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If you are one of the proud owners of homes with garage doors in Ontario, Ottawa, Orleans, or any of the GTA, then you know just how risky it is for children to be playing near the massive object that is your garage door.
With that said, let’s focus on just how to keep your children or young ones safe from any and all inconveniences or accidents that may happen to them in close proximity to the garage doors.
First, we have to address the issue that garage doors are hefty, door’s functions, and over 20,000 cases alone for the year 2019 related to accidents.
Without further adieu, let’s proceed with the ways to keep your garage doors as safe as possible without hindering its original purpose!
Check everything!
Ok, so checking everything is too broad of a phrase.
So let’s narrow it down to checking the sensors, the unctions of the garage door if your garage door repair is imminent.
The first thing you’d want to check on is the sensors that can tell if there is any object that hinders the door from fully opening and the auto-reverse features that modern garage doors have right now.
Next, you’d want to look if your garage door can stop and reverse if you apply any resistance to the door.
You can do this by using your palm, not fingers, to do so.
Next, you’d want to check on the balance of the garage door.
This is to ensure that all the bolts and parts are working in order, if you have a hard time closing the garage door, then you might need to check the details, and some might need replacements or lubrication to work properly.
Quality, quality, quality
If you’re looking for a garage door that is even close to safety for your children, then you should look for the best of the best.
Don’t be stingy with your money on this investment because it will come a long way to all involved safety.
You wouldn’t want to buy one that’s for sale or of low quality just because you want a garage door.
You would want to get one with good ratings and have been vetted and recommended by the professionals.
Children don’t think of the dangers of their surroundings when they play, and they can’t fully comprehend why our parents wouldn’t want them playing nearby dangerous equipment.
So it’s up to us to take the necessary steps to avoid it.
Children should avoid garage doors at all costs
Despite your regular maintenance or the high quality of your garage door or just you being protective of them all the time; It’s best to tell the children to stay away from the garage doors altogether.
The reason is simply prevention is always the best solution towards dangers when it comes to children.
Children are prone to committing mistakes and getting hurt as they grow up, it’s up to you, to lessen the accidents that can be easily avoided by not letting them play under or near garage doors altogether.
Garage doors can be hefty and can injure fully mature adults, more so for the kids.
Takeaway
For the most part, garage doors are more of an incentive for your home rather than a need.
No matter how good an item is worth, nothing would compare to your children’s safety and growth.
Your duty as a parent is to keep them in a safe environment in which they can grow and explore the world as safely as possible and remove the training wheels when the time comes.
As for garage doors are concerned, always maintain it to pristine condition to avoid unwanted accidents or injuries that you or your family might have due to a faulty part or negligence in your position.
It’s not difficult to maintain them, but hire professionals who can do it for you if possible.
The reason being is that they know just how any and all garage doors work, and they also know the tricks of the trade on how to maintain them properly.
Who knows, they might be even able to teach you, at the very least you can learn from them without them knowing.
Knowledge is power; use it.
