Two tips to follow if you've just switched from a manual garage door to a motorised one

Here are two tips to follow if you've just switched from a manually-operated garage door to a motorised one.

Get multiple garage remotes (and spare batteries)

When your motorised garage door is fitted, it will usually come with one garage remote. However, it's best to order a couple of extra garage remotes and keep them in separate places. You could, for example, put one in your vehicle, another one on the entry table by your front door (so you can quickly access it when you're about to leave your home and need to lock the garage) and a third one inside the garage (so that if anyone ever gets accidentally locked inside the garage by someone else, they can open the door and leave very easily, without having to go to the effort of manually opening it).

Having a few of these remotes will, first and foremost, reduce the likelihood of you having to manage without one for several days because you've lost the only one you have and have to wait for the new remote to be delivered. It will also mean that if for example, you like to keep one in your car at all times so you can easily drive in and out of the garage without having to step out of your vehicle, you can do this, whilst still enabling your family members to automatically open this door when you've taken your car, and your own remote, with you on a road journey (as they can use the additional remotes). On a related note, it's also important to keep a spare battery for each of these remotes, in the same area that you store it, as this will ensure that you never find yourself unable to utilise the garage door motor due to your remote batteries being dead.

Be careful about where you store the garage remotes

If you purchase a few of these remotes, you should carefully choose the storage spaces in which you keep them. For example, if as advised above, you decide to stow one on your entryway table, and this table has a lockable drawer, you should put it in this drawer and keep it locked. Likewise, you should stash the remote you want to keep your car in your locked glove box.

This will ensure that if, for instance, a stranger (such as a delivery person) happens to be in your home's entryway for any length of time, or a thief happens to be walking by your car when its doors are unlocked and it's parked outside your home, they won't be able to just swipe the remote and return to your property later to access and take valuables from your garage. As such, by getting into the habit of keeping these remotes in locked storage areas, you'll be able to safely store high-value items in your garage.