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Residents keep an RFID chip in their vehicle's visor so the door opens automatically as the vehicle approaches.

wait in a long line to get in and out of the building. Residents keep an RFID chip in their vehicle's visor, so the
door opens automatically as the vehicle approaches. The
driver can pass through the doorway without stopping
and the door will remain open if another resident's vehicle is detected immediately behind the first, but will close
quickly if unauthorized vehicles attempt entry.
Though the door's rapid speed and formidable panel
construction says "no unauthorized admittance," additional door features help prevent injury to someone who
happens to be walking through the doorway if the door
is operating. The door has dual-photo eyes to detect pedestrian presence in the doorway, and as backup protection, a sensitive bottom bar on the door panel.
The high speed of the door offers other, perhaps less obvious, benefits. Johnson said The Mosaic has had situations with the old doors in which tenants misjudged the door opening and collided with the panel. Along with damage to the
car body, the old garage doors would be left inoperable. With 800 parking spots

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serving 390 units, losing any one of the doors was very disruptive. But, because

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the doors open and close so quickly, there have been no similar incidents since

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As a result, the maintenance costs with The Mosaic's older doors were so high
that, "the money we saved on the old gate system was actually used to purchase
the Spiral doors."
Pablo Ibarra, the facilities manager for The Mosaic, further noted that the
maintenance team kept back-up parts and even entire doors in an off-site storage
facility in an attempt to minimize door downtime, which incurred additional costs
and was a hassle for the crew. Ibarra previously worked at another location that had
the Spiral doors, so he knew "they installed easily and quickly." The doors fit into

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doorway and along the sides, and guides attach within the doorway.
Many of the mechanical functions previously handled by older doors are man-

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In addition, Rytec has designed the door so that there is no metal-to-metal
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Johnson recounted that he was introduced to the doors one day as he happened
to be shopping at a local Houston business where the doors were operating nearby.

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Impressed with the door speed, he decided to look into them for The Mosaic.
Based on his experience, Johnson said he would recommend Rytec doors for all the
properties he manages "because it is the most high-tech and best gate system out
there right now."

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with The Mosaic, while the doors' minimal maintenance keeps building operation
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