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When shopping for a garage door opener for your home, be sure to consider safety, especially if you have children. In the past, garage door openers were very dangerous, causing countless accidents with children, some being fatal. In 1993, in the United States, the Consumer Product Safety Commission passed a law requiring all garage doors to be equipped with photoelectric sensors and pressure-sensitive sensors. When installing a new Garage door opener make sure this law is taken into consideration.

An automatic garage door opener will save you the hassle of getting out of the car to open the garage door and shutting the garage door again once your car is parked. There are many different garage door openers on the market. The two main types of garage door openers are screw-drive garage door openers and chain drive garage door openers.

The screw-drive garage door opener has two main advantages over the chain Drive. 1) Screw-drive garage door openers do not wear down but the chain drive garage door opener will loosen over time. 2) The chain in the chain drive garage door opener can break.

When purchasing or installing a garage door opener you should always consult with a professional and remember, safety first .

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