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I just saw a bit on the news about a family that found a guy [that they didn't know] living in their attic, so that may put a whole new spin on my garage question (esp since there is attic access via the garage).
I've lived in this house for 7+ years. This only started happening within the past 2 weeks or so. Twice now I've gone out to my car and found the garage door open. Now, I know, you're probably thinking I forgot to close it, but, no, that's not possible. I'm not keeping the car in the garage right now, mostly because I can't get it in there until I clean the thing out - the garage, not the car. ; )
The car is sitting in the driveway and facing the garage. I have no reason to open the garage door right now much less forget to close it.
There is no indication that anyone was trying to steal anything. I have a very nice, large, virtually new Huskvarna (sp?) lawn tractor sitting just inside the door, and it is still there as are all of my hand tools and other lawn equipment. The 1st time, the door was only up about 2ft or so; the 2nd and last time it was all the way up. I know that in the past there was a problem sometime where various remotes would operate garage doors, and people would sometimes drive along streets pressing remote buttons just to see how many doors would open - as a joke of sorts. However, most systems today, mine included, change the operating code sudo-randomly with each access just to minimize the chances of something like this. Still, I could see it happening once accidentally, but twice seems a bit much.
So, my question is: does anyone know of any other reason why this might be happening all of a sudden? Is there something else about garage door opener technology that I should know, perhaps some reason why one might 'fail' in this manner with age or something like that? Something I should do to prevent a recurrence before something in there walks off and/or the HOA sends me a nasty gram and bill for having the thing open all day?
The one other possibly noteworthy thing here is that within maybe the last month or so I relocated my garage door opener remote control (specifically the one for that door as I have 2) from the sun visor of my car to the [hard, molded] pocket inside the drivers side car door. I suppose it is possible that the thing could sometimes get jostled around in there as I am backing out of the driveway and the button might be depressed in this manner. Seems like a lot of 'stars' would have to line up for this to happen, but it might be possible. After the last incident a few days ago, I put the remote back on the visor where it belongs.
Garage ghost? Homeless family living in the attic? Really smart wildlife seeking shelter from the cold? (It's been in the 60's here at night lately) Garage door opener with a sense of humor?
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