Garage Dead Bolt

opie

opie

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Garage Door Deadbolt

I was approached by this company to become a dealer and took a look at their site. I thought it was an interesting product and thought it might be interesting to the CT community.

Disclaimer: I'm not trying to sell anything, just want opinions on the usefulness of this product.
 
When away on vacation (sheesh, that's been all too rare these past few years!) I slide the garage door's existing deadbolts into place. This gadget adds the convenience (and safety) of using deadbolts on a daily basis.

Forced-entry through a garage door ... I don't know if this is a common break-in technique (I guess it depends where you live). However, I suspect there are folks that would sleep better with this level of security.
 
A few years back there was break in to a house where the burglar opened an unprotected garage door, went in and closed it, and then broke through the sheetrock to get into the house bypassing the doors and windows that were alarmed. I am assuming there were no motions.

Sounds like a lot of work to get in to me but I guess if there was enough jewelry etc it was worth it.

The weakest point in your protection can cost you big time.
 
Wow. That's exactly what I had planned on making from my old PowerBolt! Thanks for posting. Now to see the price...
 
seems a little steep... i haven't had the time to read any of the technical details other than it works with my garage door opener... i wonder if i can trigger it off of a relay... you know, press a button on my elk security keychain, the elk turns on a relay which unlocks the deadbolt, and the elk also turns on the power for the garage door opener, then i could use my garage door opener to open the door... i don't like having a single device control access to my garage, because then when you lose a single device, whoever finds it (or stole it) has that access. i currently require both my elk keychain and my garage door opener, although current measures still can't prevent the thief from using the coat hanger to manually disengage the garage door from the opener, which i suspect is what this deadbolt is trying to mitigate.
 
DeLicious said:
seems a little steep... i haven't had the time to read any of the technical details other than it works with my garage door opener... i wonder if i can trigger it off of a relay... you know, press a button on my elk security keychain, the elk turns on a relay which unlocks the deadbolt, and the elk also turns on the power for the garage door opener, then i could use my garage door opener to open the door... i don't like having a single device control access to my garage, because then when you lose a single device, whoever finds it (or stole it) has that access. i currently require both my elk keychain and my garage door opener, although current measures still can't prevent the thief from using the coat hanger to manually disengage the garage door from the opener, which i suspect is what this deadbolt is trying to mitigate.
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Good points.

I haven't looked far enough to determine if it could be interfaced with an ELK but I see your point.

I never realized how easy it is to do what they show. I wonder, if there wasn't a market for this before, are they are creating one? :rolleyes:

Probably been a common known technique among thief circles anyway. I am surprised John from "It Takes A Thief" never entered that way.
 
RandyKnight said:
Why not just include garage door contacts in your security system?
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I do at my house and I always wire for it during pre-wire as well. Making the garage a security zone arguably creates a lot of logistical problems and frequently leads to false alarms. The most common scenario I can think of is someone arrives home, opens the door and then takes too long to disarm the system. Keyfobs are one answer to this but (as was mentioned above) it's bad if someone gets your fob.

This topic has been discussed quite a bit here, do a search on garages.
 
I like the idea of a deadbolt for the garage. I never knew how easy it was to open a garage with a coat hanger. I may end up making a homebrew solution as $449 is out of my price range.


RandyKnight said:
Why not just include garage door contacts in your security system?
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I have a contact on my garage door, but I have always only used it for automation purposes. I have never used it for alarm, as I have never been able to figure out a good way to differentiate my family from a burglar.

Is there anyone reading this thread using their garage contact for alarm that works well for the whole family?

Rod


Edit >> Looks like Opie Answered while I was writing this reply.
 
Looks like a good idea and a well made product...but I do not think it is going mainstream by asking $500+.
The break in they are showing is a bit deceptive.... If you will notice they have installed an upper glass section in the demo door so that he can see the other end of the coat hanger. If you could not see what you where doing, it would be a lot tougher to release the safety on the operator, ( especially if you did not know the style of the latch) not to mention it takes a fair amount of pressure to release most safety latches. JMHO
 
I have used standard security bolts to do this by blocking a roller on each side. Drill a few holes make a few brackets, as long as there isn't much side play in the rollers it has worked fine. Plus the wires are on the frame side not the door. Use some thing like the elk to time the unlock and door opening and you're set.
 
rrockoff said:
BTW, I did a quick web search. This looks like it is a competing product for $60 on sale.

Rod
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Nice find.

It says:

Compatible with all Marantec LOCMATIC-enabled garage door openers.
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Not sure what that means. I wonder how hard it would be to hack that and have an automation system control it. Much less of a gamble for $60.
 
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