4 Reasons for Replacing a Garage Door Opener

Garage door openers are simple mechanisms that can last a long time. Their average life span ranges from ten to fifteen years, but if maintained well, the springs and rollers can last twenty years.  However, even if your garage roller door opener is still working, there're various reasons to consider its replacement. Today, some newer models provide increased security, convenience, and safety, and these benefits can be reason enough to purchase another garage door opener.

Quieter operation

Have you realised that your garage door opener wakes people up or disrupts the entire household due to too much noise? A new opener can actually be quieter. Originally, garage door openers closed and opened using a chain drive. So if your opener contains something that resembles a bicycle chain close to the motor unit, consider purchasing a belt-drive or screw-driver garage door opener. Note that the newer model chain drives are quieter compared to older models, although screw drives are a bit quieter and the quietest of all are belt drives.

Wireless smart features

State-of-the-art openers the market provides today contain cell-phone and Wi-Fi connectivity. These features allow users to unlock and lock the garage from remote locations. You'll also get an alert in case someone tries to open the garage door regardless of where you are. A computer, pad or cell phone device equipped with a suitable application is capable of monitoring and controlling the garage door. These types of openers normally come with read-outs and digital controls that provide temperature and time display, programmed lock-down periods and motion-sensor light controls for the door.

Keypad entry

The outdated door openers didn't provide keypads that could be installed outside the garage. Now, this feature can let you enter a code into a keypad that opens the garage door – keys won't be needed. Another option you can consider is purchasing a keypad to mount with the existing door opener. In case it's impossible, get an upgrade. Other updated keypad units can even eliminate the need for remembering a code – units operate by touch to open the door with fingerprint detection.

Improved security

Old door openers tend to be vulnerable to thieves since they operate with remote controls that function with fixed code. This means that someone with a unique device can sit outside the house to find the code then use it to open your garage door. Luckily, the updated door openers come with a rolling code feature that can change the code each time you use the unit. So, burglars and thieves can't duplicate the code and access the garage uninvited.

For more information, contact a local garage door repair company.