Garage Door Safety Regulations

Bush signs the federal legislation that ensures all garage door openers produced after 1993 must meet the entrapment protection safety standards as dictated in ul325 at the time.

Garage door safety regulations. The commission has regulations for residential garage door operators gdos to protect consumers from the risk of entrapment. Bs en 13241 1 or equivalent safety standards are there to ensure that the type of garage door you choose has undergone certification and rigorous safety testing. All instructions included by the manufacturer with the operator must be left with the customer upon completion of any installation. 1 use door designs that are effective at reducing the consequence of an impact.

1910 36 d 1 security door lock system presently installed in the research and development building. This testing ensures the electric garage door can be safely operated by the average user and won t cause injury to a person through collapsing crushing trapping or otherwise or damage property. The commission first issued the gdo standard in 1991 as required by the consumer product safety improvement act of 1990 improvement act public law 101 608. This is because there are many children who become trapped under the automatic garage doors.

03 12 1981 1910 36 d 2 electronic door opening device used with a security system. Hand activated door opening. The u s product safety commission issued rules and regulations in order to protect the lives of children. This is a mandatory requirement for operation other than constant contact to close.

Therefore these regulations were set in place for garage doors so that they can protect your children. Public law 101 608 the consumer product safety improvement act of 1990. Inability to comply will result in the operator being limited to constant contact to close operation. Construction products regulation 305 2011 eu.

All commercial door operators bearing the ul label must continuously monitor safety devices such as photo sensors and or sensing edges. Garage doors and garage door operators should be installed maintained tested and operated in accordance with the instructions contained in the owner s manual. Us president george h w. Pursuant to the provisions of health and safety code section 17950 et seq local enforcement officials may further restrict or prohibit the use of these devices.

16 cfr part 1211. New safety regulations and technology requirements begin to be implemented and proposed. The consumer product safety commission commission or cpsc is issuing a final rule amending the regulations for the safety standard for automatic residential garage door operators to reflect changes made by underwriters laboratories inc. End users should request equipment that is subject to three door safety principles.

A receipt should be obtained for your records. These regulations are for the convenience of the user and no representation or warranty is made that the information is current or accurate.