How often have you forgotten to close your garage door, or even wondered if you remembered to close your garage door? Have you ever gone out in the morning and found that your garage door had been left open all night? Or maybe you have come home from work and discovered that your garage door has been left open all day. It’s easy to get distracted and forget to close your garage door.
For most families, leaving a garage door open is more than just an inconvenience – it compromises the safety of your family, your home, and your personal property. Many families use the garage door as the primary entrance to their home and if the door between your garage and your home is left unlocked, criminals can gain easy access to your home through a garage door inadvertently left open.
Even if you keep the door between your garage and home locked, an open garage door provides criminals an opportunity to steal anything stored in your garage or to break into your home without being seen by the neighbors.
A feature of garage door openers that is becoming increasingly popular allows you to control your garage door opener via the internet or your smartphone. No matter where you are, if you can connect to the internet you can check on the status of your garage door using your smartphone, tablet, or computer and open or close the door remotely. This feature is not only useful if you forget to close the garage door, but allows you to remotely allow access to your home for trusted service providers such as your plumber, exterminator, and other service providers. Some garage door openers will even notify you when your garage door opens or if you forgot to close your garage door.
Posted on behalf of Legacy Garage Doors
