Resources & FAQs
Thanks to IDA Supplier Members, this resource page has been created with links to garage door safety videos, flyers, FAQs about products, and other items IDA Dealer Members can use internally and externally to promote their business.
Safety Resources from IDA Supplier Members
UL:
Main UL Page
Standards
Access System Page
CSDS
New UL Standards Member Portal
Amarr/Entrematic:
Garage Door Safety Service & Support
ArmRLite:
Social Media images for Garage Door Safety Month:
Safety Image 1
Safety Image 2
Safety Image 3
Safety Image 4
ASO Safety Solutions:
Below is a mixture of videos on how the safety edges are assembled, installed, produced, tested and also how a process of a customized safety edge might look like.
SENTIR edge Safety Contact Edges
Designing of a SENTIR edge
Quality Assurance from ASO Safety Solutions
Canimex:
Safety Products Brochure
Clopay:
Video: Garage Door Safety
Video: How to Manually Open Your Garage Door
Clopay’s Garage Door Safety Checklist
Delden Manufacturing Co.:
7 Safety Tips for Your Garage Door
Door & Access Systems Manufacturers Association (DASMA):
Residential Sectional Garage Door and Electric Operator Checklist for Home Inspectors and Consumers
Safety Tips for Garage Doors, Garage Door Openers, and Gate Openers
Safety Guidelines for Garage Door Systems
Maintenance Guide for Garage Doors and Openers
Gate Systems Safety for Garage Doors and Openers
Garage Parts Plus, LLC:
5 Tips to Safely Care for Your Garage Door Extension Springs
Your Guide to Garage Door Security
How to Protect Your Home for Hurricane and Tornado Season
How to Safely Maintain Garage Door Torsion Springs in 5 Easy Steps
Genie Company:
Garage Door Openers Safety Center
heroal:
heroal Roller Shutter Systems Brochure
heroal Security Roller Shutter Systems Brochure
JCM TECHNOLOGIES SA:
Safety Videos for RADIOSENS: Wireless and without safety edges for roller shutters:
RSENS3 Garage
RSENS 3
Safety Videos for RADIOBAND: Wireless and for resistive, optical and mechanical safety edges:
RadioBand
RBAND 3G Industry
RB3 Manual
Miller Edge:
Miller Edge offers a free online course on AECDaily on Entrapment Protection for Motorized Doors.
This instructive video demonstrates how to test to assure proper operation of door and gate edge sensors. The battery-operated Miller Edge tester can be used to test monitored and non-monitored sensing edges.
Miller Edge videos that outline how to properly measure sensing edges for doors:
– How to Measure a Rolling Steel Door for a Sensing Edge
– How to Measure a Sectional Door for a Sensing Edge
Surewinder:
The Safest Way to Wind Springs
Surewinder Operating Instructions
BRUTEWINDER Demonstration
Surewinder FAQ
Wayne Dalton:
Wayne Dalton Tips for Garage Door Safety Month 2017
Wayne Dalton tips for Garage Door Safety Month 2016