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The Convenience & Safety of Smart Homes & Garage Doors

12/9/2019

Lights are a sign of life — an indication someone’s home, living life in their cozy sanctuary of an abode. Having lights on in the house can deter would-be intruders, whether anyone’s actually in those lit rooms or not. The beautiful thing about smart technology for overhead garage doors and your home is you can turn on your lights, even when you’re not home. 

Going away for the weekend? Set the lights to turn on and off at the times you’d normally be home, going to sleep, etc. Know your teen is going to be home late but don’t want to wait up? Turn the garage lights on from the comfort of your bed. And send that “friendly” reminder text for them to be home by curfew while you’re at it.

Confuse thieves and keep your family and home safer. Here are 3 reasons we love smart technology for the home and garage:

1. A More Inviting Homecoming

Picture a lit and inviting house, waiting for you when you come home. With smart technology, you can turn the lights on remotely so your house is warm and inviting when you arrive. You can also turn on lights inside your garage, especially if the lights are connected to your garage door opener. Never come home to a dark house again!

2. Protection Against Burglars

Working late at the office one night? Plan to be away on vacation for a while? With smart technology, you can turn on all the lights during early evening hours while you are away — so it looks like you are at home!

It’s also nice for the people watching your house to walk into lit rooms when they come in. Plus, you can remotely open and close your garage door to provide access to pet sitters when they need to get inside. How cool is that?

3. Lights, Camera, Action!

With smart technology, your whole house can light up as soon as somebody accesses it. This is not only convenient to you not coming home to a dark house, but if a burglar broke in they are in the living room spotlight. A lit house scares away thieves. They’ll run away to safer pastures!

4 Smart Home Gadgets We Love for Affordable Security

You don’t have to invest in an entire subscription and professional installation situation in order to shore up your home security (and convenience!) with some smart home tech. Easy-to-use mainstream, modular home security products are readily available now, and you don’t need to be a tech wizard to figure them out:

Doorbell Cameras ($50+)

Products like Google Nest, Ring and Blink all offer modular little doorbell units with cameras so you can see and communicate with whoever is at your front door. This also means everything that happens in front of your house is recorded, which can be useful for other things, too, like if someone hits your mailbox and you need evidence for insurance.

Wi-fi Cameras ($30+)

Wyze is a well-known brand for doorbell cams as well, but they’re most well-known for their tiny wi-fi-enabled security cameras you can use indoors or out. One camera is just $30. They’re all easily integrated on an app, and can be accessed and controlled at the tap of a finger. There’s also an easy-to-use playback feature.

Motion-Activated Outdoor Lights ($20+)

Like having remote-controlled lights in your house and garage, there’s something startling about a motion-activated front light. For guests, it illuminates the drive/sidewalk up to your front door. And for uninvited guests, it immediately drowns them in a bunch of light, which then makes them visible from your doorbell or wi-fi cam. You can get a regular motion-activated light or a smart one you can also control remotely.

Smart Garage Door Openers ($200+)

Smart garage door openers can offer all the convenience of any smart home security product, and you can integrate them with your chosen home security products. Plus, smart-operation saves in energy efficiency and ups garage door security. Not to mention, the next time you pull away from the house and wonder if you put the garage door down, you can just pull up an app and close it from wherever you are.

Thinking About Replacing Your Garage Door or Opener?

There’s one big reason, besides all the cool smart tech, that you should consider replacing your garage door and/or opener. New garage door systems have backup units that operate on battery power. These backup battery units usually provide about 24 hours’ worth of operation, should there be a power outage. 

This isn’t only convenient, but can be a vital safety feature in emergency evacuations and rolling blackouts. Per state mandate, all new garage door and garage door opener installs must include a garage door opener with a battery backup.If you are thinking about replacing your garage door or opener, you should definitely consider a smart option. We have many wi-fi-connected garage doors available to choose from and can help you find what’s right for you and your home security. We install and service garage door openers in Folsom, Rocklin, Davis, Roseville, Lincoln, Elk Grove, Loomis, Rio Vista, and throughout Sacramento. Give us a call today!

Dear Sacramento: What’s the Cost to Install a Garage Door?

In Sacramento, the cost to install a garage door is anywhere between $500 to $800. Sure, you’ll ready some less reputable blogs online that say you can knock it out yourself in about 8 hours. But is that really a good idea? No — it’s downright terrible. The cost to install a garage door professionally is just a fraction of the cost of the door itself. And if you DIY this job, you are putting your investment in a new door at risk. You could irreparably damage the door as well as put family members and pets at risk. Need proof this is a terrible idea? If you install a garage door yourself, you’ll void the warranty. And for good reason. Installation requires special tools and experience most homeowners simply don’t have. You have to get the balance perfectly right, the door perfectly straight. There’s a lot more to it than meets the eye!

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