Garage Door Keypad

[Oren L Miller]

Are you allowed to put a garage door keypad on the outside of your house. I'm old and I saw my keys sometime last week but I can still remember a 4 digit number. Idea's - suggestions? :shrug:

[aljetmet]

I've had one on every garage door I've ever owned. It would be quite interesting when I install one in TV if I was told I could not have one:spoken:

[buggyone]

No problem having a garage door keypad on the outside of the garage. I have one. I bought my home 2 years ago from the original owner. He had it installed a few years before I bought the house.

[Bogie Shooter]

Mine was on the new house when I bought it. No where in my deed restrictions does it indicate they are not allowed. Kinda like a door bell..........

[Oren L Miller]

No problem having a garage door keypad on the outside of the garage. I have one. I bought my home 2 years ago from the original owner. He had it installed a few years before I bought the house. :a040:

[philnpat]

Bought two, one for me one for a friend from Ro-mac on Rolling Acres Rd. Very easy to install. Ro-mac's price was comparable to online sites.
Thought my friend's home would be more difficult because it was block/stucco but a small masonary bit did the trick.

[uujudy]

Last summer RoMac had a sale & they would come to the house and install the keypad for a great price (but I can't remember how much it cost). They did everything while we stood around looking at the booklet, and it was all finished in 20 minutes. We're very happy with ours, and almost every house on our street has one. Oren, it's worth every penny when I can't find my keys! :laugh:

[getdul981]

How do you lock the door if you don't have a key?

[Avista]

EMS has suggested a keypad in case your door is locked and they need to get in. I once had a broken ankle and was unable to get to the door to unlock it.

[Luv2travel]

EMS has suggested a keypad in case your door is locked and they need to get in. I once had a broken ankle and was unable to get to the door to unlock it.

I am curious, do these keypads have a universal code that EMS can use or do they still have to have your private code?

[keithwand]

I am curious, do these keypads have a universal code that EMS can use or do they still have to have your private code?

NO. You would have to provide it when you call 911
You could use your street address; no wait thats the first place a criminal will look.....
Just use a code you won't forget; birth year, ann. date...

[handieman]

I am curious, do these keypads have a universal code that EMS can use or do they still have to have your private code?

The garage door opener has a "learning mode" that you use to program in your own set of numbers. Very simple per the instructions.
Handieman

[skyguy79]

I am curious, do these keypads have a universal code that EMS can use or do they still have to have your private code?If keypads had a universal code, I'd pretty much think that the bad guys could universally know it too!

[buggyone]

Why bother to lock the door going from the house to the garage if your garage door is down? Besides, that would also defeat the purpose of the EMS being able to open the garage door with the keypad code if the door going to the house was also locked.

[Avista]

I think you can give your EMS your code, but am not sure. If you are calling 911, you can give you code at this time.

[Ooper]

How do you lock the door if you don't have a key?

I never use a key to lock my doors. I just flip the toggle on the way out.

[angiefox10]

I never use a key to lock my doors. I just flip the toggle on the way out.


I don't either.... Hubby was out of town when I decided to walk the dog, of course locking myself out! The unattached unlocked garage,with hubbies car, had roadside... Sooooo, I called roadside who unlocked his car with the valet key, backed the car up to open MY attached garage with the electric opener.

Funny..... we had a keypad on MY garage as soon as he got home. :laugh::laugh::laugh:

OH... and BTW... OnStar doesn't unlock a car in a garage... :icon_wink:

[taylor111947]

I installed a keypad for my garage with two codes - one for the garage door and one for the golf cart door. Originally I got a 'universal' keypad from Home Depot, but it didn't fit. I had to get it on-line and I installed it myself, but I'm sure you can get someone to come out and install it for you.

I also installed a keypad on my front door deadbolt. I got it at Home Depot and it matches the finish on the door handle. The hardest part about that was removing the old deadbolt - the directions were terrible :cus: but I finally found a video that showed me how and I was good to go.

So now, since my car is keyless, I don't need keys for anything (except my mailbox - hmm.. got to work on that). My purse is so much lighter!

Just make sure you use a code you will remember - like the last four digits of your SS number. When I add a temp number I use the last four digits of the person's phone number. That way if I need to delete it it is easy to remember. I like the idea of an emergency number.

[GeorgeT]

I just received a keyless entry unit that I ordered from the internet and found out while trying to program it that my MVP opener is 318MHz and the keypad unit is 315MHz so it will not work. Just FYI if you're looking to get a remote keypad.

[Reprobate]

I installed a keypad for my garage with two codes - one for the garage door and one for the golf cart door. Originally I got a 'universal' keypad from Home Depot, but it didn't fit. I had to get it on-line and I installed it myself, but I'm sure you can get someone to come out and install it for you.

Would you mind providing a few details on the item you ordered - make, model #, what online site you found it on? Thanks.

[elevatorman]

Try this site it worked for me. http://www.aclickawayremotes.com/Allstar/index.html

[Reprobate]

Thanks, I shall.