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Fast forward precisely three years.... Careful what you wish for. Roofers started tear off on my house a couple of weeks ago and were piling up all of their scuttle on the garage roof because 'the dump truck was late'. I walked out to grab a seltzer, noticed one of my lights was hanging...

Update - Turns out at some point my logic board was damaged and that was the root of my problem. It's weird since I only replace the original wall controller because it was physically falling apart, but it still worked fine. $70 later and a new logic board and I'm good to go. The tech support...

It's supported in a similar way but atop a typical stud wall on 16" centers rather than the garage door header beam... which reminds me, I keep meaning to mention how jealous I am of your pull through garage! That would pretty much be the plan of attack. I feel you on the old tract house work...

Gotcha. Too much stuff to move on one side and the opener on the other side so it’s hard to get a pic of how the header is supported. I’ll try not to replace one picture with 1000 words. It’s three 2x4 under each end. The inboard pairs are sistered together and there is a gap to the third...

Thanks! I'm up in the Santa Clarita area. This tract is actually the oldest actual housing development in the valley. It's kind of a neat, eclectic collection of slapped-together houses with detached garages at odd angles to the houses and other fun stuff that really upsets LA county code...

Another option to handle the rafters: Running 2x6 like this would move the lowest part of the ceiling up about 4" (not my primary goal but I'll happily take a little extra height) and increase the tensile strength even if they are single sided (not double like pictured). This would also keep...

So much of their garage storage/organization stuff was on 30% off sale recently. More workbenches and smaller roller cabinets, but I didn't look too close since I'm not in the market for a tool box. There may be some on sale too. I did get myself a 4x1.5x6 cabinet though. It seems like they've...

Hopefully this picture sums up the construction of the beam. You can see where a previous owner cut the diagonal corner ties when installing the garage door. Don't mind the junction box, I was up there last night trying to solve some of the wiring mysteries of this garage - the old hard conduit...

That's actually brilliant! Officially rethinking the finished ceiling now. Another bonus is that I wouldn't have to empty the entire garage and could do the work in sections if I leave it open. I need to get up there, have a look, and also take a lap around with a level and plum bob and see...

That all looks really great! Yours is definitely made of far nicer wood than mine. It's a slapped-together late 50's tract home built in the typical style of a lot of the older neighborhoods just north of LA. The fan and the lighting are great. I've been torn as to keeping the ceiling open in...

Thanks for the reply. Yeah it's a detached. Reframing to a tall pitch wouldn't really be an option, aesthetically, since the house shares the same pitch - the open beams are kind of the main design theme of the house. Realistically, raising will probably never happen either since there is just...

Hello all, sorry if this is an annoying cross-post, I thought it might have been a little aggressive to post my whole technical question in the member intro section! I've been staring at this garage for a few years now letting my brain spin around with ideas so I figured it was time to start...

A very light grey will still hide occasional schmutz pretty well. It also softens the light a little without sucking much of it up. Use something with at least a little bit of gloss, flat can be hard to clean up. The sheen also helps hide imperfections in the wall surfaces, in my opinion... I...

Thanks for the welcome!

Just got my 889LM (manufature date 11/19) put in and it works exactly the same as the two 888LMs that came before it - that is to say, not at all. I have literally never been able to get one of their control panels to work with my 3800PLD opener - At least not since the original Plain Jane...