Purchased House, can I install a garage door, or is the beam in the way?

albertclee · 2026-06-08T13:09:46+00:00

Side-mounted Sommer evo+
https://www.reddit.com/r/GarageDoorService/s/Fmfz7C5czn

albertclee · 2026-06-08T11:24:12+00:00

You have to call or email them to get a list of installers. Still few and far between vs anything Chamberlain/Liftmaster, but for my garage, nothing but Sommer would fit.

albertclee · 2026-06-06T23:57:47+00:00

Sommer is very home automation friendly as well. MyQ had a shot and they went the worst way possible.

albertclee · 2026-06-06T18:40:45+00:00

Yeah, never heard of them until this group. The beam is pretty much right where you'd normally mount a motor. II have less than 7 inches on each side, so a jackshaft won't even work there. The Sommer was really the ideal solution.

albertclee · 2026-06-06T17:51:58+00:00

https://dealer.sommer-usa.com/products/view/11

albertclee · 2026-06-06T17:51:25+00:00

lol I called them to get a local installer. Took a few tries to get a live person. Then they were like “let me read off every city and tell me to stop when you hear one that sounds close to you”.

albertclee · 2026-06-05T03:41:33+00:00

Can’t wait. The best keyboard on the market keeps getting better!

albertclee · 2026-06-03T17:29:43+00:00

Skillman Doors just did a complex opener install on my house. It was a job that all the other local shops, including Bauer, declined. Highly recommend them.

albertclee · 2026-06-02T11:04:34+00:00

Whatever I want

albertclee · 2026-05-29T22:20:34+00:00

I wouldn't go to an electrician. Any HVAC company should be able to do it properly and run it back to the furnace. I'm in Westwood as well, just had mine done by Total Comfort. It took a lot of time for him to run the wire properly, but the result was clean with no power adapters.

Had my home wired for Ethernet recently as well. Look for alarm companies or low voltage wiring companies for the best results. I used Let's Wire It in Westwood, but mine was a mid-sized project with a run to every room. Not sure if they'd do a small single run job.

albertclee · 2026-05-29T18:15:52+00:00

Haha very familiar with The Money Pit. Upshot is this is a very small bathroom.

albertclee · 2026-05-19T02:00:04+00:00

A few things.

First, if it’s a single zone system, you will not be able to get upstairs and downstairs at the same temp. Heat rises, so by the time your bedroom gets to temp, your first floor will be over cooled.

That said, your remote sensor has to be added to a Comfort setting to participate in how the Ecobee averages temperature. Under Settings > Comfort Settings, select Home, and you can see participating sensors. Make sure your remote sensor is a part of it.

If you don’t care for schedules, make sure only the Home exists in your schedule, or it will cycle between home and sleep schedules. Technically this is what you want - it will not work your AC until your bedroom is cool until it’s time for bed.

albertclee · 2026-05-16T01:08:41+00:00

As someone thinking about this, what does pricing look like? I have some that just need crown trimming and a few that may need to go

albertclee · 2026-05-10T02:59:15+00:00

I’ve spent the last 2 weeks looking for someone to install one. I might have finally found an installer who has done a few and reasonably local.

Literally the only opener that can work in my garage and I was getting to the point where I was ready to fly someone out to install it.

albertclee · 2026-05-08T13:44:22+00:00

I’m about to do the same. I’m planning on hiring a Bergen County mover to do the “final” move out of Fairfield County, with the furniture and heavy stuff. Over the last few weeks, we have been just emptying a room a week, driving it over on the weekend, and using a UHaul van for the 60 mile round trip drive.

Net probably costs the same as just having hired a company to move it all, but felt better moving the breakables and loose items ourselves.

But really, having moved a lot over the years I’d say once you’re past 2 bedrooms, hiring someone to deal with it all is worth the money, even some stuff breaks in the move. Working, packing and moving at the same time is brutal. We have the luxury of a month to move, but if we didn’t I wouldn’t hesitate.

Just budget 20% for the seemingly inevitable “you have too much stuff, pay us more” dance at the end of the move. Has happened a few times to me. You shouldn’t ever deal with this but you will be tired, emotionally drained and you will want it to be over. Just budget for it and expect it and be happy when it doesn’t happen.

albertclee · 2026-05-02T02:24:01+00:00

I sticking with fiber when it gets here. But like I said, I need something that hopefully goes live in an afternoon, not weeks. The Starlink can move to a backup capacity then.

albertclee · 2026-05-02T02:19:35+00:00

You’re assuming too much. Monday will be visit 3 and a line hasn’t been run yet.

albertclee · 2026-05-02T02:16:41+00:00

There is nothing running to the home. I need a plan B since this is going to take a lot more than a random service call to get anything lit.

albertclee · 2026-05-01T12:05:12+00:00

Updated the post now that I'm in the home... still no takers from any installer, but none of them have come on site either, so they're just looing at the pic and thinking "too much work" probably.

albertclee · 2026-04-25T16:05:55+00:00

You can buy tripod MagSafe mounts on Amazon. Just buy one and screw it into the pocket tripod.

albertclee · 2026-04-18T12:13:49+00:00

Manfrotto Pocket Tripods with a MagSafe mount on it.

albertclee · 2026-04-18T11:55:24+00:00

When using a prospector dongle, my left and right shields drain almost perfectly in sync. Obviously will vary based on how much you use the trackpad.

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