Eco Garage Doors Austin, TX - Podcast

How Many Quotes Should I Get For My New Garage Door?

"You never just want one,two sometimes isn't enough. I always tell my customer to get another quote."
- Alex Dalton, Garage Door Expert
 
Jim Klauck, Check A  Pro Joe, has asked garage door expert, Alex Dalton to join him on the show today.  Today's question - "How Many Quotes Should I Get For My New Garage Door?"
Check out this episode to learn more...
 
For more information about Eco Garage doors in Austin, Texas log on to
https://www.ecogarages.com
 

How Do I Know If My Garage Door Is Balanced?

"Your opener is not gonna be able to lift it without that spring. The job of that spring is to really make that door weigh 5 to 10 pounds make it easy on that garage door opener."
- Alex Dalton, Garage Door Expert
 
Jim Klauck, Check A  Pro Joe, has asked garage door expert, Alex Dalton to join him on the show today.  Today's question - "How Do I Know If My Garage Door Is Balanced?"
Check out this episode to learn more...
 
For more information about Eco Garage doors in Austin, Texas log on to
https://www.ecogarages.com
 

The Importance Of Maintaining Your Garage Doors

Check A Pro Joe checks in with Alex Dalton, the owner of Eco Garage Doors in Austin, Texas.  On this episode Joe and Alex talk about the importance of maintaining your garage doors and garage door safety. 
For more information about Eco Garage doors in Austin, Texas log on to
https://www.ecogarages.com

When Should I Replace My Garage Door?

"Have somebody look at it and they'll give you a professional opinion on if you should replace it.."
- Alex Dalton, Garage Door Expert
 
Jim Klauck, Check A  Pro Joe, has asked garage door expert, Alex Dalton to join him on the show today.  Today's question - "When Should I Replace My Garage Door?"
Check out this episode to learn more...
 
For more information about Eco Garage doors in Austin, Texas log on to
https://www.ecogarages.com
 

Will Regular Maintenance Really Make My Garage Door Last Longer?

"W D 40 actually collects dirt and dust and kind of gunks up your track,your hinges and everything. Unlike the silicon based lubricant, where it actually works, how it's supposed to as a lubricant and allows all those moving parts to move freely unlike W D 40 when it collects all that dirt." 
- Alex Dalton, Garage Door Expert
 
Are you taking you garage door for granted?
Take care of your garage door so it will be there for you when you need it!  Garage Door Expert, Alex Dalton from Eco Garage Doors explains in this episode of the podcast.
Check out this episode to learn more...
 
For more information about Eco Garage doors in Austin, Texas log on to
https://www.ecogarages.com
 
Podcast Episode Transcription:
A lot of us take that garage door for granted.It can make up 30,or more of the facade of your home.It's really important.We store a lot of stuff in there,sometimes our cars and sometimes just our stuff,but we don't often think about maintenance.A question has come up here at checkup pro radio and that is,will regular maintenance really make my garage door last longer.I decided to ask Alex Dalton.He is a garage door expert in Austin,Texas from Eco garage door service and he's gonna help me answer this question.Hi,Alex.Hey,Joe.Ok.So will regular maintenance really make my garage door last longer?Yeah,I definitely say so.Um,from lubricating the,uh,moving parts on the door,I recommend doing that 2 - 3 times a year with a silicone based lubricant.Just that alone protects your rollers.Your hinges gives your door a longer life from us coming out there to do an inspection on your door during this regular maintenance.And we can notice things like frayed cables,damaged,springs,damaged,bearings,things that can actually cause is a much larger problem,damaging your door that could lead to replacing the whole door.So a simple,uh simple call to us,take care of that.Uh,regular maintenance,do a safety inspection on your door.Just those small things will really make your door last a long time.Like anything else,even with us as humans.If you eat,well,you exercise,you get good sleep,you hydrate,you're maintaining yourself well.And if you don't,well,you could die.Same thing with the garage door.It just won't last as long.Alex didn't mention a lubricant.I will tell you this.If for some reason you don't want to hire the expert,Alex Dalton,do not use W D 40.Why is that,Alex W D 40 actually collects dirt and dust and kind of dunks up your glass track,your hinges and everything.Unlike the silicon based lubricant,uh where it actually works,how it's supposed to as a,as a lubricant and allows all those moving parts to move freely unlike W D 40 when it collects all that dirt.Alex and his team at Eco garage door service has all the right products including the lubricant.So call them,it's one of the least expensive things you're going to maintain.It's nothing like your air conditioning system or your swimming pool and we use it every day.Some of us use it many times a day.Thank you so much,Alex.I appreciate it.Thanks for having me here,Joe all of Alex's information is located in the description of this podcast.You can just click to contact him.

Why Is The Rubber Seal At The Bottom Of My Garage Door Important?

"It helps keep the weather and elements outside of your garage on a rainy day keeps insects out protects that bottom panel from just rusting if it's just hitting the concrete like that also helps ensures your door is closing properly."  - Alex Dalton
How is the rubber seal at the bottom of your garage door?  This is an important piece of the overall garage door system.  It keeps the pests out, it keeps the weather out, and it protects the integrity of the entire garage door.
Check out this episode to learn more...
 
For more information about Eco Garage doors in Austin, Texas log on to
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Podcast Episode Transcription:
It helps keep the weather and elements outside of your garage on a rainy day keeps insects out protects that bottom panel from just rusting if it's just hitting the concrete like that also helps ensures your door is closing properly. This is the check a pro radio show check a pro Joe has assembled a team of pre-qualified home service contractors to bring you the latest in services products and techniques now here's your host the man with a hard hat and tool belt check a pro Joe the garage door is something we use on a regular basis many of us use it as our front door we park our cars in there if we're not using it for storage which many people do this question comes up a lot though is the rubber weather seal at the bottom of my garage door important and it's kind of interesting if you think well what does it matter it's just that the bottom and when the garage door closes there's not that much of a gap I've asked an exploding garage doors Alex Dalton to join me here on the program he's with eco garage door service in Austin TX hi Alex how are you I'm doing great how are you doing I'm fantastic so the question of the day is is the rubber weather seal at the bottom of the garage door important yeah absolutely it is I'll just keep the weather elements outside of your garage on a rainy day and it keeps insects out protects that bottom panel from just rusting if it's just sitting the concrete like that I'm also health insurers your door is closing properly and you have a nice tight seal to keep all those off and inside things like that it's very important you know much like you might have a weather seal on your door to your house or maybe on windows and so forth it's important because it does keep the elements out and keep insects out and actually if you have a big enough gap snakes and rodents will come in yeah absolutely they will I've had a customer send me a picture of a snake in their book in their garage actually one time odd because they had a little piece of their water seal torn off on the side of the garage and that's how it got in there and it's a big problem especially here in Texas and I'll tell you that's going to be like one of the least expensive things to get repaired on a garage door is the seal and honestly I'm a little picky if it's either damaged or missing that would drive me crazy because it's supposed to be there right exactly yes exactly should be there OK so it is important to have the rubber weather seal at the bottom of your garage door For more information contact Alex Dalton at eco garage door service in Austin TX all of this contact information is located here in the description of this podcast thanks Alex thank you check a pro is your local source for pre-qualified contractors stay tuned for more of the Check A Pro radio show.

What Are The Top 5 Reasons To Hire A Qualified Professional Garage Door Company?

Why hire a 'Qualified Garage Door Company'?  On this episode we cover the TOP 5 reasons.
Here are two of the TOP 5 Reasons to hire Professional Garage Door Company -
1. Liability Insurance - All Contractors Don't Carry Insurance.
2. Quality Parts Available Only To Professional Garage Door Companies.
Check out this podcast episode for the rest of the reasons...
 
 
For more information about Eco Garage doors in Austin, Texas log on to
https://www.ecogarages.com
 
Podcast Episode Transcription:
This is the Check A Pro radio show
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Check A Pro Joe has assembled a team of
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pre-qualified Home Service contractors
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to bring you the latest in Services
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products and techniques now here's your
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host the man with a hard hat and tool
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belt check a pro Joe - Garage door
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quality garage door safety
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it's things that we don't think a lot
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about I asked an expert Alex Dalton from
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Eco garage doors to join me here on the
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program today
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to give the top five reasons to hire a
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qualified garage door company and I'll
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tell you this do not do work on your
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garage door yourself unless you are a
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trained professional Alex welcome to the
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program
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I appreciate it I'm glad to be here
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so we talked about this before we did
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this podcast and we talked about five
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items so let's go through these five the
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first one is you want to hire an insured
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company
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and in the state of Texas one does not
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need to have a license to operate a
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garage door company much like a plumber
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or an air conditioning company but you
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want to make sure they're insured
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because there are people who do not have
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insurance who will come to your home to
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do garage door work why is it so
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important from your point of view to
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have an insured garage door company work
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on the customer's door well outdoor is
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the largest moving part of your home
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something goes wrong gets damaged
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injures your family member damages your
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vehicle those things would all be
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covered by the company's liability
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insurance
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um if you have somebody out there who
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doesn't have insurance and something
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like that happens you have nothing
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protecting you absolutely it's so
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important insured and by the way this is
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for anything on your property make sure
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anyone who comes on your property to do
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work is insured experience is number two
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you guys have been doing this for a long
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time you can do with your eyes closed
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tell us about the experience you and
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your team have at Eco you know we all go
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through a training course we get
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certified we're in and out of these
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garages every day all day we do five
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repairs a day sometimes put in up to
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four doors a day per guy we're just
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doing this every day we know what we're
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doing we know we're walking into we're
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able to diagnose what's going on with it
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right away and we're able to fix it a
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lot quicker than somebody who doesn't do
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that and we're able to do it with uh
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professionalism and quality some people
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like to take shortcuts actually the
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garage door as far as maintenance repair
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and replacement is one of the least
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expensive home improvements to get done
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it's nothing like remodeling a kitchen
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or getting Plumbing or HVAC work done
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number three of the top five reasons to
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hire a qualified garage door company is
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Quality Parts so you guys have access to
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the best parts don't you yeah we're
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ordering them straight from the supplier
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um we're getting the best of the best
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high Cycle Springs heavy duty Duty
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hinges 13 ball bearing nylon rollers
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things that are really going to last a
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long time a lot of our parts we actually
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put a lifetime warranty on it because of
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that reason if you go to Home Depot and
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you buy a cheaper spring that may only
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get you by for three years really
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depends your door but we we put in 50
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000 Cycle Springs that should last you
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about I'd say 30 to 40 years yeah and
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that is a lot longer than what most
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garage door companies would put in that
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is correct a lot of companies use 10 000
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Cycles we really stand behind our
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quality and our work so we we only put
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in the best of the best and that leads
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to the number four reason to hire a
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qualified garage door company the
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warranty and the backup behind it talk
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about that so everything that we do
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comes with a warranty uh whether it's a
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service warranty for just labor that we
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did that comes with a standard one-year
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workmanship warranty our Springs come
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with 10 years uh some of them will be
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back with a lifetime warranty T all of
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our parts everything that we do is all
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covered you're stored in our system once
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we leave that house so if you call we
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know who you are and we can look up any
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previous work see if it's under warranty
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and take care of you you call a handyman
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out there or somebody you found on the
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side of the road their their warranty is
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usually as good as their tail lights are
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once they leave your driveway your
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warranty's over for us you're always
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covered you want to make sure there's a
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great warranty and basically a backup
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make sure that these people are in
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business have been in business and will
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be in business in the future okay last
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but not least and I say not least is
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safety a lot of people want to do it
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themselves here's a huge safety Factor
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here
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what can you talk about the safety now
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this kind of ties in with experience you
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know our guys they go through a training
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program a course we go in and out of
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these these garages all day every day uh
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we we can get this done safely we've
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seen homeowners who have actually
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injured themselves trying to do these
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repairs I it may look simple to some
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people and they start it and they end up
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getting hurt they damage their door so
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many things can go wrong you
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it's best to bring out a professional
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company and get the job done right you
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know we were good at what we do and we
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take pride in it also important so the
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top five reasons to hire a qualified
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garage door company is you want an
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insured company you want them to be
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experienced you want them to use Quality
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Parts you want that warranty and of
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course safety they know what they're
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doing and you should not be getting hurt
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and it's very likely the garage door
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company the technicians are not going to
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get hurt as well because they are highly
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trained Alex thank you so much for your
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time today I really appreciate it yeah
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absolutely thanks for having me here Joe
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checkup Pro is your local source for
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pre-qualified contractors stay tuned for
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more of the Check A Pro radio show!
 
 
 

How Does Cold Weather Affects Your Garage Door and Garage Door Springs?

Alex Dalton, the owner of Eco Garage Doors in Austin, Texas explains how the cold weather affects your garage door and garage door springs.
For more information about Eco Garage doors in Austin, Texas log on to
https://www.ecogarages.com
 
 Alex Dalton is joining me here from Eco garage doors in Austin Texas he is a garage door expert I love the fact that I get to bring garage door experts actually Home Improvement experts from across the board onto my program here
 
Alex how are you - I'm doing good Joe how are you doing today I'm doing fantastic!
 
We're going into a cooler time of year and you guys are busy all year round
 
because when that garage door spring decides to break or when any other part
 
fails on a garage door it really doesn't discriminate when it's hot it does it
 
and when it's cold it does it now I've heard when we have cold weather we're
 
more likely to have some issues with our garage doors is that true
 
yeah absolutely with those extreme temperature changes um especially here
 
in Texas and being so hot to so cold just puts more stress on those parts
 
those Springs will kind of break a little bit more often around this time
 
of the year when it gets colder it's our busiest time of the year actually
 
yeah so you know let's talk a little bit about the science of this without
 
getting too deep I understand in extreme temperatures that spring which is under
 
tension it's ready to do its job which is to bring that door up it's there to
 
balance the door when we have extreme temperatures let's say uh a cold snap
 
that change can really wreak havoc on the tension of that spring it can
 
literally just go bang and pop exactly and when it does it means the garage door spring doesn't work and when the garage door spring doesn't work you cannot lift that garage door it is there to make the garage door go up and down easier it is there for that garage door opener to easily open and close that door Beyond Springs other issues too proper lubrication that's important when we change
 
temperatures as well tell me about that yeah so the lubrication is always
 
important um you know with the temperature change things can dry out damage those rollers uh when they'll Lube on the track those can get worn down um spring even needs to be lubricated um to the hinges pretty much a well lubricated door throughout the year is very important to have with
 
the temperature changes so your door is always functioning when you need to get
 
out of that garage I recommend minimum once a year to have
 
a professional garage door company like Eco garage doors come out and maintain
 
your garage door what are they going to be looking for they're going to be
 
looking for some changes in the shift of the door possibly the track may move
 
lubrication tightening everything up and they're going to look at that spring as
 
well what else would you be looking at Alex your bottom seal your hinges your
 
bearings everything that's on that door that's a moving part we take a look at
 
uh we'll replace for preventative maintenance make sure that your door is
 
A-Okay for the years to come for more information about Alex and his company
 
go to Eco garages.com just go to Google type it in Eco garages.com for more
 
information and for some more educational podcasts just go to Google
 
and type in Eco garage doors and you will see a list of podcasts where Alex
 
and I talk about the garage door to help you in the description of this podcast
 
all the contact information you need to get a hold of Alex and his team at Eco
 
garage doors thank you Alex I appreciate it thanks Joe for having me.
 
 

Why You Should Hire A Garage Door Company To Make Repairs?

Why hire a professional garage door company? Eco Garage Door Service is a premier garage door company in Austin, TX.
For more information about Eco Garage doors in Austin, Texas log on to
https://www.ecogarages.com
This is the check a pro radio show check a pro Joe has assembled a team of pre- qualified home service contractors to bring you the latest in services products and techniques now here's your host the man with a hard hat and tool belt checkup row Joe hey it's checkup row Joe here from the check a pro radio show you don't want to comes to garage doors you need to be really careful I'm going to go through the top five reasons why you should hire a professional garage door service company now I'm going to start off by saying at check a pro all of our pre- qualified home service providers including garage door companies have been pre- qualified by me personally checkup row Joe I've met each and every one of these home service providers and we check insurance licenses and references on all of these companies and if you don't use our contractors to check up row you should check insurance licenses and references OK let's get to the number one reason why you should hire a professional garage door service company number one fixing the garage door can be extremely dangerous seriously if you don't believe me go to YouTube Go to Google start typing in garage door accidents my friends in the garage door business tell me all the time that they've met homeowners who've lost fingers got hit in the eye end up in the emergency room it could really really actually cause death to not trying to scare you I'm just saying that spring is under tremendous tension please be careful so the number one reason is fixing the garage door on your own is extremely dangerous the second reason is you don't really know what you're doing let's be fair about it these are professional garage door repair companies they've been trained and they know what to lookout for so the number two reason why you should hire one is because they know what you're doing and you and I don't know what we're doing another reason is warranties when you have a new garage door put in or a garage door opener there are warranties and those warranties can be made void by us the homeowner if we do things ourselves so you've gotta hire your garage door expert here's another reason the garage door technician that comes out is going to be able to extend the life of the garage door and garage door opener like I said earlier they really know what they're doing they know how to properly lubricate and tune the doors not very expensive to get a tune and Lube but I would strongly suggest you do that OK the fifth reason is kind of simple it's not that expensive why should you be going out there trying to do this risk your life risk the injuries when you can simply call a professional garage door service company it's that easy and that simple For more information called eco garage door service here in Austin 512-900-5341 it's 512-900-5341 or simply go to www.ecogarages.com all of their information is listed in the description part of this podcast so you can simply Click to get to their website that's www.ecogarages.com.

Have Garage Door Issues? Trouble Opening And Closing Your Garage Door?

Eco Garage Doors in Austin, Texas is your go to garage door company! Alex Dalton,  the owner is here to serve!
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