Investing in a luxury home or mansion may give you a great place for entertaining, but it also puts more weight on your shoulders when worrying about keeping your investment safe. A security gate at your driveway entrance or right before your garage door can keep out intruders and discourage break-ins just by looking intimidating. If you have the budget for the very best in security gate upgrades, consider at least one of these five high-end options.

As a teenager enters the world of driving, it brings a lot of stress and anxiety for many parents. Security and safety is a huge concern as teenagers enter the open road and independently operate a vehicle. Along with worrying about basic driving skills, the garage of your home is another point of concern for parents. When a teenager starts to drive, having access to a garage bay is a huge responsibility.

If your garage is attached to your house, you may be unknowingly giving burglars access to your family and your home. Once they get into your garage, they are out of sight and can work on breaking in through the door between the garage and your house. Here are four ways that a burglar can gain access into your house through your garage and how you can prevent them:  1. Pull the Safety Release Mechanism with a Hanger

If your home is designed like many homes on the market, your garage is built as an attachment to your home. While this makes it convenient for you and your family to get into the house, it also makes it easy for others to do so as well. Because of this, you should make sure that you keep your garage door just as secure as you would your front door. Due to the way your garage door works, securing this door may require a little more thought than your other doors do.

Home maintenance should be one of your priorities, but focusing on your home's conservation and air quality is also important for the environment and your health. Your garage is most likely a favorite space for parking vehicles and storing lawn care equipment, but these tools and other chemicals stored in your garage space may also be affecting the environment and your underlying health. In addition, your garage may be the cause of a great deal of energy wastage.

Did you know that the average lifespan for a typical garage door opener is approximately 12 years? If it's been a decade since you last replaced your garage door opener, there may be time to consider shopping for a brand-new unit. But it's not just old age that can spell the end for a garage door opener -- unexpectedly quick wear and tear due to prior damage or neglect can also take an opener out of service.

If you own a home with a walk-out garage, you likely enjoy the small luxury of being able to travel all the way to work, the grocery store, or a friend's house without having to leave climate control behind. However, if your garage doors are poorly insulated (or not insulated at all), they may be allowing cold air to flow into your garage to cause drafts or heat loss in the rest of your home.