How Thieves Break Into Homes by the Garage Door
For several years, home burglars have known how easy it is to get into a home by a roll up garage door, but the burglars who used this method are a small sub-set of thieves - until recently, as they way these thieves have operated has made its way to main stream internet reporting. As a homeowner, you need to know that a burglar can open a closed roll up garage door in seconds, while just using a small block of wood and a coat hanger.
To open up a roll up garage door, all a thief needs to do is thread a coat hanger or hooked piece of wire through the top of the door and open the emergency latch (which can also be done by the rope many emergency latches have).
This garage door safety release mechanism can be tripped from outside your garage door with nothing more than a coat hanger. By disengaging the safety release on your door, a thief can simply lift the door and gain access to your home.
While hopefully most people lock the door from your garage to their house, most aren’t built solid or have a deadbolt. Even still, once a burglar has access to your garage they have plenty of time to lower your garage door and bypass the lock without being seen. This can be done with picks, or using the tools that most of us have in the garage against us.
As you can see in the video below, it’s very easy to defeat an automatic garage door opener and break into a garage, especially when you have garage door windows that enable the thief to see exactly what they’re doing. Even without windows the task is fairly easy and can be done just on feel and the fact that thieves know the mid-point of your garage is where the release cord is located. Check out the video to watch it in action. Unfortunately, this method could also be used by someone else trying to break into your house.
For several years, home burglars have known how easy it is to get into a home by a roll up garage door, but the burglars who used this method are a small sub-set of thieves - until recently, as they way these thieves have operated has made its way to main stream internet reporting. As a homeowner, you need to know that a burglar can open a closed roll up garage door in seconds, while just using a small block of wood and a coat hanger.
To open up a roll up garage door, all a thief needs to do is thread a coat hanger or hooked piece of wire through the top of the door and open the emergency latch (which can also be done by the rope many emergency latches have).
This garage door safety release mechanism can be tripped from outside your garage door with nothing more than a coat hanger. By disengaging the safety release on your door, a thief can simply lift the door and gain access to your home.
While hopefully most people lock the door from your garage to their house, most aren’t built solid or have a deadbolt. Even still, once a burglar has access to your garage they have plenty of time to lower your garage door and bypass the lock without being seen. This can be done with picks, or using the tools that most of us have in the garage against us.
As you can see in the video below, it’s very easy to defeat an automatic garage door opener and break into a garage, especially when you have garage door windows that enable the thief to see exactly what they’re doing. Even without windows the task is fairly easy and can be done just on feel and the fact that thieves know the mid-point of your garage is where the release cord is located. Check out the video to watch it in action. Unfortunately, this method could also be used by someone else trying to break into your house.
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