Page 16 - FAQ & A

Garage Doors cause injury and property damage in several ways.
The most common causes of injury included : falling doors, pinch points, improperly adjusted opener force settings and safety sensors, attempts at do-it- yourself repair without the proper knowledge or tools, and uncontrolled release of spring tension.
A Garage Door with a broken spring can fall with tremendous force. A free falling Garage Door can cause serious injury or death.
The sections and rollers on Garage Doors represent a significant pinch hazard Children should never be allowed near a moving Garage Door for this reason.
Garage Door Openers can pull or push a Garage Door with enough force to injure or kill people and pets if they become trapped.
All modern Openers equipped with”force settings” that will cause the door to reverse if it encounters too much resistance while closing and stop it if too much resistance encountered while opening.
All openers after 1992 require “safety eyes,” which are sensors that will prevent a Garage Door from closing if there is an obstruction under the door.
Many serious injuries can occur when people without proper experience and tools attempt to repair a garage door. Certain parts: springs, bottom brackets, cables, bearing plates are under extreme tension.
GARAGE DOORS AND OPENERS SAFETY & MAINTENANCE
Automatic garage doors/ openers are installed in millions of households. Proper installation, operation, maintenance and testing of the garage door and automatic opener are necessary to provide a safe, trouble-free product.
An improperly adjusted garage door/opener can exert deadly force when the door closes. This could lead to serious injury or death from being hit by a closing garage door or from becoming trapped under the door.