Folks with experience with concrete

[Muse]

I have windows in my garage for light. You have windows in your home I assume, curtains work on garage windows too.

Fortunately, I had the roofers install a skylight for an extra $500 parts & labor. They installed it in the wrong spot, too far toward the front, so I made a deal with the roofer to compensate me for their mistake. I paid $300 for an additional skylight further back and they had to install it for free. The result is that during daylight, with the door open, the entire garage is quite well lit. There is a light fixture in the middle and it used to work but hasn't for a number of years. I plan to replace the wires to the garage from the house that supplied the juice for that fixture and also supplies power to outlets front and back. That will have to wait until I apply the Hardie Planking, which gets first priority because the rains are right around the bend. That will be quickly followed by some work on the door and a paint job for the front on the newly planked side.

 

[momeNt]

That does make sense. The newspaper story indicated the woman was trapped due to loss of power. They may be wrong or maybe she wasn't aware of the release.

Or she was not strong enough to raise the garage door herself. It's not like they are light and unless you have a pulley for some sort of mechanical advantage, an old lady is not picking one up by herself most likely.

 

[Muse]

Or she was not strong enough to raise the garage door herself. It's not like they are light and unless you have a pulley for some sort of mechanical advantage, an old lady is not picking one up by herself most likely.

I just read a another story about her. She was 82, lived alone and had had double hip surgery, so wasn't exactly robust. Probably couldn't handle that door without power.

 

[NutBucket]

Fyi, this how you get into a garage if the power is out and there isn't a secondary door

Chamberlain 7702CB Quick Release Lock https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00213KWAM

Use a key to gain access to the cable to release the door from the opener.

 

[Muse]

Fyi, this how you get into a garage if the power is out and there isn't a secondary door

Chamberlain 7702CB Quick Release Lock https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00213KWAM

Use a key to gain access to the cable to release the door from the opener.

In the midst of a monstrous fire storm that might not be easily done. The accounts of that event are mind boggling. The Tubbs fire generated winds that overturned cars, left them belly up.

I'm loving my manual door right now, never worked better. I put new springs on it back around 2001 or so but I didn't do it as neatly, as well as I did last week. However, having that door working on only one of the two springs for a couple of weeks or more took a toll on me. I raised the lowered the door with brute force several times a day and wedged a ~7 foot 2x4 under it to hold it open. I didn't really feel the strain until I'd gotten it all back together and working nicely with two springs. I felt a twinge in my back and that degraded into a real problem several days ago. I'm 85% over it now, I was getting close to alright in the gym yesterday. Figure I'll be OK in a few days.

 

[NutBucket]

Only showing it as you were talking about how gain access to a garage if the power was out.

 

[Muse]

Only showing it as you were talking about how gain access to a garage if the power was out.

Yeah, I dig that. Thank you.