subject: Garage Door Openers Make Other Entrances Obsolete [print this page] Throughout Houston garage doors are making it easier for people to leave their home locked up and tightly secured. For most people that drive to work or run errands the only entry they use in their home is to go through the garage. With an automatic opener many families find that they can come and go without having to lock or unlock the front door of their house. In residential neighborhoods all across Houston garage door openers are being used to keep a property closed up. At the touch of a button the door moves up and allows a car to leave the garage. Pressing the remote control button again closes the door and keeps it shut.
Operating on a set of springs that support the weight of the door and allow the mechanized chain drive to lift the door out of the way most people nowadays never even unlock the front or back door to their home. Drivers that are commuting to work can secure their home easily as they are leaving in the morning. Coming home 9 or more hours after going out to work homeowners that are concerned about keeping their house locked up can close the automatic garage door and know that intruders will not be able to break into their home when they are away.
Last year a small spring decided that it had seen enough action in my brother's garage. Waking up to the broken spring this man found that his car was trapped in the garage and that he was unable to open the door on his own. Calling for service from a Houston garage door company he was able to get the door up and make his way out of the house for the day. Upon returning the springs were replaced and the door was fixed. After 15 years in the same house he needed a repair that was completed in a couple of hours and he was back in business.
After many faithful years of use there may come a time when it is necessary to call for a technician to make a house call for a Houston garage door repair. If the springs that help to lift the door break the opening mechanism might stick making the door is nearly impossible to lift. However there are service technicians that can manage to repair the door in a short time and allow the homeowner to once more utilize the garage door as their primary entry in to their home. Demonstrating the need to keep the automatic chain oiled and the springs serviced the use of a Houston garage door opener requires a little TLC from time to time. Although problems can occur unexpectedly it is usually many years in between house calls from the door installer.
