tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post8451348474930765451..comments2024-03-18T12:04:27.789-05:00Comments on A Home Grown Journal: Is Installing A Garage Door Opener Supposed To Be Fun?Mama Peahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-51374166317414351182012-12-10T01:57:48.281-06:002012-12-10T01:57:48.281-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.garage door partshttp://www.garagedoorpartshq.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-29692713385856020342012-12-05T00:14:30.753-06:002012-12-05T00:14:30.753-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11946124745534668339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-50203245436408241512011-02-21T13:43:39.831-06:002011-02-21T13:43:39.831-06:00Qwaynt - A very smart place to be: Out of the way...Qwaynt - A very smart place to be: Out of the way!! (Sometimes I hide.)<br /><br />Rain - Believe you me, there were several times when the unit was in danger of just such a fate as you described!Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-47295573526013402272011-02-21T13:27:21.225-06:002011-02-21T13:27:21.225-06:00LOL...I love how you describe the experience. I c...LOL...I love how you describe the experience. I can see myself in that situation, huffing and puffing away, large mallet in my hand and a very squished unit sitting on the concrete floor! Congrats on your resolve! And yeah, good thing to know that you all could indeed outsmart the darn thing...if you hadn't...what's next, Terminators??? Let's not go there, lol...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-71705461725509993792011-02-21T01:07:26.012-06:002011-02-21T01:07:26.012-06:00Don worked on one for the new 32 x34 garage we put...Don worked on one for the new 32 x34 garage we put up this fall. It took him about 3 days to get it done. Me I just stay out of the way....<br /> It was a bit amazing to get to watch him try to b put the lower lazy susan in today. Me I just t stayed out of the way, till I was called.............Qwaynthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01808587303956228158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-67041841172145273902011-02-20T16:25:39.103-06:002011-02-20T16:25:39.103-06:00Erin - Never seems to go right the first time. Or...Erin - Never seems to go right the first time. Or second, or third, or fourth! Hopefully, we've got it now.<br /><br />Yvette - Batteries for the opener . . . check! (That was the easy part!)<br /><br />Sue - Hubby and I have often thought that there is a real need (and market) for someone who can write good directions!! I swear some of the instruction booklets you get are written by people who have never, ever had any experience with the product they're writing about! Add shoddy materials to that and it's enough to drive you bonkers.<br /><br />Mama Tea - I wonder if I could hire out as a Bolt Head Immobilizer? (I only fell off my stool once.)Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-50457061641157231972011-02-20T05:03:06.275-06:002011-02-20T05:03:06.275-06:00It is a very important job to be the bolt head imm...It is a very important job to be the bolt head immobilizer and you did a fabulous job. Hopefully you will not be called upon to do it again anytime in the near future. :) Perhaps you can submit your own set of instructions for inclusion with said garage door opener set. :)Amy Dingmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04955555538158746355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-4612929184349420332011-02-20T02:44:11.023-06:002011-02-20T02:44:11.023-06:00It's frustrating trying to complete any projec...It's frustrating trying to complete any project anymore. If it's not shoddy workmanship on the product, it's poorly written directions or worse yet-the inevitable missing part. It shouldn't be this hard. I am content with LESS and LESS because the frustration of any remodel/repair project makes it not worth it to me. Don and I joke that we wish we were smart enough to open our own manufacturing plant....you know, make a QUALITY product, treat workers fairly, be GOOD PEOPLE. Maybe in my next lifetime..........<br />:DSuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10122524042294993949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-46044915195559129682011-02-20T00:39:52.287-06:002011-02-20T00:39:52.287-06:00I've been up against a Portuguese translating ...I've been up against a Portuguese translating Chinese to English. Aren't they just marvelous? I'm glad you had B come over to help. I hope you've tested it, and remembered the batteries for the opener ... LOL<br />Hugs<br />Yvettemtnchildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17457636624663214696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-1361385249155230312011-02-19T20:25:31.036-06:002011-02-19T20:25:31.036-06:00That made me laugh when you remarked that you were...That made me laugh when you remarked that you were capable of opening the "regular" door without it being automatic LOL! Of course I'm sure Papa Pea was grumbling something unintelligible by then :) Sorry for your frustration, that is yet another one of those projects that never goes right the first time.Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06916896512933101955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-7700023575304358902011-02-19T19:49:56.724-06:002011-02-19T19:49:56.724-06:00My Own Terms - My poor husband has said (now that ...My Own Terms - My poor husband has said (now that it is all over) that if he had had any idea all the trouble it would be he would have hired one of the professional garage door opener installers to come do it. Poor guy. :o(<br /><br />Ruth - I send you best wishes for an easy installation!Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-82852493114412138792011-02-19T18:26:33.012-06:002011-02-19T18:26:33.012-06:00We have a used garage door sitting inside the gara...We have a used garage door sitting inside the garage that was given to us 3 years ago. We have yet to even look at it. I'm almost afraid too at this point!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-43370473619920298582011-02-19T18:26:18.033-06:002011-02-19T18:26:18.033-06:00Glad they figured it out! And no, I don't kno...Glad they figured it out! And no, I don't know anyone who has tried to do one, that said it was fun :PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-33274163969303666362011-02-19T18:13:41.337-06:002011-02-19T18:13:41.337-06:00Jane - Hubby has been making a concentrated effort...Jane - Hubby has been making a concentrated effort to get his garage organized and cleaned up lately. (Boy, did it need it!) More still to go but it's starting to look a lot better. And you'd be surprised to see what treasures he has "found."<br /><br />Sparkless - "Lards?" I think you're supposed to get out the lard and make some old-fashioned pie crusts!Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-75661494961018993112011-02-19T16:28:59.957-06:002011-02-19T16:28:59.957-06:00Oh wow you win an award for persistance! I'd ...Oh wow you win an award for persistance! I'd have packed that thing up after the first couple of days and sent it back for a refund.<br /><br />And my word verification today is 'lards' do you think someone is trying to tell me something? LOL!Sparklesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02806553694200529082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-12887107504076672122011-02-19T14:27:47.742-06:002011-02-19T14:27:47.742-06:00Years!? Well I guess we all have those projects th...Years!? Well I guess we all have those projects that just don't seem to ever get off the list. So glad you got this one done. I am very impressed with the organization of boxes in your garage. Much better than the' just shove it in there' we use here.Jane @ Hard Work Homesteadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02905658082120445313noreply@blogger.com