Breaking into a garage in 6 seconds!

This is a very easy way to break into your garage! There are simple fixes below!

The video below landed on the evening Florida news after Police discovered it on You Tube! Police where investigating a series of burglaries and a new way that an intruder was getting into homes! In the video you will see just how easy it is to get into a garage and completely bypass your homes security! You need to immediately fix this security problem by removing this feature completely!

Do you need this feature? Have you ever used this? Is there a way to wrap wire around the device preventing it from being used without cutting the wire?

* This device is used when the garage door opener breaks or the power goes out in your home! These are really the only times that you will ever need to use this device. So find a way to better secure it and leave it so you could use it if you still needed to! Just make it a lot harder to get this release to be triggered! Don’t just put some wire mesh around it and leave the rope and handle dangling out!

There are so many different types of garage door openers that it’s hard to come up with just one answer to this! I would remove the cord and trap or remove the device if possible!

Also you should always lock your inner garage door! And make sure that you have upgraded the locks and door frame here too! Read the article on “Lock Bumping” and “Door Jamb Failure“! Also read the article on “Major Security Issues“!

Here is a simple way to secure your garage door!

This is an easy fix that may work for your model of garage door opener! Make sure that you use a zip tie that is strong enough to withstand a tug from a coat hanger or heavier gauge wire!

Here is another video that shows the same way of securing a garage door opener!

Here is a video on changing the garage door remote control codes!

This may vary from garage door opener to opener! You can always do a quick search on the web with the make and model of the opener that you have! This is very important if you haven’t done it since you moved in! If you have a really old garage door, you should consider switching it out for a rolling code type of unit! The newer garage door openers have technology that alternates the code between the remote and the opener. This makes it more difficult to use a code searching device to break in!

If you dont have this button on the back of your opener, than your opener is real old! Check for a series of pins, between 8 and 10 located on the back of your opener! If you open up your remote control you will see that you have the same set of pins there too! If you see that just the first pin is different than the others, you have the factory setting still! You need to switch this up and just make sure that your remote control matches what you switch the code to on your unit! You can pick any series of numbers by either switching right to left or pulling the plastic pin cover and moving it to a new pin! You should get a new garage door opener though!

Chamberlain PD432D 1/2-Horsepower Screw Drive Garage Door Opener - This is a link to a Chamberlain Screw Drive 1/2 hp garage door opener! I like Chamberlain and a screw drive is better than a chain driven unit!

Genie 3860 DirectLift Plus 1/2-Horsepower AC Screw Drive Garage Door Opener - Here is there competitor, Genie! This is also a screw drive 1/2 hp garage door opener!

This video shows an external keypad entry device for opening your garage door!

This is a great alternative to leaving a key under your door mat! Never leave a key outside of your home! Burglars know to check under the mat and to look for fake rocks, frogs, and other ways of hiding a key!

Chamberlain KLIK2U Clicker Keypad - Here is a link where you can get the Chamberlain Clicker garage door keypad entry device!

Here is a video of the SimpliSafe “NO CONTRACT, CELLULAR CONNECTED” security system that you can own and then monitor for $15 a month! You Can start & stop service as needed because you own the system! Don’t get stuck in a 3 year contract with those other guys!