text: The end of the work year is drawing to a close, and holiday season is almost upon us. Can we get a collective Yee Haa?
  As we contemplate a summer of beaches, barbecues and holidays, someone else is preparing to spend their summer in the suburbs - burglars! Take the time to make sure your home is not vulnerable to thieves, and enjoy your summer without the worry.
  When casing out potential targets, a burglar will look for the easiest access. Often the Garage - with its many re-sellable items - is just the ticket. Once a burglar gains entry into your garage, it can then be relatively easy to access the rest of your home. Follow these tips to give yourself the advantage.
  HIDE IT Keep valuables out of sight. Think like a burglar, have a look through your windows and see what might be tempting. Then move those items out of sight if possible. A cheap solution could be to use adhesive frosting on your garage windows.
  NAME IT Mark your gear well and engrave it if possible. It’s hard to pawn an item with someone else’s name on it! If it does happen to be stolen, it might find its way back to you more easily if it is clearly named.
  ALARM IT It’s a good idea to install a burglar alarm sensor in the garage as well as throughout the house.
  NOTIFY Tell neighbours when you are away and ask them to collect mail - or have the mail held. You could even ask a neighbour to occasionally move their car to your driveway so that your house looks occupied.
  ENCRYPT Dominator’s TrioCode™ 128 remotes use a 128-bit encryption which has trillions upon trillions of rolling security codes, so a new code is generated each time the door is opened, making them New Zealand’s most secure openers*. This means there is no chance of a burglar using a code grabbing device to copy your signal.
  LOCK IT Sounds like a no-brainer but a surprising number of burglaries (40%) are committed without the thief even needing to break in. Make it a house rule to always lock doors and don’t leave spare keys in an obvious place.
  GET SMART With the Dominator Smart Phone Control Kit, you can now control your garage door from your smart phone while you’re at home or out and about! Allowing you to monitor your garage door 24/7.^
  THINK IT THROUGH Don’t leave tools lying around that can be used to break into your home. Fix fences and don’t leave things near the fence that can make climbing it easy.
  TAKE IT Never leave keys in the car, this is a big no no! Most people have the office, home, or storage keys on their key ring. You might as well sign the house over to the burglar if you’re making this mistake.
  “Watch your chin!” you yell as the garage door flicks up and nearly takes a head off. Is it time to get rid of that rickety old tilt door and replace it with something smooth and efficient?
  Let us introduce the Dominator Flex-A-Door®, the perfect alternative when you are looking to replace your existing tilt door, or in situations where you have restricted headroom in your garage or carport.
  Dominator has developed this roller-sectional hybrid door with innovative design features that supersede the side springs and outward-opening tilt doors of yesteryear.
  The Flex A-Door® features the famous Dominator Roll-A-Door® curtain, fitted on a curving track, so the curtain lifts from a vertical position up into a horizontal position, close to the ceiling – providing a clean, neat appearance on both the outside and inside. Not only that, the steel curtain is rigid and has superior strength to the older tilt doors.
  We recommend an automatic garage door opener, such as our GDO-11 Opener for trouble free access to your garage and home. Flex-A-Door® can also be manually operated.
  Flex-A-Door® lifts vertically, so you can park directly in front of your garage - unlike tilt doors which swing outwards first.
  Springs are enclosed within the horizontal tracks, above head height and well away from little fingers. No more dangerous springs at the side!
  Purpose designed Retractable head infill panel moves with the door and removes any large gap at the top when the door is closed. This reduces drafts and stops rain from entering your garage, looks pretty stylish to boot.
  Flex-A-Door® fits behind the opening and does not protrude forward, like jamb or canopy type tilting doors – this means the door can be fitted to openings with unusual shapes, such as arches, etc
  In situations where a Flex-A-Door® and a Roll-A-Door® may be installed next to each other, or in close proximity, the two doors match.
  Door can be left open at any height, giving the added convenience of allowing the door to be partially opened for ventilation, while providing privacy when working in the garage.
  Sealed on top and sides for tight weather protection and can be left partially open - won’t slam shut in the wind like a tilt door.
  If you are ready to experience the joy of a Dominator Flex-A-Door®, learn more here: http://www.dominator.co.nz/residential-doors/flex-a-door/