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Keeping you Safe… Garage Door Safety
Wayne Dalton Brochures are available for residential and commercial garage doors. Please see any of the garage door brochures on their product page or from the list below.
We offer Beautiful, Energy Efficient Wayne-Dalton Residential Garage Doors to fit your Busy Lifestyle, Budget, & Engineered for Excellence!
Many Wayne Dalton Products are Designed Specifically with Safety in Mind!
The garage door is usually the largest, heaviest moving object in a home. Family members open and shut it more than a 1,000 times a year. Making that a smooth and safe process is designed into Wayne Dalton garage doors. Built-in garage door safety features include:
- Pinch-resistant designs that pushes fingers out of harm’s way should they accidentally get too close to door panel joints.
- Tamper resistant bottom brackets connected to the door’s springs which are under extreme tension. Reducing risks by preventing the loosening of brackets by an untrained professional.
- TorqueMaster® Counterbalance — TorqueMaster® Plus is Wayne Dalton’s exclusive counterbalance system that contains garage door springs inside a steel tube. High-torque springs contained in a metal tube not only look better than exposed springs, they are free of dirt and grime. And, should they break, they are not exposed.
- The TorqueMaster® includes an anti-drop safety system. If a spring breaks while the door is up, the anti-drop system stops it from falling.
Wayne Dalton Garage Doors Take On The Elements
Mother Nature often poses a safety threat. Many Wayne Dalton garage doors feature wind load-rated reinforcements. Those with a Windsafe® logo comply with an assortment of approval agencies and those with an Impact logo are certified as impact resistant. Impact resistant doors have been proven to stop a 9 lb. 2×4 board moving at 50 feet per second.
Residential garage door models that can be upgraded with wind load reinforcements:
- Classic Steel Garage Doors (Excluding: Model 8024-8024PO)
- Carriage House Steel Garage Doors
- Designer Fiberglass Garage Doors
- Speciality Vinyl Garage Doors
When you see the WindSafe® logo, the door complies with the following approval agencies:
- Florida Building Code
- Texas Department of Insurance (TDI)
- Miami-Dade County (FL)Each month look at the door’s springs, cables, rollers and pulleys for signs of wear.
Garage Door Safety Tips:
Staying safe around a garage door may seem simple, but with thousands of garage door related injuries reported each year it’s important to know best practices in staying safe around garage doors. Here are some tips and tricks to make sure your garage door stays secure and you stay safe:
- Never place fingers between door sections. Explain the dangers to children and consider pinch-resistant door panels.
- Consult the owner’s manual and learn how to use the garage door’s emergency release feature.
- Visually inspect the garage door each month. Look at springs, cables, rollers and pulleys for signs of wear. Do not attempt to remove, adjust or repair these parts or anything attached to them. These parts are under high tension and should consult a Garage Door Repair Professional for repairs. You can locate your closest Wayne Dalton dealer here.
- If your garage door opener does not have rolling-code technology, Make sure to change the manufacturer’s standard access codes on the opener and also remote control. Consider investing in a newer model with rolling-code technology which changes the access codes each time the opener is access.
- Test the garage door opener’s reversing mechanism monthly by placing a 2×4 board in the door’s path. If the door does not reverse after contacting the object, call a qualified garage door professional for repair. If the opener has not been replaced since 1993, replace the garage door opener with a new one that has safety beams and auto-reverse as a standard feature.
- Properly installed doors are safer than those improperly installed. You can access installation instructions here to ensure proper installation. Find yourself in a bind? Don’t forget that our dealers are here to help.
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