Even with garage door openers, the technology has advanced significantly. Instead of a clumsy box with push buttons that clipped to the visor of your car, you may have a small modern remote. You may even use an app on your cell phone to control your garage door opener.
Newer garage door opener remotes may simply have one button to tell the opener when to raise or lower the garage door. Or, you may have a 3-Button garage door opener remote that controls lights, gates and the dishwasher in the kitchen. Okay. It probably doesn’t control the dishwasher but that would be cool if it did, wouldn’t it?
If you use an app to control your garage door opener, you can even open or close your garage door from across town or while on vacation in Fort Myers. This way you can confuse the neighbors who know that you’re out of town. On the other hand, if you leave home and suddenly remember that you forgot to close the garage door, you can do so from miles and miles away. Or you can just check.
Some garage door openers have Wi-Fi capability. Some of these have built in technology to prevent ‘forced openings.’ You can even turn the lights on and off with these kinds of remotes.
When you have your garage door opener installed, you’ll receive the remote that comes with it. In some cases, however, you can upgrade to a better garage door opener remote, as long as the garage door opener in the ceiling of the garage can work with the technologies of the new remote.
On the other hand, if the garage door opener, or the garage door itself, are getting old and worn, you may want to upgrade while replacing the opener or door. Then again, maybe your garage door opener or remote merely need some adjustments. Bringing in a qualified garage door technician will help you determine if it’s time to upgrade your remote, or replace the ones you have.
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