It all started with my wife. Not saying it’s her fault, she just wanted to park in our garage(I don’t blame her).¬ The key problem was our garage door openers and the lights.¬ The openers are as old as the house (1974), and the lights in the garage¬are a very complex and complicated situation.
I found a really kewl website for all of you out there who enjoy making your home hi-tech.¬ It’s called Smart Home.¬ I found devices that made it possible for my loving wife to open the garage doors with a remote like all new openers, without buying a new one!¬ I also found something called an “occupancy sensor.”¬ In the short of it, it’s a motion detector that turns your lights on when it senses motion and/or heat.¬ I thought I would install these items and we would be on our way.
I thought wrong!¬ When I went to install the occupancy sensor, lets just say I got in WAY over my head.¬ I ended up disabling all of our lights in the garage, now our only means of light is daylight from opening the doors and plugging a fixture into an outlet.¬ The way the circuit was wired for the lights is very strange and I cannot figure it out.¬ I am probably calling an electrician in to fix this.¬ To help lower the cost, I am removing everything covering the wiring, so he can trace the wiring and I can be on my way.¬ My plans are to cover everything with OSB (Oriented Strand Board) aka Plywood or Chipboard.
Our homes’ previous owner did not maintain this place like he should of, and because of that, many things need 10 years worth of maintenance or replacement.¬ In this adventure I have discovered mold about knee high on the drywall backing.¬ Much of the insulation is moldy as well and needs to be replaced.¬ So in the end, it seems the first room we are renovating in the house is the garage.¬ A surprise to me, but it needed done.
As B is finishing? his basement, I am beginning on mine!