The garage door sensor is installed with the wire going from the electrical box directly to the sensor. Home builder and code inspector checked off as OK. I noted that as it can be broken due to any # of reasons it would be best to tuck it into the wall. This is typical on this tract of homes. Also both sides of door are the same. Do I continue to note this? Or do I accept the builder and inspection officers approval?
Originally Posted By: rmoore This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
James…
As these things are basically "fail-safe" I wouldn't get too concerned. The coiled section would allow for a lot of abuse before any damage occiurred. If the low-voltage wire did break, then the door simply won't close (same as interrupting the beam) so I don't see it as a safety issue.
You could make a helpful "suggestion" that it would be better stapled along the wall, but I don't think I'd call it as a "must repair".
-- Richard Moore
Rest Assured Inspection Services
Seattle, WA
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Originally Posted By: James D Mosier This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
That has got to be one of the dumbest things I’ve seen today. How hard it it to run that wire up along the 2x4 behind the garage door track?
The way the wire exits the box and the splice in the middle of the span (especially considering that there was plenty of wire supplied with the unit) just screams LOOK AT ME I"M AN AMATEUR!
This installation in itself probably isn't a real problem but it would surely make me open my eyes wider while looking at everything else.
Originally Posted By: jrooney This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Thanks for your replies. I am new to this form of inspections.(I’m not tearing the wall apart). This type of problem always has been a pet peeve of mine. I was taught “NEVER” create a problem. Well what I’ve been learning over the last 6 mos. is to make suggestions and recomendations. I also put in my reports 'DO NOT LET CHILDREN PLAY ON OR AROUND THESE WIRES". The psychological concern of the owners usually is sufficient to correct the problem. Oh yeah price of house $790,000
Originally Posted By: Jay Moge This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
I’ve seen better installs on $40,000 mobiles. even though the price is of no reflection in your inspection, it does make you wonder why the real pro’s got out bid.
Originally Posted By: mcyr This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
That is what you get for low bid work.
The garage door installer that did this must have been lazy.
The wire is very subject to being broken and I would have wrote it up, because if the wire breaks, the door won't work, and most homeowners would not know what to do.
This happened to my daughters house and she went two months opening the door by hand. When I finally went up to her house and told me that I went down in the garage and it took me two minutes to repair. She could not believe that at all. But that is the way it is.
