A person’s property should be a place in which they feel safe and secure, free from harm and theft. However, if you speak to anyone who’s suffered a break-in, they’ll tell you they feel anything but. Here’s how installing a modern garage door can help prevent this from happening to you in Toronto. A person’s property should be a place in which they feel safe and secure, free from harm and theft. However, if you speak to anyone who’s suffered a break-in, they’ll tell you they feel anything but. Here’s how installing a modern overhead garage door can help prevent this from happening to you in Toronto.

4 Ways Modern Garage Doors Deter Would-Be Burglars

1. Rolling Code Technologies

•  You may have heard from other people about how automatic garage doors are ineffective at keeping out burglars and are susceptible to break-ins. Whilst that may have been true in the past, it’s certainly not true today, with modern technology evolving and proving to be more sophisticated than ever.
• Modern-day “rolling-code” technology means that each time a remote is used, a new security code is transmitted to the door. With billions of codes to choose from, the likelihood of a thief gaining access with a duplicate remote is slim to none, therefore deterring any potential criminals from even giving it a try and keeping your garage and your home safe.

2. A Change To The Emergency Release Cord

• From a burglar’s point of view, breaking into a garage in the past was a piece of cake. A common method was to exploit the emergency release cord – if the cord was external or accessible via a wire hanger, simply pulling it down would grant anyone easy access to the garage and what was inside it.
• Yet with modern garage doors, the emergency release cord has been tweaked. Rather than needing to be pulled down, it now has to be pulled back, which makes it nearly impossible for a burglar to do so. A simple change, yes, but a feature of newer doors that would make a burglar think twice about risking it.

3. Lock-out Remotes.

• One reason that people are against modern garage doors is because of the potential risk of misplacing your garage remote and having it fall into the wrong hands – a nightmare scenario, as they could potentially have access to both your garage and your home.
• Yet as well as rolling code technologies, many newer garage door types can temporarily lock out remotes. By activating the lock-out on the wall keypad, you can restrict access to your garage to keypad use only – ideal while you’re still searching for a remote that was misplaced.
• By activating the system at the keypad once you have the remote back, you can restore full access to all of the remotes.

4. Strong and Sturdy

• In the eyes of a criminal, a beaten-down garage looks like an easier target than a new, modern garage door
• There’s the logic behind it – an older garage may have vulnerable weak points for a burglar to exploit, which a newer garage won’t have.
• A modern, metal garage door is stronger than an old wooden one, which will get weaker over time and can be exploited with relative ease – old panels are easy to remove, but metal isn’t.
• Therefore by upgrading your garage door, you’re creating the impression of strong security regardless of whether or not it’s even locked – deterring criminals who know that they’ll have little joy when it comes to breaking in.

Say Bye-Bye To Burglars

As you’ve read above, there are several ways in which your garage door can deter would-be burglars. From strong materials to sophisticated security technologies, garage doors have evolved to become nearly impregnable so an upgrade should be considered if you’re worrying about safety.

Smart Doors provides a broad assortment of Overhead garage doors to suit your specific needs. Popular alternatives include glass garage doors, contemporary black garage doors, long-lasting fiberglass garage doors, sleek aluminum garage doors, traditional wooden doors, and wood accent garage doors. We also provide traditional carriage-style garage doors, as well as a wide range of classic designs with stamped, raised, or recessed panels.

Smart Doors has been the smart choice for all of your garage door needs since 2005, including repair, servicing, replacement, and installation. We take pride in serving the Toronto GTA area, including Markham, Maple, Richmond Hill, Aurora, Vaughan, Thornhill, Concord, King City, and North York, and have been doing so for almost two decades.