If your Chicago garage houses valuable equipment, tools, or (presumably) your cars, it’s worth taking the extra steps to ensure its security. The majority of equipment kept inside garages can fetch for quite expensive prices on the black market, so it’s important to protect them from theft – especially considering how much easier in general it is to break into a garage than inside a home. Here’s how to keep your garage secure.
Some homeowners allow their garage door to stay open unattended. Big mistake. This can lead to burglaries and a host of awful situations. Here’s Garage Door Repair Chicago’s reasons you should never, ever, leave your garage door open.
Fires inside garages are no joke. Most garages contain tons of flammable items, from gasoline and antifreeze, to grease, rags, and wood. Many garages often contain additional heat sources like furnaces or water heaters – that can spark a fire as well. The way to keep your garage fireproof is to ensure that you maintain a collection of proper equipment, and always make smart tactical choices that can prevent fire. Here’s our guide to garage fire safety.
Some aspects of garage door maintenance can be performed at home – but you have to maintain a level of control and professionalism while conducting them – and if for any reason you feel less than competent, we strongly recommend hiring a professional. Of course, it’s a given that while these tests are being conducted, that nobody should open or close the garage door. As a general rule, garage door rollers, tracks, and hinges should be treated with a conservative amount of spray lubricant twice a year.
