Garage Door Interviews IX

Samantha, a resident of the state of Illinois, has a three
car garage that is attached to her house. Her family has three cars, so they
use most of the space for parking their cars, but there is a little space left
to store stuff in the garage as well. Most of the people living in Samantha’s
neighborhood have garages as well. Samantha and her family store a wide range
of items in their garage, such as their lawnmower, various household supplies
like power tools, and clothing that they no longer wear. Samantha’s family has
never had a garage sale. Samantha has a garage door opener, but does admit to
issues that come up in inclement weather. She says that they have a keypad to
open the garage but sometimes it freezes when it gets cold, which makes it
difficult to access the garage and the cars within it.

Additionally, Samantha
says that there are many times when it snows or when it is just very cold when
the sensor on the garage door opener does not work. When the garage door opener
does not work, Samantha says that she and her family have to get out of their
cars and manually open the garage, which can be a struggle in and of itself,
especially if the garage door is frozen. In times such as these, two people may
be needed to open the door. Snow can definitely play a role in Samantha and her
family’s interactions with their garage. If too much snows falls within a
certain amount of time, Samantha and her family will have to shovel out their
garage to access their cars, which is both time consuming and irritating, and
this is separate from the battle they may have to face with the garage itself
once they reach it.