June is Garage Door Safety Month
June is garage door safety month - time for garage door companies to educate home owners, and renters on the dangers of garage doors.
First for the good news- most garage doors openers are now safe.Thanks to involvement from the government all garage door opener installed today must have an auto reversing feature and safety sensors that cause the door to reverse if the door meets an obstruction.
However, this isn’t true of all garage doors currently being manufactured. (continued below)
We’ll inspect:
- Manual Release Handle
- Door Panel inspection
- Warning Labels
- Spring s and Hardware
- Door Operation
- Extension Spring Containment
- Wall-Station Push Button
- Photo Electric Eyes
- Non contact Reversal test
- Contact Reversal Test
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“Why most garage doors are just as Dangerous as they were 10 years ago- and what you can do to make sure you don’t buy one”
Finger Crushing hazards – is your family at risk?
Many New garage doors still use dangerous tongue and groove, and ship lap section joints. The problem is most of these doors offer no protection against finger crushing hazards.
There are garage doors offered by manufacturers that offer pinch proof sections at an extra charge putting this much needed safety feature out of reach for most home owners.
However, there is one manufacturer who offers this feature on 99% of their residential garage doors at no additional charge plus several others much needed safety features.
Anti- Drop safety- 3 Child deaths this year…
3 child deaths, It’s a number that doesn’t sound very alarming… even counting the small number of head trauma and brain damage injuries caused by falling garage doors.
But, what if one of those children were yours? Then would you think about garage door safety differently? The good news is that it is preventable.
Sad statistics about small children and garage door safety…
Toddler killed after emergency release from garage door opener is pulled. May 23, 2007.
“One of the workers pulled the garage door’s release cord to disconnect the door from the automatic opener. The 254-pound door came down and struck Kolton on the head and neck.”
33 yr old Mother of 4 killed in Garage door accident - May 30, 2009
A neighbor found Yneekah Garcia, 33, about 6:30 a.m. with her neck under a garage door and her body in the alley behind her home in the 8800 block of South Indiana Avenue, family and authorities said.
Dijon Saunders dies when door garage door springs fail- May 10, 2009
A 6-year-old boy was killed on the Far South Side Saturday night when an overhead garage door fell on his back, police said.
California child dies in garage door accident- March 10, 2009
A 3-year-old boy was killed in his Palmdale home after a garage door fell and struck him in the head, KTLA News reports. The fatal Los Angeles County accident occurred in the 38500 block of 22nd Street East near Palmdale Boulevard around 6 p.m. March 10, 2009.
According to reports received by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), about 60 children between the ages of 2 and 14 have been trapped and killed under automatic garage doors since March 1982. The federal agency has also received reports of many other children who have suffered brain damage or other serious injuries when a garage door fell on them.
The CPSC recommends that for the safe operation of a garage door it must be "balanced." What this means is that the door will stay in place when stopped in any partially opened position. An "unbalanced" garage door could unexpectedly crash to the floor possibly striking someone under the open door.
Most traditional designed garage doors offer no protection against free falling garage doors due to failed cables or spring systems.
99 % of new garage door on the market still use dangerous torsion spring counter balance systems. All but two manufacturers offer counter balance systems with a safe anti- drop feature.
Slipped Cables and Thrown Cables- Door getting stuck on the way down
A slipped cable is a common problem, usually caused by pushing the garage door open too hard. This causes that garage door to go up too far allowing one cable to fall of the cable drum. When you try to close the garage door you end up with a door that stars to close unevenly due to the uneven spring tension caused by the slipped or thrown cable.
A Home Owners Desperate mistake – Do it Yourself nightmare
Tamper proof bottom brackets help to deter home owners from servicing their jammed garage doors. If your garage door get stuck and becomes jammed on one side, please don’t attempt to repair it yourself. The injury that you will sustain will cost you a lot more than a service call.
I don’t know how many close friends and customers I personally know of who have sustained serious injuries due to removing the bottom bracket which hold the tensioned cable from the garage door counter balance system.
“It seemed like the most logical thing to do” is what most people say when their garage door becomes jammed in the tracks and won’t come down.
So they try to take off the bottom brackets and unleash a terrible force of flailing garage door parts- improperly removed bottom brackets usually find their way to the face of the unsuspecting do it yourselfers. The lucky ones usually end up with stitches on the face and around the eyes.
“Tamper proof bottom brackets- take these off and you will end up in the hospital. “
The 35.00 dollar add on which prevents thrown cables
That’s right; there is a 35 dollar part you can have installed that will prevent slipped and thrown cables. When you call for your safety tune up ask one of our techs for the details.
One simple Solution to prevent the most common and dangerous garage door injuries
Having a garage door that presents any of the above dangers can cause harm to loved ones, tenants, neighbors, serious injuries, costly hospital bills, lawsuits, and even deaths.
There currently two garage doors on the market one of which is sold in San Antonio and can help eliminate the most dangerous hazards caused by garage door.
Awarded the Chairman’s Commendation by the United States Product Safety Commission …
The only garage door sold in San Antonio that received an award for garage door safety.
The only garage door that offers an anti- drop feature at no extra charge.
You can get several panel designs and color choices this month at no additional charge.
If you’re interested in purchasing a garage door which protects against 99% of the most serious dangers that garage doors present call us. We have incredibly affordable alternatives you can purchase today for the same price as a traditional garage door.
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