In my day we never locked our doors, but I would not try that today. As a kid I came and went and never needed a key. When my kids were kids, they never needed a key either. We had an attached garage with a keypad outside. A lot of people with attached garages use their keypads to enter their house.
As a handyman I often receive questions about garage doors and garage door openers, here is one that was a little different.
"Our house is about fourteen years old, and most everything is still original. Recently our garage door opener raised and lowered for the last time. We had a door company put in a new Genie door opener. We got three remotes, but we did not get a new outside keypad. The old keypad is still attached outside, but does not work. We have been spoiled by the convenience of the out side keypad, and want one with this garage door opener.
Can we get an outside keypad for the new garage door opener, and if we find one how hard is it to wire?"
It is possible to reuse your old keypad. The old keypad should have two wires coming from it that can be hooked up to the base unit in the garage. The wired keypads, are just switches, so if you hook up the old pad, it will open and close the door using your old code. If you want to replace your old keypad, you can find the one you need on this site; http://www.geniedoor.com/index.shtml. You can replace the old keypad with a wired keypad, or you can pay a little more and get a wireless keypad. The geniedoor site has several to chose from. The advantage of wireless keypads is there is no drilling or wiring to do.
As a handyman I would sub out any major electrical work, but minor electrical and low voltage electric such as key pads, I took care of myself. So as a homeowner never take on a job you feel is over your head.
As a handyman I often receive questions about garage doors and garage door openers, here is one that was a little different.
"Our house is about fourteen years old, and most everything is still original. Recently our garage door opener raised and lowered for the last time. We had a door company put in a new Genie door opener. We got three remotes, but we did not get a new outside keypad. The old keypad is still attached outside, but does not work. We have been spoiled by the convenience of the out side keypad, and want one with this garage door opener.
Can we get an outside keypad for the new garage door opener, and if we find one how hard is it to wire?"
It is possible to reuse your old keypad. The old keypad should have two wires coming from it that can be hooked up to the base unit in the garage. The wired keypads, are just switches, so if you hook up the old pad, it will open and close the door using your old code. If you want to replace your old keypad, you can find the one you need on this site; http://www.geniedoor.com/index.shtml. You can replace the old keypad with a wired keypad, or you can pay a little more and get a wireless keypad. The geniedoor site has several to chose from. The advantage of wireless keypads is there is no drilling or wiring to do.
As a handyman I would sub out any major electrical work, but minor electrical and low voltage electric such as key pads, I took care of myself. So as a homeowner never take on a job you feel is over your head.
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