I have no experience with Konnected GDO Blaq, but I'm guessing they use the ESPHome integration to HA? - I have configured my HA to crack the garage doors when the inside temperature is warmer than the outside temp. I went with the Ratgdo32 solution which uses the same interface and was pleasantly surprised that in HA, you actually can make the door move in any direction after it has been partially opened.
Above 1200 Sq/FT CCColtsicehockey Garage Build - 2440sqft storage, shop, and loft
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Appreciate the information. Yes, it uses ESPHome in HA. Basically, it is supposed to be a more polished Ratdgo32. That is good to hear. I will have to do some more digging around then. I only got them set up and working this weekend and then added basic controls to my door monitoring dashboard.
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I should likely have bumped this project higher up the list, but I hadn't. A week and a half ago, while outside walking around the property, I forgot that the ground still wasn't filled in around my sidewalk and driveway and twisted my ankle badly enough it hurt the rest of the day. Thankfully, it wasn't worse.
I want good soil to fill this area in, as I will be planting grass here this fall. Picked up 4 bags of compost and 4 bags of lawn soil. The stuff isn't perfect, but I have had good luck with it over the years, mixing the two together.
The channel is down on both sides of the driveway and on one side of the sidewalk. I have filled in spots on the front half of the driveway by transplanting some grass while I was expanding the side of a bed earlier this spring. The one on the side walk is anywhere from 4-8in wide and 4-8in deep so it took some soil.
I got most of this little bit of the driveway and all but 5ft of the sidewalk done, but I will likely need another 4 bags of each to finish the project this weekend.
I have been playing around with some automations in Home Assistant a bit over the last week as well. I finally have my automations dialed in pretty well now that make sure all the doors are locked and all of the garage lights are turned off at night. I set up the doors to not lock if any of the garage lights are still on. It starts checking every 10 minutes after 10pm for this. There is a second automation that start checking to see if my phone is plugged into a charger after 10pm and turns out all the garage lights. I still need to figure out a way to perfect this automation, as I can think of a few times, but not many I plug my phone into the charger before going to bed. I need to figure out how to make this specific to my bedroom charger vs others.
I want good soil to fill this area in, as I will be planting grass here this fall. Picked up 4 bags of compost and 4 bags of lawn soil. The stuff isn't perfect, but I have had good luck with it over the years, mixing the two together.
The channel is down on both sides of the driveway and on one side of the sidewalk. I have filled in spots on the front half of the driveway by transplanting some grass while I was expanding the side of a bed earlier this spring. The one on the side walk is anywhere from 4-8in wide and 4-8in deep so it took some soil.
I got most of this little bit of the driveway and all but 5ft of the sidewalk done, but I will likely need another 4 bags of each to finish the project this weekend.
I have been playing around with some automations in Home Assistant a bit over the last week as well. I finally have my automations dialed in pretty well now that make sure all the doors are locked and all of the garage lights are turned off at night. I set up the doors to not lock if any of the garage lights are still on. It starts checking every 10 minutes after 10pm for this. There is a second automation that start checking to see if my phone is plugged into a charger after 10pm and turns out all the garage lights. I still need to figure out a way to perfect this automation, as I can think of a few times, but not many I plug my phone into the charger before going to bed. I need to figure out how to make this specific to my bedroom charger vs others.
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If you don't want anything smart related, I installed these for my dad. He put an extra fridge in his laundry room, but the only place that made sense covered up the regular light switch location. We installed this in the box and then mounted the other button on the other side of the door. https://www.homedepot.com/p/DEWENWI...Fans-Lamps-100-ft-RF-Range-HRLS11D1/329997248
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Picked up some more dirt this weekend and got the driveway edging finished as well as the rest of the sidewalk I had started before.
The biggest project this weekend was starting to go through everything that has been accumulating in the second stall of the storage garage bay. I could have easily just moved it all to another location so I could quickly start cleaning the concrete and then get on to sealing it but I wanted to make sure I was going through it all and throwing out some stuff and organizing other stuff so it could be found later. I ended up with so much trash I filled our township provided can so I will either fill it again quickly after it gets emptied or maybe finally make another run to the dump.
Either way. Lots of progress was made.
Still waiting on my shelving for half of the storage room. Getting the run around from the company that said it was in stock when I ordered it two weeks ago. I have tracking, but the freight company tells me nothing has been picked up and only an initial request has been made.
The biggest project this weekend was starting to go through everything that has been accumulating in the second stall of the storage garage bay. I could have easily just moved it all to another location so I could quickly start cleaning the concrete and then get on to sealing it but I wanted to make sure I was going through it all and throwing out some stuff and organizing other stuff so it could be found later. I ended up with so much trash I filled our township provided can so I will either fill it again quickly after it gets emptied or maybe finally make another run to the dump.
Either way. Lots of progress was made.
Still waiting on my shelving for half of the storage room. Getting the run around from the company that said it was in stock when I ordered it two weeks ago. I have tracking, but the freight company tells me nothing has been picked up and only an initial request has been made.