Pulling emergency garage door lever/rope

[MFolks]

http://blog.sfgate.com/crime/2014/02/14/s-f-burglars-method-drill-hole-lift-garage/

Watch out for theft. Burglars are drilling holes in garage doors to snag the emergency release rope, gaining access to the house.

 

[Steevo]

I used this method, no drilling required, to help a neighbor get back into her house when she locked herself out.
She was a little taken aback when she saw how easy it was to push in the middle of the door, hook a coat hanger over her rope handle and open the door. Maybe as much as ten or fifteen seconds?

 

[EOC_Jason]

We have a detached garage... probably easier for them to just kick open the side door.

 

[Jay Sco]

One more reason for me to hurry and frost my windows.

 

[malibu101]

All you have to do is wrap the pull cord around the connecting rod once(or more)and they can't do that.


The end.

Yep. That's what I did to mine after the following incident......

A friend called me to come look at (what he said) an electrical problem.
He had a garage with 1 electric circuit and no man door, just 1 garage door and a window. He always used a remote to open the door.

He thought he would install a GFI outlet (first device in the circuit) and feed through it to protect the whole garage. Not a bad idea until the GFI tripped for some reason with the door closed.

Gee, how do we get into the garage without breaking the window?
Push on the top of the door and thread a coat hanger through, while getting directions from the guy looking through the window, to catch and pull the release rope.

Took us longer to stand around and scratch our heads on what we could do than to actually do it.

 

[Scott H in Wheaton]

Both my door openers are disconnected. Haven't parked a daily driver in there for years.

 

[JMartel]

All you have to do is wrap the pull cord around the connecting rod once(or more)and they can't do that.


The end.

This is what I did, except I tied it as well. And my door has no windows, which is a plus.

 

[Twiggss]

nothing new.

 

[reddevildemo]

I just took the little handles off the end. No way to grab it from outside now.

 

[usmc_noma]

I just took the little handles off the end. No way to grab it from outside now.

This is an easy solution here. That way you can still reach the line from the inside. If they're really good, which most won't have the time, they can fish for the hole where the line is tied to. Too much work IMO.

 

[Stevie-Ray]

I took my rope completely off and at the extremely few times I need to pull the bypass, I have a hook in the garage to do that.

 

[pepi]

Also ropeless annoying things.

 

[jwh]

Yep. That's what I did to mine after the following incident......

A friend called me to come look at (what he said) an electrical problem.
He had a garage with 1 electric circuit and no man door, just 1 garage door and a window. He always used a remote to open the door.

He thought he would install a GFI outlet (first device in the circuit) and feed through it to protect the whole garage. Not a bad idea until the GFI tripped for some reason with the door closed.

Gee, how do we get into the garage without breaking the window?
Push on the top of the door and thread a coat hanger through, while getting directions from the guy looking through the window, to catch and pull the release rope.

Took us longer to stand around and scratch our heads on what we could do than to actually do it.

Exact same thing happened to my wife before we were married. She got the side window open (opened to the OUTSIDE!), climbed in, and reset the GFI. Neighbor behind her saw all this and called 911. Police we're waiting as she got the door open!

Edit: forgot to say in original post there were woods and a gully behind her house and the street behind her.

 

[Stevie-Ray]

Exact same thing happened to my wife before we were married. She got the side window open (opened to the OUTSIDE!), climbed in, and reset the GFI. Neighbor behind her saw all this and called 911. Police we're waiting as she got the door open!

Now that's the kind of neighbors to have!

 

[joe_padavano]

Now that's the kind of neighbors to have!

What? Nosy neighbors who don't recognize you?

 

[Stevie-Ray]

What? Nosy neighbors who don't recognize you?

Someday you may come to appreciate nosy neighbors. Everyone in a neighborhood watch recognizes that.

 

[ambenz]

I have frosted my windows and took off my handle....
Here's a video on the subject....

...and a few tips!
http://www.itstactical.com/intellic...rage-door-security-tips-to-prevent-break-ins/

http://www.itstactical.com/intellic...ent-protecting-against-garage-door-break-ins/

 

[M17715]

Wow!! That sure is new to me. I never would have thought that. Thanks for the info, guys. I'll have to check mine out, now.

 

[Bronson]

Push on the top of the door.
Pull the rope.
Come in.
Meet My little friend.

 

[skamp]

I like that the Liftmaster I have has an electronic deadbolt when the door is closed. I also added a tilt sensor to my garage door, which is hooked to my alarm, so if the door is opened and the alarm is not turned off the alarm goes off and the central station gets notified.

Steve

 

[shooting4life]

On mine I zipped tied the lever with a janky HF zip tie and left the rope. I can still pull the rope and break the zip tie from inside the garage but a clothes hanger would not be strong enough do break it.

 

[FlyBy]

Zip tie works well and then take the handle off of the rope so that it can't be held onto by a coat hanger and then pulled closer to the door, letting a thief grab on and break the zip ties.

Mine is detached and has no access or escape path behind, plenty of time for them to play in a corner with my loud friend.