Posted by ESP on Wednesday, 24 August 2011
Tags: Garage Door, Garage Doors, Garage Door Opener, Garage Door Repair, Garage Door Replacement, Garage Door Installation, Garage Door Service, garage door prices
How people react to garage door openers that don't work says quite a lot about who they are as people. You might not think that is the case but with a little thinking and quiet interpretation, you can absolutely find out interesting things about people.
For example, an acquaintance of mine named West was having some trouble with his garage door opener recently, though he didn't report it to me. (I had to witness the situation firsthand to even come to know baaboutout it) He's not the kind of person who reports problem he's having: either he solves them himself, or he simply tolerates something being wrong.
So apparently he was tolerating his opener just not being operation for several entire months. He figured, the problem wasn't that major, eh could lift the door himself over and over. So one day he picked me up in his pickup and took me to his house for some lunch and a chat, and as we're pulling into his driveway and his garage, he says to me, "hold on a sec," pops out of the car, runs over, and hauls the door up by hand. He then gets abck in the car and drives it in.
I was stunned. It may not seem like such a big deal, but anyone else would have sheepishly explained the situation as they did it, or complained to me about the door not working (seeing as it IS the area of my expertise.) But West, he just quietly dealt with it. And then when I asked him what the problem was, he shrugged it off and said he'd fix it himself. I warned him, garage doors can be very very dangerous. He seemed unperturbed, and actually mildly confused and uncomfortable with my concern for him.
He seems to be under the impression that no one ever in this world will ever help him with any problem he is having. He is constantly baffled by offers of help, or suggestions to go to a professional.
I think perhaps he wasn't raised with a strong parent figure who ever did things for him, os he's gotten used to just doing things himself, for better or for worse.
Posted by Erica on Monday, 22 August 2011
Tags: Garage Door, Garage Doors, Garage Door Opener, Garage Door Repair, Garage Door Replacement, Garage Door Installation, Garage Door Service, garage door prices
Preserving the natural tree life in your backyard while also making home improvements can be difficult, especially if the tree is interfering with the installation of a new garage door. But it is possible.
Some homeowners might not care so much about preserving the original trees and natural flora of their backyard and driveway, but for others it is a very important goal.
The most important thing to do is gather information, first. You can not simply make such a decision without having facts about the situation. So, you should do some research about the trees in your areas and which ones are antive and therefore precious, and which ones are not as native or even thought of a pest trees.
Also, the age of the natural flora can contribute to the overall judgment if it's worth taking hte time to save. If you have a dilapidated twenty-year-old poplar tree, maybe you'd rather have your new driveway and your new garage door. But if your land includes gorgeous, centuries-old behemoth, you'd be doing your neighborhood an absolute disservice to cut it down in favor of a little redecoration.
Make sure to talk to family members, friends, and neighbors before coming to a final decision.
Posted by Erica on Saturday, 20 August 2011
Tags: Garage Door, Garage Doors, Garage Door Opener, Garage Door Repair, Garage Door Replacement, Garage Door Installation, Garage Door Service, garage door prices
Taking down a broken garage door is no easy feat. Maybe some jerk ran into your garage the other day, or maybe there was a rockslide down your driveway, or maybe your kids just got a little too rambunctious while playing driveway basketball. there are any number of reasons why you might have accidentally broken the door to your garage.
And when something like that happens, your first thought should probably be to go find the phone number for the repairman and go find your cell phone. But sometimes it can't wait until the garage door repairman has enough time in his schedule. Maybe it's dangling precariously, or is posing some sort of a danger, or is posing a fire hazard.
So the most important thing to remember is that you can't just remove the door. You also have to consider the framing, the rollers, and of course the frames where the rollers go, and naturally the mechanism andm otor that control the garage door opener. In order to get the door part down, you have to contend with all of these other parts.
Posted by ESP on Friday, 19 August 2011
Tags: Garage Door, Garage Doors, Garage Door Opener, Garage Door Repair, Garage Door Replacement, Garage Door Installation, Garage Door Service, garage door prices
Garage doors are undoubtedly the largest and least secure entry point into one’s home. What can we do to secure our garage doors from intruders?
First off, if you haven’t already done this, march straight to your garage door opener signal receiver and flip some switches such that the remote doesn’t use the manufacturer’s preset universal signal. It’s all to easy for code-grabbers to get a hold of these. If you open he lid on the handheld unit, you should see a row of switches, maybe ten or twelve, than can easily be flipped with a toothpick or something. Just make sure the witches on the remote and in the opener machine match!
You will also want to make sure your automatic door release is secure. This device detaches your garage door from the belt/chain drive in case of emergency. This is important to check, in case of a power failure in your area, or if the motor stops working.
If you live in a particularly at-risk area, you may want to invest in a good, old-fashioned padlock as well. This way, no one can get into your garage without the key.
Most importantly, don’t leave your garage door opener outside where anyone can reach it! IT may be more convenient, but if you keep the opener remote nice and safe in your home or car, you won’t be running the risk of someone robbing you
Posted by ESP on Thursday, 18 August 2011
Tags: Garage Door, Garage Doors, Garage Door Opener, Garage Door Repair, Garage Door Replacement, Garage Door Installation, Garage Door Service, garage door prices
The word Mesa in "Mesa Garage Doors" is not just an adaptation of the word for "table" in Spanish. Because, if you think about it, what do garage doors have to do with tables? Nothing. That wouldn't make any sense.
Instead, the name is taken from the concept of "a mesa", which is an English word derived from the spanish. A mesa is what is known as a "high table land", which is probably mostly a plateau. Or, a raised area, like a mountain with the top of it cut off so it's flat on top. The word was originally created in this sense in the year 1759, presumably when Spaniards began to colonize California or something. Brazil? But, it goes even deeper than that, because the Spanish word for table is actually derived from the ancient Latin word "mensa", which also means table. But. The Romans also used the word mensa to mean table in the metaphorical sense, as in a space for intellectuals to gather.
Now you migh be asking, what does an intellectual gathering around a decapitated mountain have to do with garage doors? But I think, if you think about it long enough, the answer will become quite clear to you.
But if you've already been thinking about it for a good hour and nothing has come to mind yet, let me tell you. Because obviously you need some help.
A garage door is kind of like the shape of a table, turned on its side. A garage is where we hold all of our junk, and that is like a metaphor for our brains. An intellectual gathering of the trappings of life, if you will. Also, Mesa garage doors is based in California. Actually, from the Mesa Verde area. So, that kind of also makes sense. In fact, that's probably mostly the reason.
But it's still an interesting exercise to carefully consider the etymology of a word, because if we don't know where words really came from, we don't really know the full extent of what we mean when we say them.
