[IYAS9YAS]

For those behind firewalls, the way the thieves are getting in is by running a coat hanger up through the top of the door, and feeling around for the emergency release on the door opener, then tripping it. The solution is pulling the little spring that holds the release in place out, and replacing it with a zip tie, so you have to exert more pressure than the coat hanger can transmit to release the emergency release. You can still pull the release if you have to, albeit with a slightly harder tug on the rope. The zip tie used is big enough to be a tight fit in the hole, maybe 1/8th-inch in width, or thereabouts.

[chud]

Thanks for the summary IYAS9YAS.

[CGASMIA68]

The solution is pulling the little spring that holds the release in place out

Sorry but I don't believe it tells one to remove the spring,only to add a ty-wrap

[Tenacious 1]

My garage door release makes a decent amount of noise when released. It can be heard in my bedroom over the garage. The dog alerts and wakes us up when odd (and sometimes not so odd) noises are heard in the night.

Per protocol, my wife grabs the phone and cues 911 while I play a tune on the safe, grab a tool and go with the dog to check things out.

But this concern is the reason there is no outside door directly into the garage and there are no windows in the garage either.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks IYAS9YAS for the summary, much better than having YT it.