Random, is your garage door open a lot?

[zarapipe]

If we are home and awake our garage door is open. We never close it. We cleaned it out this morning bc it was embarrassing how dirty and cluttered it has been since we moved in. We don't park in it, but walk through it from the house to car. I wished we used our front door more often bc a nice entry way was on my wish list when house hunting.

Told you, random.

[Deleted]

Never. We open it to pull in and out, that's it.

[cherry1111]

No. It's in the back of the house and there have been a lot of thefts when people leave their garage door open. DH has accidentally left it open overnight before and I was livid. Luckily nothing was taken. Our new garage door opener closes automatically if it has been open for 5 minutes.

[cmarie11]

If we are home, especially in the summer, we leave it open. In the winter we'll shut it during the day if we are home. We use the garage door as our main entrance.

[turtlegirl]

Very rarely. We park in the garage (well, my daily driver is in the garage and DH's classic car is in there).

But DH will keep it open from time to time on the weekends when he's in/out a lot doing yardwork or working on his car or other house projects.

[Deleted]

Often yes. It's detached and where the kids keep their bikes and outdoor toys. So if they are out riding around, it's usually open.

[4speedy]

They're never open. Our garages are temp/humidity controlled year round so we try to open them as little as possible.

[shamrockshake]

It's almost always open, it's our main entrance though we don't park in it either. I only shut it when we're all in for the night

[jackie011]

Nope. I have a completely irrational fear of cats and one day, after DH had left the door up, there was a cat in the rafters of our garage. I nearly had a heart attack!! I always close it immediately!

[arebee]

Never, just to come and go. Our garage is heated and that would get really expensive if we left it open.

[VillainV]

No. There have been thefts from open garages in our neighborhood so we try to keep it closed.

[GotWine]

Not when it's cold out, but in the warmer temps I usually leave it open if we are home. Especially if we are coming and going a lot during the day, or if dd is going to be playing out front.

[MadamePresident]

Not really, we park in it.

Occasionally we will go out and ride bikes in there, but I still keep the door closed.

[dcn]

We don't have one currently (sob) but no we don't keep it open when we have one. DH once had a $$$$ bike stolen out of it when he left the door open to go inside to make a phone call. Ever since then we make sure to close it.

[samanthamkm]

Nov 7, 2015 12:16:53 GMT -5 cherry1111 said:

Our new garage door opener closes automatically if it has been open for 5 minutes.

What brand garage opener do you have? I'm always afraid I'm going to forget to close the door when I'm gone for the day.

[sunshineandpinot]

If I'm home but going back out it's usually open. Or of course if the girls are out playing it's open. It's our way of coming in and out our house.

[countthestars]

No, unless we are home and outside. We had a snake in our garage this summer after I left it open. Yuck

[Deleted]

If we're home and the weather is nice out, it's isually open so that DD can easily get to her toys while we play outside.

It's always closed in the winter. We are unusual for our community in that we actually pro in our garage. I don't want to brush snow off my car!

[cherry1111]

Nov 7, 2015 12:26:15 GMT -5 samanthamkm said:

Nov 7, 2015 12:16:53 GMT -5 cherry1111 said:

Our new garage door opener closes automatically if it has been open for 5 minutes.

What brand garage opener do you have? I'm always afraid I'm going to forget to close the door when I'm gone for the day.

It's a chamberlain. I think DH bought it off Amazon. I love it. You can set the door closing timer to 10, 5, or 1 minutes. You can also hit a hold button and then it won't close until you manually close it. I used to be paranoid I hadn't closed it after leaving for work and would turn back home to check. Now I don't have to.

[humpforfree]

No, closed as soon as we pull in. If H is mowing the lawn the door stays open (mower lives in the garage), but that's only a couple of hours once a week in the summer. If we are playing with driveway toys, we are right there and close the door before leaving the driveway to go in the back or inside.

[browneyedgirl9]

Nov 7, 2015 12:33:03 GMT -5 cherry1111 said:

Nov 7, 2015 12:26:15 GMT -5 samanthamkm said:

What brand garage opener do you have? I'm always afraid I'm going to forget to close the door when I'm gone for the day.

It's a chamberlain. I think DH bought it off Amazon. I love it. You can set the door closing timer to 10, 5, or 1 minutes. You can also hit a hold button and then it won't close until you manually close it. I used to be paranoid I hadn't closed it after leaving for work and would turn back home to check. Now I don't have to.

I NEED this. I get major anxiety thinking i left the door open some days after I leave for work.

[hbomdiggity]

No, but it's not an attached garage. And since we can't even get a car to it, it's now a man cave.

[Deleted]

No. We live in the country, open garage = wildlife moving in. Mice at a minimum, but maybe raccoon and possums too. We open it to get something and close it immediately.

ETA: we hope to park in it eventually. But right now it's full of stuff from when we moved in a year ago. Plus stuff from DH's grandmother before she died, and my parents have some stuff in there too

[Deleted]

Only if the kids are playing outside

[deo]

It is only open when we move the cars or if we are working outside. We keep our bikes and tools in the garage, thefts from garages are too common to leave it open unsupervised.

[cinco]

Nov 7, 2015 12:43:55 GMT -5 @supergreen said:

No. We live in the country, open garage = wildlife moving in. Mice at a minimum, but maybe raccoon and possums too. We open it to get something and close it immediately.

Here too. I've seen a few snakes too. I would die if one got in our garage.

[ladygrey]

Only if we are working or playing in the yard, or DH is doing a project in the garage. Our neighbors leave their garage door open ALL the time (including overnight) and it seems so careless, especially with bikes, strollers, cars, and a boat in plain sight. We live in a safe neighborhood, but you just never know who is lurking around.

[mlt]

Never. Only to go in and out. My parents always have theirs open and it drives me nuts because the front of their house is really cute but the garage is a cluttered mess. I can't take the dissonance.

[hamster]

Yes, but we live in the country. We never left it open in town for fear of things getting stolen.

[biogirl21]

It's only open if MH is grilling or working outside. We can't even fit s car in it because it's full of tools and shit.