What kind of projects can you do around your house?

JJ Husker said:
Thanks. Being able to tell if the door is open or closed and being able to operate the door while away were really the only “smart” features I was interested in…well, and the Amazon key for garage deliveries. Invariably, when we are leaving town, my wife will ask “did you close the garage door?” We always have but it makes ya wonder for a bit  :lol:  and now we won’t have to call one of the neighbors.

I almost got the one that has the 360 degree rotatable camera. It was only like $15 or $20 more but I really didn’t see any advantage to having a camera in the garage and didn’t have any desire to subscribe to the service that stores the video footage. 
 

Luckily it is going to top out at only about 73 degrees tomorrow so it should be comfortable while installing the new opener.
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Maybe it was just my Dad but...isn't like 99% of the reason that you have kids so that YOU can just yell out "Go see if the garage door is closed" which...of course ends up in some loud sigh by them...which then leads to Dad getting mad, which then leads to the kid getting mad, which then leads to Mom stepping in which then leads to Dad getting more upset...which then leads to the kid...

I mean...you get the idea, right?

 
JJ Husker said:
Chamberlain smart garage door opener with myQ app.

Anybody have experiences with either the opener or the app?

My older 3/4HP Craftsman belt drive opener just stopped working. No noises, no flashing lights, nothing, just stopped halfway on a close cycle. Dead. Kaput.  I’m not concerned about installing the replacement. Being delivered by Amazon today because neither Lowes or Home Depot had one available any sooner. I’ve always had Craftsman openers but since they’re really not a thing anymore, was wondering about people’s experiences with Chamberlains or the myQ app.
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We've had one for a few years now. Works fine - it's a garage door opener. I do like the feature that sets a time at night where it will close the garage if it's open. It's nice in case you forget.

 
RedDenver said:
We've had one for a few years now. Works fine - it's a garage door opener. I do like the feature that sets a time at night where it will close the garage if it's open. It's nice in case you forget.
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Yes, that does sound like a handy feature. Especially when it’s 11pm and the wife asks if I closed the door. Now it will already be closed, and if not, I can check it and close it without getting up. I’m all about energy conservation…my energy  :lol:

 
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Got the old one down, assembled and put the new one up this evening. Just have the wall control and safety sensors to finish up tomorrow…and get the vehicle remotes reprogrammed for it. Hopefully there’s no compatibility issues with our vehicles.

 
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JJ Husker said:
Chamberlain smart garage door opener with myQ app.

Anybody have experiences with either the opener or the app?

My older 3/4HP Craftsman belt drive opener just stopped working. No noises, no flashing lights, nothing, just stopped halfway on a close cycle. Dead. Kaput.  I’m not concerned about installing the replacement. Being delivered by Amazon today because neither Lowes or Home Depot had one available any sooner. I’ve always had Craftsman openers but since they’re really not a thing anymore, was wondering about people’s experiences with Chamberlains or the myQ app.
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Have the MyQ sensor and it works great.  Before buying that I had planned on getting a “smart” garage door opener.  Saved me a few hundred bucks by doing MyQ.   Haven’t had any issues or battery concerns in the roughly two years I’ve had it and it works great. 

 
JJ Husker said:
Got the old one down, assembled and put the new one up this evening. Just have the wall control and safety sensors to finish up tomorrow…and get the vehicle remotes reprogrammed for it. Hopefully there’s no compatibility issues with our vehicles.
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The one complaint I have about it is it seems to be overly-touchy on the safety sensor that makes it go back open when it's trying to close.  Seems like if it's really hot or really cold such that the track might get slightly out of alignment it doesn't like that and has a terrible time closing.  I haven't dug the manual out to see if there's a way to adjust the sensitivity yet.

 
Mavric said:
The one complaint I have about it is it seems to be overly-touchy on the safety sensor that makes it go back open when it's trying to close.  Seems like if it's really hot or really cold such that the track might get slightly out of alignment it doesn't like that and has a terrible time closing.  I haven't dug the manual out to see if there's a way to adjust the sensitivity yet.
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Yeah I’ve run into that before, where the “force” setting is too sensitive. I’m pretty sure that can be adjusted to where every little hiccup won’t stop/reverse it. I just don’t recall how to do it.

 
I moved into a new house and of course my fiance didnt like the light fixture.  So I've swapped out two chandeliers and 4 ceiling fixtures.  I tried my hand at building a smokeless fire pit.  Works ok.  Need to build a cornhole set next.  Just got my tools organized in the garage.  Moving sucks 

 
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