One expert said the emergency latch on a garage door may be more useful to burglars than homeowners.
Garage door break in with hanger.
It is possible to push some garage doors inward at the top to create a gap large enough to insert one s own hand into the garage.
Garage doors are one of the most vulnerable entry points to your house.
Bad guys can reach a coat hanger inside the top of the garage door and pop the emergency latch.
It is easy for a burglar to break into a standard garage in less than a minute using basic supplies such a wedge pocketknife and hanger.
Armed only with a wire hanger thieves can either hook the cord to the release handle or hook the release handle directly.
One expert said the emergency latch on a garage door may be more useful to burglars than homeowners.
Push the hooked end of the wire through the weather seal between the frame of the house and the top of the garage door in the area shown by the red arrow.
Apparently a coat hanger can be used to reach inside the top of the garage door and pop the.
And once they ve gotten this far they ve come up with a way to get by home security systems.