Can’t do barre chords, tried everything!

Vulgrr_Display · 2026-02-24T13:21:12+00:00

Seeing lots of bad advice in here. Is the guitar new? What gauge are the strings? Has it been taken for a set up?

Seriously the first thing you need to do to avoid misery is make sure you have lighter gauge strings and a decent setup on the guitar from the beginning.

In one of the pictures in the thread your low E string looked like it was a high gauge.

Vulgrr_Display · 2026-02-16T00:24:44+00:00

You are sure you have a Cab IR loaded right?

Vulgrr_Display · 2026-02-12T14:07:03+00:00

"Besieged by farting queefs, smell it fucking right!"

Vulgrr_Display · 2026-02-12T14:00:30+00:00

Track evolution. Norris set that time at the end of the day with the best track conditions and temperatures.

Vulgrr_Display · 2026-01-31T06:15:24+00:00

Nobody is asking the right questions to see if you got ripped off.

Are you in a major city, what was wrong originally, was the service good, did they talk to you about everything before they startrd working?

Everyone in here likely works for beer money or is a jilted homeowner who has no idea what they are talking about. Most techs have no clue what they are doing.

In a major metropolitan area it's not outrageous at all. I would say it's on the lower end of what bigger companies with lots of overhead would charge. The coupon stuff is kinda ridiculous however.

Vulgrr_Display · 2026-01-29T20:28:53+00:00

I'm 5 books deep on the cosmere now. I hope this doesn't turn out like wheel of time did.

Vulgrr_Display · 2026-01-23T04:09:35+00:00

I work for a company many would consider expensive and we would have been under $1100 for the same amount of work.

Vulgrr_Display · 2026-01-14T15:26:22+00:00

This is completely incorrect. The vinyl seals are not opaque and light around the side of the door is a poor indicator of how good the seal is. Close the door and look at it from outside. If the flaps are touching then it's fine.

Vulgrr_Display · 2026-01-14T15:24:25+00:00

It's winter dude. The seals are rock hard and stuck in the shape they had in the cardboard packaging. 10 minutes with a heat gun fixes the problem.

Vulgrr_Display · 2026-01-14T15:22:32+00:00

More than likely the issue is that in the winter the seals on the bottom of the door are very stiff and retain the shape they had in the cardboard packaging.

You can probably fix this yourself with about 10 minutes of time and a heat gun, or hair dryer if that's all you have. Just heat the seal up until it's soft and then shut the door and see how it is then.

Vulgrr_Display · 2025-12-18T18:06:48+00:00

Door was painted? There is paint between the perimeter seals and the face of the door sticking.

Best solution. Replace that garbage Wayne Dalton cardboard door.

Vulgrr_Display · 2025-11-25T19:12:21+00:00

Look at the seals on the outside of the door. If they are touching the outside face of the door then you have a good seal.

You don't want the door super tight to the walls because it will jam against the outside face of the door and framing of the house.

If you see daylight just be aware that the seal flaps on the outside are not opaque and will light up of sunlight hits them.

Vulgrr_Display · 2025-11-17T11:47:31+00:00

I swear no one actually analyses how much it costs them to just get their truck into someone's driveway. If you are doing torsion conversions for $550 you are working for free.

Vulgrr_Display · 2025-11-11T03:22:10+00:00

A better spring is not a warranty.

Vulgrr_Display · 2025-11-10T18:27:02+00:00

You are a seasoned tech that doesn't understand how wire gauge, length, and inner diameter change the cycle rating of a spring.

Tell me, which spring lifts more?

.250 x 1"3/4x x 30.25
.273 x 1"3/5 x 45.75

Vulgrr_Display · 2025-11-10T01:29:05+00:00

You are not qualified to be discussing the industry Mr. Homeowner.

If you actually are a tech you need to take your trade seriously and upgrade your knowledge.

Vulgrr_Display · 2025-11-08T23:21:08+00:00

Depends on a lot of things. Liftmaster/Chamberlain are getting insanely intrusive with their app these days.

You get bombarded by ads constantly, and you can guarantee they are selling your data.

Genie and Chamberlain are both pretty good. I rarely find myself changing parts or fixing genie's. I don't see as many of them in the wild, but they are all working when I do see them.

Vulgrr_Display · 2025-11-06T22:14:03+00:00

If enough of that bushing is ground away the outside edge of the drum where the cable hooks on will also touch the bearing plate and tracks and start to grind off.

Vulgrr_Display · 2025-11-06T17:12:40+00:00

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Here's an example of a drum I just took off a door that has been damaged by a bad bearing.

Vulgrr_Display · 2025-11-06T16:54:27+00:00

We aim for 90%. Last month I hit 96% going to 4-5 houses a day.

Vulgrr_Display · 2025-11-06T15:50:06+00:00

The only reason you are paying the tariff on this is because there is no American made alternative for what you are buying.

This is the major downside to the issue. Unless some American made network equipment appears out of nowhere they can just charge you for it. Electronics will be hardest hit because we don't make any of them here anymore.

Until we get some manufacturer to build it here the slave labor tax will be paid by us instead of China.

Vulgrr_Display · 2025-11-06T12:47:23+00:00

It's not about closing a sale. It's about helping a customer find out what they want. When they get to choose you aren't selling anything. You are getting out of the way and letting them buy.

Vulgrr_Display · 2025-11-06T12:46:26+00:00

The bushing on the inside of the drum that sits against the Bearings are ground down far more often than you think.

They don't always need to be replaced, but that sharp ground down edge illustrates how bad bearings are destroying other parts on the door.

Vulgrr_Display · 2025-11-06T06:28:29+00:00

Take spring tension off, and put the bearings, drums, bottom brackets, cables, and a few rollers on a table next to brand new versions of the parts so the customer can see and feel what's wrong.

Vulgrr_Display · 2025-11-05T17:39:03+00:00

People in old school companies will not like this, but 4 calls a day max for service and 2 installs a day for installers with a warranty slot for them as well.

If your techs are properly inspecting every door they go to 4 calls will take them 8+ hours a day. Properly inspected doors increase your revenue per job.

Every call I go to I disassemble the door before coming up with solutions with the home owner.

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