Get your garage ready for the rainy days ahead

The days will get shorter, the evenings will get darker, and the weather will probably get a little wetter too. There’s not much we can do about the weather, but we can still try to make things a little easier for ourselves. Let’s look at how a smarter garage can take some of the hassle out of your everyday life.

What’s so great about electric garage doors?

There are lots of reasons why it’s worth motorising your manual garage door. Fitting a motor on your existing door will make it so much easier to handle – and not just for you, but also for any younger members of your household who want to stash away their bikes after school, or older ones who might struggle to pull the garage door open without help.

Motorising your garage door is easy: there are ready-made packages available containing everything you need to get started. And many people find they can set up the motor themselves, so there’s no need to get a specialist installer to do it. The complete package with a garage door motor also includes a belt transmission system, remote controls and – in some cases – even a wall switch.

Control your electric garage door without getting out of your car

A big advantage of having an electric garage door is that you can easily open and close it from the comfort of your car, or from inside your home. Simply press a button on the remote control to open the door in the morning, and you can just go and get in your car and drive off. And closing your garage door again is just as easy, so if the rain starts pouring you’re much less likely to get wet than if you had to take the time to close the door manually.

When you come home after a long day at work, you can even open your garage door with a straightforward voice command. All you need to do is connect the door to a smart controller such as Somfy’s TaHoma switch. Then simply ask Google to open the door for you – you won’t even need to reach for your remote control. It doesn’t get any easier and more convenient than that!

Make your home even more secure with a smart garage door

An electric garage door can also help you enhance your home security. Somfy’s garage door motors come with an obstacle detection feature, which means the door will stop moving if something gets in the way while it is closing. When the garage door senses anything that could prevent it from shutting –  be it a person, a vehicle or a bike – it will simply open again.

There’s also another way you could use an electric garage door to make your home more secure: connect it to your TaHoma switch and set the door to shut at a certain time every day. That way you won’t be kept awake at night worrying about whether or not you remembered to close it. Our smart motorised solution takes care of that for you, so you can sleep soundly.

Upgrade your electric garage door with smart accessories

Even if you’ve already put your trust in an electric garage door solution from Somfy, the smart possibilities don’t stop there. If you need more remote controls, you can order them online, along with handy wireless wall switches that are easy to set up in your garage, so you can open and close the door at the touch of a button.

As well as accessories for controlling your garage door, we also offer a range of security solutions – from photocells to back-up batteries, just in case there’s a power cut. Choose an easy and convenient way to live with an electric garage door from Somfy.