# Garage Door. Check! Ceiling fan. Check! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 11, 2000, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garage-door-check-ceiling-fan-check/28957 "2000-08-11T13:32:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garage-door-check-ceiling-fan-check/28957/1 "2000-08-11T13:32:03Z")
Yup, I installed both of these systems without breaking anything, electrocuting myself and others, or hurting myself (well, much. I am pretty sure my finger will have the ability to bend in a couple of days.) Needless to say, I am amazed that I was able to get this stuff to work, all with a minimal amount of time, difficulty, and cursing. Gotta go strut around the house naked like I own the place. Oh wait, I do. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garage-door-check-ceiling-fan-check/28957/2 "2000-08-11T13:33:08Z")
YAY! Mullinator, congratulations on not hurting yourself! šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![CanadianSue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@CanadianSue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanadianSue)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garage-door-check-ceiling-fan-check/28957/3 "2000-08-11T13:34:18Z")
More Power to you Tim! congrats ---
**Author:** ![SouthernStyle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@SouthernStyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SouthernStyle)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garage-door-check-ceiling-fan-check/28957/4 "2000-08-11T13:46:34Z")
Please **Mull** , Donā€™t tell me you used PAM on your drill, too. I still havenā€™t recovered from **Duck Duck Goose** ā€™s confession. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Tisme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f0a364/32.png) [@Tisme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tisme)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garage-door-check-ceiling-fan-check/28957/5 "2000-08-11T13:47:23Z")
Go and put some clothes on - I canā€™t think with all this nudity. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garage-door-check-ceiling-fan-check/28957/6 "2000-08-11T14:02:35Z")
Yeah, big deal. Itā€™s easy for _you._ The rest of us have to climb up on rickety kitchen chairs to even _reach_ the ceiling fans. ā€“ Ukulele ā€œSafety Firstā€ Ike ---
**Author:** ![Atrael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Atrael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atrael)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garage-door-check-ceiling-fan-check/28957/7 "2000-08-11T14:04:45Z")
Well, if youā€™re bored, feel free to come over and install mine. Our new house has 40ā€™ celings, and while itā€™s pre-wired for the ceeling fan, I have to install it myself. ---
**Author:** ![SouthernStyle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@SouthernStyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SouthernStyle)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garage-door-check-ceiling-fan-check/28957/8 "2000-08-11T14:41:10Z")
And I only _thought_ that I had every tool ever invented. :: searching Google for 40ā€™ screwdrivers :: ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garage-door-check-ceiling-fan-check/28957/9 "2000-08-11T14:43:28Z")
40ft screwdrivers??? ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garage-door-check-ceiling-fan-check/28957/10 "2000-08-11T14:47:07Z")
Holy smokesā€¦forty foot ceilings? Did you just move into Saint Patrickā€™s or something? Even **Mully** would need to get up on a rickety kitchen chair, possibly standing on my shoulders, to install YOUR ceiling fans. So when should we come over? ---
**Author:** ![Atrael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Atrael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atrael)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garage-door-check-ceiling-fan-check/28957/11 "2000-08-11T14:57:53Z")
Yepā€¦itā€™s a painā€¦Iā€™ll probably pay someone to do it, just so I donā€™t have to screw with it. Iā€™m not afraid of heights, or worried about installing it right, (Iā€™ve done pleanty of them before) but I just donā€™t want to have to get a ladder, then try and hold the damn thing up while hooking it up. Plus Iā€™ve never installed one with the extension rods that itā€™ll take, and I donā€™t want to screw up and have the damn thing fall on us one nightā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![DVous\_Means](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@DVous\_Means](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DVous_Means)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garage-door-check-ceiling-fan-check/28957/12 "2000-08-11T15:06:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mullinator \* > \*\*Gotta go strut around the house naked like I own the place. > > Oh wait, I do. \*\* Do you have a mortgage? If you said yes, then your bank owns more of the house than you do. ---
**Author:** ![SouthernStyle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@SouthernStyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SouthernStyle)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garage-door-check-ceiling-fan-check/28957/13 "2000-08-11T15:24:54Z")
**Atrael** , Hire out the installation. It will be only slightly pricier than you renting a 40ā€™ ladder. Plus wielding a 40 footer in the house has a lot of perils. A bonded and insured contractor will absorb the cost of anything he destroys ā€“ just as you would (except itā€™s no longer your checkbook). ---
**Author:** ![Atrael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Atrael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atrael)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garage-door-check-ceiling-fan-check/28957/14 "2000-08-11T15:32:37Z")
SouthernStyle, Yeah, thatā€™s pretty much what I figuredā€¦itā€™s not something that I really want to mess with. Iā€™ll do the one in the master bedroom, and in the loft, but not that one. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![KimKatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ac91a4/32.png) [@KimKatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KimKatt)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garage-door-check-ceiling-fan-check/28957/15 "2000-08-11T15:35:35Z")
So, **Mully,** you say youā€™ll be strutting around nakedā€¦ What was that address again? šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garage-door-check-ceiling-fan-check/28957/16 "2000-08-11T15:43:15Z")
> [@](#): > > Do you have a mortgage? If you said yes, then your bank owns more of the house than you do. Iā€™ll just stick to the 25% of the house I own from the downpayment. And KimKatt, send me the money and Iā€™ll setup your own personal webcam. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garage-door-check-ceiling-fan-check/28957/17 "2000-08-11T22:59:29Z")
How about a garage door opener? Most people never reset the code on them so you can drive around with your remote & open a lot of doors. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garage-door-check-ceiling-fan-check/28957/18 "2000-08-11T23:47:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SouthernStyle \* > \*\*Plus wielding a 40 footer in the house has a lot of perils. \*\* Sheesh, if only I had a nickel for every time Iā€™ve heard THAT! šŸ˜‰