Unfortunately thieves have figured out that by stringing a coat hanger wire underneath the door they can find and trip that latch easily popping the door open.
How easy to break into garage door.
Inside your garage door is an emergency release you can pull to open the door if you are stuck inside.
This is an easy way for thieves to break into your car and get easy access to your garage.
Straighten a coat hanger but leave a curved hook on one end.
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 pull the emergency latch.
Monitor these things for a safer garage.
If necessary hook the.
This is a case of the forgetful ones.
Some garages have their own windows for ventilation and light.
Just as quick and simple a household wire hanger.
By disengaging the safety release on your door the door can be rolled up by hand to let a thief inside and then quickly back down as if nothing were out of the ordinary.
How garage door openers work before we get into the details of the vulnerability let s explain a bit about how automatic garage door openers developed.
Since it s on the inside this should be safe right.
Fortunately there s an easy fix to this problem.
8 ways to keep thieves out of your garage.
It only takes 6 seconds to do it.
Garage door are not only a weakness but provide criminals a shelter once inside.
If the garage doesn t have a keypad another way to get in is by using a hook to reach up over the garage door and grab the emergency release rope.
How they can get into your garage.
The device he s created dubbed the opensesame can open a garage door using a brute force attack in less than 10 seconds.
Through the garage window.
To the casual passerby an open garage with a work truck pulled up to it doesn t look out of place or scream break in.
Emergency garage door release.
Push the hooked end of the wire through the weather seal between the frame of the house and the top of the garage door.
Standard garage doors are way too easy to break into.