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garage door laser sensors: An 8-ft Tall Child, Dog or Cat? (A Home Inspection Blog) - 04/22/08 12:29 PM
I love to laugh and my job as a home inspector provides many opportunities for this.  Last week I came across this in a garage.

If you look above the spring you'll see the laser sensors for the garage door.  I wrote about laser sensors in The Eye of the Tiger.  The laser sensors cannot be any more than 6-inches above the floor for child and pet safety.  I even had a friend of a client once tell me she knew someone's child who was killed by a garage door, so it's a very serious safety issue.
So back to the story.  … (17 comments)

garage door laser sensors: The Eye of the Tiger... (A Home Inspection Blog) - 01/21/08 01:06 PM
The eye of the tiger is nothing compared to the eye of the garage door opener.  What?
I'm talking about the laser sensor eye for the garage door opener.  Look at the picture below, it's the black box a few inches off the ground.

The laser sensor eye puts an invisible laser from one end of the garage to the other.  This way if a small child or pet is under the garage door when it's closing, the laser will trip and the garage door will go back up.  The problem is that these laser sensor eyes should not be … (6 comments)

 
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