What a Safety Inspection Covers on a Lincolnwood Door

Bottom brackets take the full pull of the lift cables and corrode quietly where they sit closest to the slab. Cable ends fray inside the loop, where nobody ever looks. The lag screws holding the spring anchor bracket into the header have been sitting in dry lumber since the house was built. The opener's own header bracket works loose after years of push and pull.

None of those announce themselves at the wall button. They announce themselves to somebody who looks, which is what an inspection is. We photograph anything we flag, so you are not taking our word for a bracket you cannot see from the floor.

Three groups mostly. People buying or selling a house who want the garage properly examined rather than glanced at. Landlords whose tenants are using a door they have never operated themselves. And parents who have just worked out that a small child can reach the wall button.

That last one has a straightforward fix worth mentioning. The wall control belongs high enough that a child cannot reach it and far enough from the opening that nobody is standing under the door while operating it. On plenty of older installations it sits at light-switch height right beside the door.