual release cord. The garage door opener doesn't know that the door has been manually opened so it's not going to inform anyone that the door is open.
Good tips.
I know it is expensive but there are garage door openers that have an automatic lock to make sure your garage door can’t be manually opened except from the inside as well.
while i like the ideas of shortening or augmenting the pull cord (PVC, Wood, etc), or removing the rope completely, the reality is the coat hanger only has to find the the latch itself, and pull that downward to unhinge the door from the track. i like the zip tie one. but that can be an issue in an emergency.
Use a ceramic dog bone insulator up close to the release and then fasten a wire to the lower end of the insulator. Connect the wire to a high voltage neon sign transformer. Let’s say they will have a bright awakening.😅😅😅
I cable tied a bit of garden hose along the edge of the track to door rail, and ran the string down the inside of that, no way you can snag it from the outside .
Is that too simple? 😂
Put a c-clamp right above the roller wheel.
But remember to disengage the latch string thing
@jakefriesenjake ....Yes, but it won't matter because the door won't be able to move becausr of the c clamp.
I am not crazy with the zip tie on the Release. If someone or pet gets stuck under the door, or door comes off track, you want to emergency release the door easily with the Release Pull.
You make a great point - the release cord is definitely still very important!
Been using the zip tie and padlock methods for years as well as the MyQ app Also dont leave your garage door remote in your car !!!!
Heck, I'm just gonna take the pull cord off and if I ever need it I'll put it back on with some sort of quick connect like a removable zip tie. Or just eliminate the cord entirely being that I'm 6'7" and my wife is 6' so we can likely reach the release mechanism without the cord.
Excellent video.
When you leave your home for a week or more.....here are a few more. Padlock from the front (if you have a latch) turn off or unplug your head unit
Liftmaster jackshaft opener with dual deadbolts FTW 😊
The Genie and Chamberlain wall mounted garage door openers are also good options.
2:33, or, take a longer link padlock, put it through the hole on the roller bracket, into a hole in the runner and make it even stronger.
Great tips! This help'd me out alot!
Another Fantastic video dude! Keep rockin.
Nice one dude
tip 7 is the best and short cord
Great tips I never thought of !
With any of these devices that you have to mount on the side of your rail just remember one thing you have to be able to get to it and if your kids are outside and they open the door while that is like that you’re very likely to wind up having a pool, something loose and twist everything just kind of keep that in mind
I just take off the pull rope.
Mechanism can still be easily activated
Attach a plastic pipe to the opener arm, then slide the string through it, then you can tie the plastic handle back on it and still use it.
This way kids, elderly or handicap people can still pull it
3 nights a week I'll be waiting inside the garage with my 12 gauge double barrel POOL NOODLE. Just guess which nights :)
I just cut the cord down to where it is long enough so I can reach it standing without a ladder, and it's short enough to where it can't be pulled through to the outside! Also, I removed the pull handle off the cord'
That's the best option IMO!
@@Android_WarriorYes. So simple and effective. Especially considering how seldom most people use that pull mechanism.
Get the garage door sealed all the way around and just remove the pull cord. You can always put it back on if you lose power and need to operate it manually.
Looks like this video was REPOSTED again. I remember leaving a comment that I would prefer option # 2 with padlock. You could NOT go wrong with that option unless you park your vehicle inside the garage daily.
Remove the pull rope handle is all you need to do. Do not block the door from opening as if the garage button is pressed the strain from the automatic door opener will rip your door track down .
Alarm Sensor - very worthwhile.
Remove the pull cord, and if you need to open it in an emergency, then have a dowel rod with a hook inside where you can use it then.
What do you do if you don't have a garage door
That means you have a garage converted to an in law. 😂
@NOELevo LOL 😆 😂
Install a garage door so you can prevent someone from opening it
Instead of vice grips or padlocks, use a bolt and nut in one of those holes on the track... you probably have one in that can of spare hardware.
No need to destroy the pull cord when it can simply be removed.
all you have to do is drill hole in side rail and place long bolt or shaft into it....did this a couple years ago. the door can not be opened.