Garage Doors: Simple Solution to Reduce Wear & Tear

With home values in decline, insurance premiums on the rise, and the cost of home repair going up, the last thing today’s homeowner needs is an unplanned expense. Of course things happen and they have to be fixed, but there are simple steps a homeowner can take to delay the bad news.

Get a keyless lock to reduce garage door use.

One of these is to put keyless entry on their home front entry door. What this will do is reduce the number of times you open and close the garage door on a typical day by 50%. Instead of opening the garage door to get the mail, walk the dog, head to the gym, store, park, you name it, with a front door keyless lock, you can come and go as you please without ever pushing the garage door button.

The lock in the image is the Schlage FE365:

This will extend the life of your garage door by reducing the wear and tear on its springs, cables, and motor. It would be useless to try and do this if you have to remember your key each time. You will inevitably lock yourself out, and that is never a good thing. For about the price of your monthly cable bill you can have world-class keyless entry and potentially save yourself hundreds of dollars by not having to fix or replace your garage door this year.

SCHLAGE FE365 Plymouth Front Door Keypad Lock with Accent Lever