Securing a Garage Door

[@chadrowland5234]

My cousin Connor is a fire fighter and he has had to use the garage door to force entry due to a residential fire alarm. The owners were out of town and the alarm went off while they were gone. Thankfully, it was a false alarm. It turned out to be a dirty smoke detector that caused all that madness. But he used vice grips to keep the door from coming down. That way, he still got the job done and was able to re-secure the garage door and re-secure the home. The point is, the method my cousin uses to jam the garage door is based on the type of alarm response.

[@thebaldeagle655]

OMG tell me I didn't just see that! If you crimp the curved edge whether with vice grips, striking or Halligan then twist it the roller will be able to roll out of the flat edge and fall to the ground killing firefighters! This technique may work by crimping or smashing the flat edge of the track. We use our extrucatiin tools, use the spreader to punch it completely together just below the door then be sure to pull the door down to the crush. This makes it so that when the spring burns/melts in two, the door has no room to gain momentum while falling. Typical doors can weight 300 pounds, heavy duty insulated up-to 600 pounds. Leaving a gap above the crimp allow the door to gain momentum that could open a simple crimp.