New Trends In Garage Door Openers

March 25th, 2014 Posted in Garage Door Openers
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Garage door openers have evolved beyond just convenience; the newest trends offer high-tech options with improved security for your home. In the last few decades, vast improvements have been made to the technology used in garage door openers, offering devices that do much more than just move the door up and down on command. The newest models offer features that can do everything from helping you park your car to controlling them from your smart phone. 

What’s New In Garage Door Openers

Some of the hottest trends in high-tech garage door openers are centered around security and safety. Many operating systems now give you the ability to connect with your garage door opener through Wi-Fi technology, giving you management access to your garage door opener through your smartphone. Consider some of these trending new features in garage door openers: 

  • Smart phone applications – Many new models have smart phone applications available. This can allow you to open and control your garage door from where ever you are. Some offer the ability to give access to other smartphone users, or send you notifications about who is opening your garage door and when. Although these applications have been around for a few years, they are becoming more sophisticated as technology continues to improve.
     
  • Parking assistance – One of the new trends in garage doors is personal parking assistance. This feature allows you to set a laser to guide you on where to park within your garage. The laser will project onto your dashboard, letting you know exactly when to stop your vehicle. 

These new features can improve the security of your home while adding luxury and convenience. There is always something new right around the corner in technology, so talk to your local garage door service company about the newest features that are available in openers.

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Control Your Garage Door With Your Smartphone

December 17th, 2013 Posted in Garage Door Openers
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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.

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Purchasing A New Garage Door Opener

May 2nd, 2012 Posted in Garage Door Openers
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If you’re considering the purchase of a new automatic garage door opener please consider the following information before making your purchase.

There are basically two sources for the purchase of your garage door opener, you can contact the Big Box stores such as Home Depot, Lowe’s, Sam’s Club, Costco or Sears or your local Professional Garage Door Dealer.

Let’s start with the Big Box stores and the pros and cons of purchasing from them. Generally speaking these stores only offer a limited selection of garage door openers, offer a limited or no selection of parts and sometimes very much needed accessories and if they offer installation it will be performed by a sub-contractor with you the consumer being the “guinea pig”. Since the garage door openers they sell are made to go home inside your car or SUV the units are in multiple knock down pieces which make the units weak.

When you purchase your new garage door opener from a Professional Garage Door Dealer you’ll have access to a more complete selection of brand names and models as well as all the needed accessories. The garage door openers that most Professional Garage Door Installers sell are professional grade units that are 1 piece rail construction and much better built than their retail counterparts. Unlike the Big Box Stores that sell thousands of items Professional Garage Door Installation companies specialize in the installation of automatic garage door openers, garage doors and repairs.

Cost wise the big box stores will usually be a little cheaper but you have to consider the difference in the quality of the garage door opener, whether or not you want to install it yourself or deal with the “subcontractor lottery” and if your garage door needs attention do they have the ability to service and repair it. Your Professional Garage Door Company will generally make sure your garage door is working properly before installing your new garage door opener. We might cost a few bucks more but in the long run will provide a better a better product and a better installation.

One final and perhaps most important benefit of hiring a Professional Garage Door Opener Installation Company is that any Warranty issues are covered with 1 phone call to your installing garage door dealer. So call us today and allow us to install your new Liftmaster, Genie or Linear automatic garage door opener.

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