Friday, July 10, 2015

Weather Is Not Cooperating

It rained a lot last night but nothing today. The landscapers did not show up due to the standing water. Hopefully next week will allow them to start.

Still no electrical. Chris was here only one day this week. T and I went to pick up the stained glass for the bar cabinet. They look great. We took them up to Bob's (cabinetry) office. Bob was not there, but we left them for him.


Mike stopped by this afternoon. He looked around for the fireplace wall switch and remote and could not find them either. Mike has no memory of ever seeing them. He said he would work with Bobby to get replacements.

The overhead technician (Randy) showed up as scheduled. I went over the issues we were having with the courtesy lights. Thankfully, they acted just as strangely for him as they did for me. He called the Lift Master help line and described to them what we were observing. They told Randy that the wall control boxes needed to be at least 12" apart. If they were not, they might interfere with each other. This struck me as very odd and spreading these control boxes out along the garage wall was not acceptable. The control boxes are hard wired to the door opener motor. The courtesy lights are wireless. I asked Randy if the courtesy lights received a signal from the wall switches or from the motors. He said they were activated by the motors. Therefore I suggested we might just have to re-learn the courtesy lights to the appropriate motor. While it took a couple of iterations to convince Randy, he finally agreed to re-learn the lights. This took about 60 seconds and, once done, everything worked perfectly. Thankfully, we did not have to move the wall control boxes.

Randy also checked out the door operation and said they looked good.

For several months now, Mike and I have had on-again, off-again discussions about installing an attic ladder in the garage. The issue has not been whether we want to install such a ladder, but finding one that will fit. The rough opening width is 22.5". The ceiling height is 11'9". Finding a ladder with this narrow width and this height has been the challenge. Werner makes a ladder that will accommodate the height, but only with widths of 25". Today I found a ladder made by Louisville that can handle ceiling heights up to 12' and uses a opening width of 22.5". It is aluminum and has a 350 pound capacity. I can order it through Home Depot for pickup around July 21. I am not familiar with the Louisville brand and I've sent the information to Mike for his input/approval.


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