Please elaborate!
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Thatâs like the anecdote that two hikers saw a bear running towards them. One turned to run and the other said âdonât be silly; you canât possibly run faster than the bear.â His friend replied âI donât have to be faster than the bear; I only have to be faster than you!â
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I hesitated to explain breaking & entering, but thereâs apparently YouTube videos explaining in greater detail, sooooooâŠ
Basically use a long piece of wire fished under the door to catch the cord that you pull down to open the door in a power failure.
My garage door has windows which makes it a lot easier since you can see what youâre doing! He had a headlamp to illuminate the cord and that plus the wire was all he needed.
Itâs possible to do this without the garage door windows but a lot harder since you canât see what youâre doing.
Some of the same videos showing that method also suggest methods for preventing this (or at least making it more difficult). The obvious example is just to not let that handle dangle down where it can get snagged more easily.
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Thatâs a good idea. Also cover up your windows. Iâm not doing anything to my current house while STBX & I still own it jointly, but if I end up keeping the house or if I buy a different one with garage door windows, Iâll cover them with contact paper or something so itâs not so easy to see.
Thatâs a good idea to just put the cord up. But doesnât it move with the door? I guess you could shorten it.
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My father in law thinks weâre stupid for not getting garage door windows, so this is good to hear!
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Shorten it and cut the handle off would likely do it. In the event you needed it, make a loop to grab or use vice grips.
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Just learned about a wind phone. Interesting.
I saw another video showing someone use one of those plastic ties (like insurrectionists bring to the Capitol) to bind together the part you pull down to the rest of the apparatus. I checked in out on my opener and it wasnât set up in a way to do this, though. This would also be more of a pain in places that see outages regularly, as youâd probably need to get a ladder and cut it off to release the door, but would be much more secure.
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Not knowing the specific arrangements here but if someone wants to break into your garage through a door that has a window wouldnât they just break the window and reach in to open the door?
I think the idea is less things visible are less enticing.
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I solve the garage door problem by leaving it unlocked.
We used to leave it open when the weather was nice, but now itâs our cat-lock.
I would think a garage without windows would be dark, and youâd always need to turn on the light, even in daytime. Even if you want to keep your garage locked, it seems like a nuisance not to have windows.
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We have no windows and have had none for maybe 20 years. We have a motion detector light for the garage door opener, so we donât have to flip a switch. It is dark otherwise, but we donât go into the garage that often. If we are leaving, opening the door lets in light.
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I use the garage all the time. I take the trash there. In theory, i take trash from the litter box to the garage trash can every day. I have shelves there which i need to rummage through from time to time. I also use it as overflow refrigerator space in the winter, when Iâm prepping for a party.
Yeah my opener has a motion sensor light which is super nice.
When I was a kid the garage had two opening windows⊠same windows as inside the house. But the garage door was windowless. I think that would still make it a LOT harder to break in. Certainly not impossible, but lots harder.
You can get frosted glass, so you get much of the light without the visibility. Thatâs what we have. The door was a replacement for one without windows and I like the light so much better.
And it looks better, too, imo.
Yeah, thatâs a much better setup.