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quality garage door safety
it's things that we don't think a lot
about I asked an expert Alex Dalton from
Eco garage doors to join me here on the
to give the top five reasons to hire a
qualified garage door company and I'll
tell you this do not do work on your
garage door yourself unless you are a
trained professional Alex welcome to the
I appreciate it I'm glad to be here
so we talked about this before we did
this podcast and we talked about five
items so let's go through these five the
first one is you want to hire an insured
and in the state of Texas one does not
need to have a license to operate a
garage door company much like a plumber
or an air conditioning company but you
want to make sure they're insured
because there are people who do not have
insurance who will come to your home to
do garage door work why is it so
important from your point of view to
have an insured garage door company work
on the customer's door well outdoor is
the largest moving part of your home
something goes wrong gets damaged
injures your family member damages your
vehicle those things would all be
covered by the company's liability
um if you have somebody out there who
doesn't have insurance and something
like that happens you have nothing
protecting you absolutely it's so
important insured and by the way this is
for anything on your property make sure
anyone who comes on your property to do
work is insured experience is number two
you guys have been doing this for a long
time you can do with your eyes closed
tell us about the experience you and
your team have at Eco you know we all go
through a training course we get
certified we're in and out of these
garages every day all day we do five
repairs a day sometimes put in up to
four doors a day per guy we're just
doing this every day we know what we're
doing we know we're walking into we're
able to diagnose what's going on with it
right away and we're able to fix it a
lot quicker than somebody who doesn't do
that and we're able to do it with uh
professionalism and quality some people
like to take shortcuts actually the
garage door as far as maintenance repair
and replacement is one of the least
expensive home improvements to get done
it's nothing like remodeling a kitchen
or getting Plumbing or HVAC work done
number three of the top five reasons to
hire a qualified garage door company is
Quality Parts so you guys have access to
the best parts don't you yeah we're
ordering them straight from the supplier
um we're getting the best of the best
high Cycle Springs heavy duty Duty
hinges 13 ball bearing nylon rollers
things that are really going to last a
long time a lot of our parts we actually
put a lifetime warranty on it because of
that reason if you go to Home Depot and
you buy a cheaper spring that may only
get you by for three years really
depends your door but we we put in 50
000 Cycle Springs that should last you
about I'd say 30 to 40 years yeah and
that is a lot longer than what most
garage door companies would put in that
is correct a lot of companies use 10 000
Cycles we really stand behind our
quality and our work so we we only put
in the best of the best and that leads
to the number four reason to hire a
qualified garage door company the
warranty and the backup behind it talk
about that so everything that we do
comes with a warranty uh whether it's a
service warranty for just labor that we
did that comes with a standard one-year
workmanship warranty our Springs come
with 10 years uh some of them will be
back with a lifetime warranty T all of
our parts everything that we do is all
covered you're stored in our system once
we leave that house so if you call we
know who you are and we can look up any
previous work see if it's under warranty
and take care of you you call a handyman
out there or somebody you found on the
side of the road their their warranty is
usually as good as their tail lights are
once they leave your driveway your
warranty's over for us you're always
covered you want to make sure there's a
great warranty and basically a backup
make sure that these people are in
business have been in business and will
be in business in the future okay last
but not least and I say not least is
safety a lot of people want to do it
themselves here's a huge safety Factor
what can you talk about the safety now
this kind of ties in with experience you
know our guys they go through a training
program a course we go in and out of
these these garages all day every day uh
we we can get this done safely we've
seen homeowners who have actually
injured themselves trying to do these
repairs I it may look simple to some
people and they start it and they end up
getting hurt they damage their door so
many things can go wrong you
it's best to bring out a professional
company and get the job done right you
know we were good at what we do and we
take pride in it also important so the
top five reasons to hire a qualified
garage door company is you want an
insured company you want them to be
experienced you want them to use Quality
Parts you want that warranty and of
course safety they know what they're
doing and you should not be getting hurt
and it's very likely the garage door
company the technicians are not going to
get hurt as well because they are highly
trained Alex thank you so much for your
time today I really appreciate it yeah
absolutely thanks for having me here Joe
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