Someone Drove Into My Garage Door

It s important that you understand that this may happen to you as well.

Someone drove into my garage door.

If you have an electric garage door opener it can most likely lift your door completely. Garage door professionals say homeowners driving or backing into their garage doors happens all the time. The first electric garage door opener was introduced in 1926 but. In fact many people crash into their garage doors in the winter after sliding on ice.

But whether your homeowners insurance or car insurance pays for it depends on a variety of factors. The device he s created dubbed the opensesame can open a garage door using a brute force attack in less than 10 seconds. So i m a college student nebraska and made one of the most careless mistakes of my life today. How garage door openers work.

Your insurance may cover the damage. This is the sport that can get hit most by cars and other obstacles. Before we get into the details of the vulnerability let s explain a bit about how automatic garage door openers developed. We get calls about once a week from someone who backed into their garage says jon jacobs owner of sound door services in renton washington.

I lightly tapped the garage. On average standard garage door openers are strong enough to pull over 350 lb or 160. If someone else hits your garage door their auto insurance should cover the damage. Someone can hack your garage door in 10 seconds.

If you accidentally hit your garage door with your car don t panic. The most common type of garage door accident is when damage is done to the bottom half of the door.