Please share this important safety announcement from ITS Tactical on Preventing Garage Door Break-Ins. Read our in-depth article here: wp.me/ptVor-1JP - - Music composed by Joshua Peterson, www.lark-studio...
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@aghauler196412 жыл бұрын
I watched a young man with a Radio and a honda civic after a few days of driving by to figure out my neighbors schedule pull up the drive and open the door and put his car inside and shut the door I called 911 and he was arrested but honestly if i had not ben watching he would have gotten away no problems. Thanks for posting your tip a person can never ever be to prepared.
@bcaffrey9810 жыл бұрын
A neighbor did it differently. He has children so using a zip tie or other item to block the release (in case of fire) was a no-go. Instead, he used a piece of sheet metal and made a barrier near the release mechanism. The sheet metal was cut into a 2.75" wide strip, then bent into a "V" shape pointing towards the door. It extended back past the release arm and was secured to the carrier using epoxy. The V shape diverts the wire hangar or probe away from the release and you can't see it through a window. He also changed the "knob" on the end of the pull rope to a porcelain cabinet knob that was tapered - nothing to really get a hold of with the wire hangar.
@farlesbarkley10226 жыл бұрын
If the children can't pull down on the release handle, how can they manually lift the door open? That second part would seem more physically difficult.
@pablogutierrez10093 жыл бұрын
After watching several videos on this subject, I finally saw one with an alternative on coat hanger. I would prefer the coat hanger myself because it is so hard to compromise this not like the plastic zip ties but yeah you are right in case of emergency, zip ties are easier to break but through practice and with a short ladder I have in my garage or a chair, this becomes easier to do. What I would do with the coat hanger or a thicker wire is just twist it couple of time and I would totally eliminate the pull cord. Well, I am talking about safety and burglary. My 2 cents, thanks again.
@DaninVirginia9 жыл бұрын
This is a simple and elegant solution that easily preserves release function (tape a side cutter to the wall to make Danny Gurvis happy) for the homeowner. Good idea, thanks!
@michaelsteward503911 жыл бұрын
It is also just as easy to remove the handle and shorten the rope, so that they cannot be hooked and pulled to the opening of the door.
@ilenekarpman98328 жыл бұрын
Thank you for doing this video; however, I couldn't see clearly what you were doing. Would it be possible to do it again and have a closer and clearer picture?
@jerparker65387 жыл бұрын
very nice! I should of known the good ol zip tie would do it. After a few videos prior to this, Yours is by far the cheapest and sensible way for the ones who are concerned on this issue. GOOD JOB AND THANKS!
@jamesmktdriver38858 жыл бұрын
Place the foot stool or step stool the other way, step up on it and face the camera while performing the demo. Sound would be better and you look descent, so face the camera, will ya??
@USNERDOC14 жыл бұрын
Another totally awesome self-protection tip from ITStactical! I will be doing this today. Thanks!
@SMSTemecula12 жыл бұрын
Really appreciate your video! A word of CAUTION: it is an EMERGENCY pull cord and release mechanism. In the event of an emergency and an emergency escape is necessary to open garage, such as a fire, you will find yourself entrapped in your own security. Perhaps a plate to block a coat hanger's insertion instead of deactivating a safety feature would be a better option. No sarcasm was intended in this comment. Stay safe!
@DemonikNord12 жыл бұрын
@jaketcham well the other way with the zip tie was actually done with that in mind, it just makes it a little harder to use which is no problem when you have any sort of upperbody strength. And a rare criminal act? do you realise how many people's homes are broken into in the US in a single day? preparing yourself for something that might happen is alot easier then having to deal with major loss in your home, and to think a zip tie could have saved you
@ITStactical14 жыл бұрын
@DanBowenTV Yes indeed Dan, I'm an old school skater at heart.
@55dpc9 жыл бұрын
Good video! I use a built in slide door lock that comes with a decent door, especially going on trips or just hook the current to an on-off switch for daily use. But your idea is very good as well! Thax!
@fatwoodindustries2 жыл бұрын
WTF is thax? Lazy jackass
@JesseLA2IE7 жыл бұрын
I just installed my garage opener this week, thank you.
@GDMafiaQuick12 жыл бұрын
Did you ever try to fish the emergency release rope from the out side with a coat hanger?? Next to impossible when you can't see what you'r doing. Yes if you have windows in the top section yu can see, but then why not break the glass and reach in and pull the rope. Most people don't just stand on the ground to get a coat hanger over the top of a + 7 foot door. So if I see any in front of your garage door on a ladder playing with a coat hanger, I'll stop and ask if I can help.
@NuclearEngineerDOE9 жыл бұрын
I never thought of this being a liability. A bit with the door closed would help emphasize how close/accessible that latch is to the outside of the door.
@ITStactical14 жыл бұрын
@nuclearthreat545 You guys that don't get this do realize I'm demonstrating this with my garage door open so there's plenty of light to film right? And rigging this fix with zip ties is done the same way regardless of whether the door is up or down. Please read the article in the notes. ~ Bryan
@69Grunden14 жыл бұрын
Great idea, I would have never thought of that. Thanks for the tip
@91b198213 жыл бұрын
Awesome, I am employing the ziptie idea tonight. Thanks
@ITStactical14 жыл бұрын
@kamiyamashinobisha Read the full article on our Website. Sometimes our videos don't tell the whole story and are a supplement to the information we put out on the site.
@scottjupp12 жыл бұрын
Installing a cover plate, possibly 18" wide directly to the arm of the track would block any type of pick or coat hangar from getting to the release mechanism from the outside. The zip tie is fine for a coat hangar but not for anything more rigid.
@Sheldonwh12 жыл бұрын
I love this guy on "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia."
@mmvmx8 жыл бұрын
Great idea! Will be using it for sure
@texasbmx24611 жыл бұрын
How is the garage being open affecting this at all? It's showing how to make it more difficult to release the door from the chain/motor. If the door was shut, everything he showed in the video would still work the same. If you don't know anything about garage doors your probably shouldn't comment negatively.
@ignoreboco14 жыл бұрын
Getting my zip tie on there right now. Thanks dude.
@fauxque5057 Жыл бұрын
They hook the rope with the hanger and then yank on the handle. Your zip tie won't work unless you shorten the rope so it can't be pulled out of the gap at the top of the door.
@robertgantry21187 жыл бұрын
Good i-fn-dea. I'm gonna do that tomorrow. Thanks for the video, Sir.
@83VF750F14 жыл бұрын
Man O Man I miss that on one on the release handle. Well I found you vea USNERDOC. Stephen
@bearing0112 жыл бұрын
Excellent video. Thanks.
@Feintgames13 жыл бұрын
Great advice and thanks. Cool shirt.
@mobiltec13 жыл бұрын
Great idea! Thanks for the tip...
@fiendishthingy41726 жыл бұрын
My garage door opens by itself sometimes. Fortunately, one of my neighbors calls me to let me know; he has even had to go in to push the button and rush out when I was away on vacation. Will this prevent that from happening? My equipment is rather old and I haven't used a remote with it for probably 5 years or so.
@Zachery_6 жыл бұрын
Fiendish Thingy no this won’t stop that from happening, maybe try unplugging the garage door if you go on vacation, this will only prevent break ins
@jewllake12 жыл бұрын
never thought of that thanks!
@SigShooter9mm11 жыл бұрын
Great Scott! I need to do this!
@beckiesemler821511 жыл бұрын
Garage door openers, either the key pads or the ones in your car, use codes to open the door. Those codes needs to be changed. Google how to change the codes. Some criminals will cruse through a neighbor hood with stolen openers hitting them to see if they have ones that work with doors. When they find one they will keep using it until the owner wises up and changes the code or the opener.
@AudiophileTubes12 жыл бұрын
Superb video! Thanks.
@pmathews1093 жыл бұрын
I only have a hole in the actual moving part of this mechanism, where the rope went, no upper hole on the plastic on top to tie it off, I don’t see this addressed in any video, the door opener is only a couple of years old. Any suggestions? I am feeling very vulnerable and I have expensive locked together with hardened steel, but they can carry these out if they bring two big guys.
@AirCargoHeavy13 жыл бұрын
Good advice...thanks.
@Tripletapp14 жыл бұрын
Great idea. Thanks
@rchopp14 жыл бұрын
Very good idea thanks for sharing
@cklochaklipira1176910 жыл бұрын
Gotta love its tac
@evilgrid12 жыл бұрын
External clip microphone, PLEASE!
@zappa9167 жыл бұрын
ive always wondered why the emergency release is not on the other part of the arm where it attaches to the door. reminds me of the anectode with the american designed space pen.
@l337pwnage7 жыл бұрын
you could have it there, but the reason it is on the track is you can have two guided interlocking pieces that you can detach and reattach easily.
@janeenfla353211 жыл бұрын
Great info!! Thanks for sharing!!
@charleskbjj13 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting this. Great info. ++++
@shan60214 жыл бұрын
Should been facing camera and shown a close-up shot.
@Tinkercatnh13 жыл бұрын
Wouldn’t the better option be a metal plate bolted to either side of the trolley blocking the burglars hook and still allowing the quick release to work.
@DIRTMANPROJECT12 жыл бұрын
Great idea! But wouldn't a wire hanger caught in the right spot with enough force snap it, much like you did?
@SlamBones1311 жыл бұрын
Good idea, thanks!
@DesertKnifeGuru14 жыл бұрын
Great Idea Thank you !!!
@bethglaub92782 жыл бұрын
Can u show it up real close when finished? To get better idea..plez
@captainmahvelous706811 жыл бұрын
Smart option! Thanks
@kayakdog1212 жыл бұрын
My garage has a backdoor to the outside so I just wired mine shut. Some burglars make more elaborate tools than a coat hanger that could snap or cut a zip tie.
@hakjason14 жыл бұрын
Awesome!
@xdaflipguyx11 жыл бұрын
This is off topic but I like your shirt that says "plank owner"...
@dominicleos774610 жыл бұрын
thank you.
@BillyPentangeles12 жыл бұрын
need a close up of the zip-tying. On my door there are no holes to put the darn thing through.
@nuclearthreat54514 жыл бұрын
If your garage door is already open...why would any of this matter lol
@GarageDoorGuy8911 жыл бұрын
another option is have the opener push the top of the door tight against the header making it impossible to break in
@jamesdewer5 жыл бұрын
What you mention is great, if your a carpenter. This is much easier for the average homeowner. Plus it can be configured.
@waaagh32034 жыл бұрын
"Preventing garage door break-ins." Me: "Finally found a video about garage door security that wasn't for storms.
@HighProStrategic8 жыл бұрын
thanks!
@DaninVirginia9 жыл бұрын
+Danny Gurvis the emergency access feature is indeed present to allow you to open the garage door in event of power failure. I'll hazard a guess that this feature has never been intended for wheelchair bound homeowners or children because 1) the pull cord in its normal state is too high for a child or person in a chair to reach and 2) once disconnected from the trolley the door must be lifted by brute strength, even with spring assist, impossible for a child and most of those confined to a wheelchair. As I said earlier, this indeed IS a good move to make to try to slow down someone who wants to enter your garage--the homeowner knows it's there and can plan for it. You would know this if you ever got out from behind a computer and off your flat weak bureaucrat wanna-be ass.
@RCSMGV11 жыл бұрын
GREAT IDEAS! THX.
@kimmasterson95296 жыл бұрын
What about securing French doors with those vertical blind in them. To me a person just has to remove that center section and squeeze right in?
@distantport11 жыл бұрын
Thank You Very good Idea!
@texasbmx24611 жыл бұрын
Or you could use a commercialized garage door style lock, using a sliding metal tab to block the track from the inside.
@jamesdewer5 жыл бұрын
Great idea, what if there's a raging fire!
@sylviaflores79412 жыл бұрын
I use a lock. Mey lock on the side rail. No ones going in or out....unless i want to
@Knagencyca6 жыл бұрын
Can you still open and shut motor if you do that
@rodney08renae0813 жыл бұрын
@AuntyLoopy LOL. Me too! I have a Belgian Milinois!
@Kraziken012 жыл бұрын
@AuntyLoopy Dog are easily disabled with poison meat. If you think that is far fetched, it happened at my sisters house.
@808Gravy12 жыл бұрын
You realize this wouldn't work on a garage door with windows right? All you have to do is smash the window and cut the zip tie. People with windows on the garage door would have to cut off the metal arm, that is the only way. Leave a little material left on the arm for pliers or channel locks to lock on if you need to use the release.
@WanderingBeast14 жыл бұрын
smart tip
@constructiontech197014 жыл бұрын
NICE!!!!!
@cornflake7114 жыл бұрын
Good idea, I will file that away and if I ever get a garage I will use it.
@jjcs13817 жыл бұрын
What about if the thief fishes the T-cable to the outside of the garage door and then pulls it to break the zip-tie??? Granted that wiring the quick release shut would stop the thief but the drawback would be rendering the quick release useless unless you unwind or cut the wire.
@nickp359010 жыл бұрын
Its funny how something so simple can stop break in your home . I have got this zip tie on my garage door too .I told people i know about it they were in disbelief
@ryanmorgali76329 жыл бұрын
zip ties only makes it take 2 minutes longer to get in... if there is zip tie you pull the clevis pin instead and push the connector rod out with a wire hanger while taking the pressure off the carriage unit by pressing the door up or down as needed since there is always some play with the weather seals
@milenemoses4188 жыл бұрын
+Nick P (Madpwr40) I do not have a place to thread the zip tie thru. what should i do?
@ryanmorgali76328 жыл бұрын
send a pic
@lafayettemelton555312 жыл бұрын
Clever
@cservantez112 жыл бұрын
hey like the vid great info just one little piece of advice next time you should try facing the camera, would be much nicer then starring at your back the whole time. not try to be a typical youtube a hole just giving constructive criticism.
@Robots-and-androids11 жыл бұрын
They broke into my garage by lifting the tilt (not rollup) door (they must have been very strong) which bent the metal "J" part that attached the door to the track. Sigh.
@electrohacker12 жыл бұрын
this will not work with a genie door opener
@dsouzand13 жыл бұрын
just get a slide bolt with a spring and call it a day
@hjc46046 жыл бұрын
Makes the door unsafe. Have to preserve function. There are better ways.
@brazilnut889813 жыл бұрын
The better option is to just move to a decent neighborhood
@Oystergamer-ng9ym10 жыл бұрын
But I don't have a garage.
@Oystergamer-ng9ym10 жыл бұрын
If punks like this go to such lengths to stop people breaking in the garage, then there must be some good loot in there, proper burglars break in through the roof, or the weak side walls 😂 then let themselves out through your nice secure garage door.
@GT-fb8nv9 жыл бұрын
Johnnie Doe "Proper burglars" ? Son, you makes no sense.
@darkfangulas5 жыл бұрын
Why you here then peasant
@NYairsoft58514 жыл бұрын
instead of using a ziptie use duck tape but good tips
@mywolf2can12 жыл бұрын
of course you could do what us old timers do?2 padlocks. 1 each side and no motorised opener
@36cartell11 жыл бұрын
Where I stay they would just pry/jimmy ur door from the bottom with a pipe/crowbar which completely destroys the lower panel of the aluminum garage door but there in to do whatever.
@blackhatch4614 жыл бұрын
@nuclearthreat545 yea im lost too...
@charleskbjj13 жыл бұрын
@brazilnut8898 home invasion is becoming a big problem in wealthy neighborhoods.
@brazilnut889813 жыл бұрын
The better option is to just move to a decent neighborhood.
@jamesdewer5 жыл бұрын
Yeah, better merchandize
@C0mm0nS3ns35 жыл бұрын
if you have side door goign into your garage just remove the damn rope
@YoureRightAbsolutely12 жыл бұрын
Insurance Void
@ToddIngram100013 жыл бұрын
@AuntyLoopy I pick a great Dane
@SICKFRESH61912 жыл бұрын
Bones Brigade!!! where the fuck is Animal Chin???
@jesseniaperea52049 жыл бұрын
just have a train German shepherd
@jaketcham13 жыл бұрын
you are probably more unsafe disabling the garage door release as shown in the video, there is a reason for the track release people. i'd far rather take my chances with an extremely rare criminal act than have both cars trapped in the garage if the power to go out. find a better way to lock your garage door.
@dannygurvis35539 жыл бұрын
Eliminating the EMERGENCY ACCESS FEATURE is wrong. Whereas this shows a weakness in the security design, it is deliberately there for manual opening in case of an emergency. Eliminating or contravening the emergency escape function, is potentially life threatening. Tell me....how does one get out of the door if the power has failed? Deliberately disabling the emergency egress function can leave you liable to a charge of negligence, if a death were to occur as a result of being unable to escape an emergency situation. Negligent Homicide can bring a 25 year - life incarceration sentence. Do So At your own peril!
@soanonso9 жыл бұрын
Did you even watch the video? It was not suggested to eliminate the emergency release, but to use a zip tie to make it harder to open with a coat hanger.
@dannygurvis35539 жыл бұрын
slantedview the whole reason the simple to operate emergency release was designed that way, was to comply with building code, life safety codes and ADA. Eliminating the emergency egress function or even making it more difficult to function is gross negligence. Suggesting to eliminate or "make it harder" to operate is gross negligence. Any self respecting person or respectful of others would understand that life safety outweighs physical security of any application and rightly so. This emergency escape feature is deliberately designed to make it simple and easy for any person, including those that may be physically challenged to easily operate this life saving feature.
@st22889 жыл бұрын
Danny Gurvis if you go to the city or projects, you will see a lot of the houses with iron bar installed all over the house.. Safety is the eye of the beholder,
@DaninVirginia9 жыл бұрын
Danny Gurvis "oh me oh my, how do I defeat the zip tie? sob! Aack! I'm trapped..." Umm. I dunno. How about, snip. the. zip. tie. you. bureaucratic. clod.
@dannygurvis35539 жыл бұрын
How does a child or short person or wheel chair bound person do that Dan Dollison