A1 Garage Door Repair Podcast

"Maybe they have the old truck with oil and everything on it and then they decide to park in your driveway and then they knock on the door and guess what..."
- Jon Phillips, Garage Door Expert
Jim Klauck - AKA Check A Pro Joe has invited Jon Phillips from A1 Garage Door Service, headquartered in Phoenix, AZ stops by to talk about garage doors. 
Check A Pro Joe asks Jon this question: "What Should You Expect From A Service Technician?" 
Check out this episode for the answer to this commonly asked question...
For assistance with your garage doors please call A1 Garage Door Service -
(844) 214-2025.
Log on to - www.a1garage.com
 

"So now as a homeowner, we're in this awkward situation to where I know because I can do the math and I have the app and I have to look at you and I have to tell you it's the wrong spring, but you just had it replaced a year ago."
- Jon Phillips, Garage Door Expert
Jim Klauck - AKA Check A Pro Joe has invited Jon Phillips from A1 Garage Door Service, headquartered in Phoenix, AZ stops by to talk about garage doors. 
Check A Pro Joe asks Jon this question: "What Is A Garage Door Spring Phone App?" 
Check out this episode for the answer to this commonly asked question...
For assistance with your garage doors please call A1 Garage Door Service -
(844) 214-2025.
Log on to - www.a1garage.com
 
Podcast Episode Transcription:
Jon Phillips from a one garage door service is joining me here on the program.Hey,Jon,how you doing?I'm doing good Check pro how you been?I'm living the dream.Thank you so much.So I understand that you can help people homeowners find the perfect spring for their garage door.And you tell me that there's this newer technology today.It's not just some math that you guys used years ago or the real good guys,just take a look and say,hey,I know what spring you need and they pull out of the truck and put it in.You actually have uh an app for this.Yeah.Uh before getting to the app to kind of kind of explain.So springs are rated in,in IP P T and you can imagine that a door comes in a bunch of different weights and sizes and that weight is contributed to the type of rollers,the hinges,the struts door supports the type of track that it's in the type of drums that carry the cable.There's a lot of variables and then when it comes to the spring,springs are essentially the coiled wire and there's a lot of variables,but there's the wire size,the internal diameter And the overall length.Now you can do a bunch of math to find this out.This is how I was trained when I first started.So figuring out the wire size,counting 20 coils over,maybe you get a spring ruler like this.So you put this in there,you count 20 coils over,then it gives you the wire size.That's a quick way.Or you can do it in an old school method way to where you measure 10 coils,do a little bit of math.And then you can find out the wire size and then we gotta somehow on a spring when it's broken,it's very easy to find the inside diameter,right?But whenever a spring just isn't holding tension anymore from the outside.Well,I want to find the inside diameter,not the outside.So then we gotta do math again to figure out the outside diameter.Take that minus the actual spring gauge itself.So then we'll be able to find the ID.Well,and then we got to find out the weight of the door,right.So we gotta weigh the door.So when doing this,we gotta get a bathroom scale or a livestock scale.And then what we gotta do is we gotta take the tension and put it back off the spring and let all the weight sit there and,and by the way to use this.You also have to have a winning bar and actual tools to do this and you gotta make sure that you don't throw the cable and completely throw the door sideways whenever you do this.And,but that here's a public service announcement.Homeowners do not do this yourself.No,no,not at all.This is,should only be done by a professional,but there's a,there's a lot of steps in this and then you gotta take length divided by the wire size.So you'll find the total active coils.You take the total active coils minus the unused coils to find the active ones.And then you take the constant when,then you take that divided by the active coils and then you'll figure out the IP P T and then you need to find that M IP,which is the max inch pounds,you know,divided by the IP P T.So you can figure out how many turns are on.It gets complicated.Well,now it's on an app.Wow.Now it's all in an app from service Spring Corp.Uh,they have the S S C app to where we can just put in door data and it tells us exactly.So no more writing it on paper in the human error.It tells us exactly the total IP P T needed for that door.Now,here's where it benefits the client.I come to a lot of doors And I weigh every door that I go to,every,everyone at a one does,the door should weigh less than £5 on the ground.Typically,we don't want,the motor can maybe pull up to 10.But once we start getting above that,your motor's life is gonna go down from the wear and tear on it.So I go to the door,it weighs about 20-40 lbs on the ground.And then I'm like,hey,we might want to take a look at these springs and they say,oh no,we just had those springs replaced a year ago.Ok.So I look at it and it's the wrong spring.So now as a homeowner,we're in this awkward situation to where I know because I can do the math and I have the app and I have to look at you and I have to tell you it's the wrong spring,but you just had it replaced a year ago.So,how are you supposed to trust me?So,how about instead of trying to break down everything it takes to find the IP P T that your door needs and the IP P T that the spring is capable of.I have it in this app where I can show you really quick to put in your specific door data and show you that,that spring is wrong and the correct springs that should be on the door.So it doesn't,don't take my word for it.Anymore.I'm gonna show you in this app.So that's why I can take technicians from this company and we're right.Every single time there's no guessing game,there's no double work and then you can check our work to make sure that the right springs are on the door every time.And I didn't,really can't think of anything more valuable than that and transparent.I agree.It's kind of like a navigation app today.You don't have to pull out the map or say,let me draw you the map because that's what you guys used to do.When you had to figure the size of the spring.You had to basically use your own experience and so forth.Like drawing a map or pulling a map out.Now,we don't use maps,we don't draw diagrams.We use apps.So if someone says,how do you get from point A to point B and you pull out a navigation app,people are gonna believe it because it's like it's there.Yeah,same thing right there.There's no guessing game anymore.Uh A lot of human error,uh labor hours are cut down completely because it's one shot.And at a one garage door,we're kind of in the business of fixing a door one time.Yeah.Do it right.The first time we don't like to piece it together,we don't like to play the guessing game.We just want it done to where you don't have to see us ever again.Unless you want to,maybe you like the technician so much.You want them to come over for dinner or the holidays,which is completely fine.That's what we like.Yeah,a one garage door service.Fantastic company Jon.As always,you never fail to educate us on the latest and greatest technology when it comes to garage doors.Thank you so much.Thank you so much for having me check,bro.All of Jon's information from a one garage door service is listed in the description of this podcast.So to reach them,it's a quick click away.Thanks,buddy.

Jon Phillips from A1 Garage Door Service, headquartered in Phoenix, AZ stops by to say hi to Joe. 
Joe asks Jon this question: "Is Your Garage The Most Underutilized Space In Your Home?" 
Check out this episode for the answer to this commonly asked question...
For assistance with your garage doors please call A1 Garage Door Service -
(844) 214-2025.
Log on to - www.a1garage.com
 
Podcast Episode Transcription:
my friend John Phillips is joining me
0:05
from A1 Garage Door Service in Phoenix
0:08
Arizona John how are you I'm good Joe
0:11
how have you been fantastic hey a while
0:14
back we were discussing a lot of things
0:17
and one thing that came up which kind of
0:19
piqued my interest
0:21
was the fact that you said that the
0:23
garage is the most underutilized space
0:27
in the home
0:28
now I use my garage to put my cars in I
0:31
use it for storage
0:33
I use it to hide stuff
0:37
so tell us about what that means it's
0:40
the most underutilized space in the home
0:43
yeah so whenever it comes to the square
0:45
footage of a home the garage isn't
0:48
included unless it's been permissed to
0:51
be a livable space so whenever you go
0:54
into a home and it says it's 1500 square
0:56
feet uh 2 000 square feet a thousand
0:59
square feet whatever it is that's not
1:01
including the garage so when people want
1:05
to consider this I mean the average
1:06
one-car garage is around three to four
1:09
hundred square feet and then a two-car
1:11
garage it's like 720
1:14
that's a lot of square footage that's a
1:17
lot of square footage that you didn't
1:18
consider in your home and a lot of
1:21
people they just got a Pandora they just
1:24
park their cars in there they use it as
1:25
storage but there's so many options now
1:27
to where I mean if you want to go to the
1:30
city and get it all done up and make it
1:33
to a livable face yeah you can do that
1:34
but
1:36
with the storage options and the options
1:39
that we have with doors and epoxy floors
1:42
that we have in like the Las Vegas and
1:43
Phoenix markets you can make that 720
1:47
square foot of dead space into something
1:50
that actually adds value and adds space
1:53
to your home to utilize
1:56
yeah you know one could argue it is
1:58
livable for the guy who wants to go out
2:00
in his garage with the epoxy floor and
2:03
his little workshop and there's
2:05
something at least for a guy I think the
2:08
garage right it's it's their space so
2:12
you know they've got the pegboard up on
2:14
the wall with the tools and they've got
2:16
the cabinets and they've got the floor
2:17
they have a TV probably so the game is
2:19
on they put the lighting up and it's
2:22
really kind of their man cave outside
2:24
isn't it yeah and probably whenever it
2:27
comes to man caves probably my favorite
2:29
type of garage door makeover or redo is
2:34
a lot of people you have a seven foot
2:36
door well a lot of people have vaulted
2:38
ceilings where these ceilings go up 10
2:40
12 feet and then you have a door that
2:42
kicks over but when it's up in the open
2:44
position it's just kind of
2:46
right there in the center of the garage
2:48
because the ceiling's so high so then we
2:51
have high lift conversions and high lift
2:53
doors so instead of going up only about
2:55
seven and a half eight feet we can get
2:57
that thing as close to the ceiling as
3:00
possible and back to the man cave a lot
3:02
of people like to do this because they
3:04
want to make it into a home gym or golf
3:06
simulator or any one of those things and
3:08
now the door goes up high enough to
3:10
where they can fit all that in there and
3:12
then turn it into the dream man cave
3:13
that they've always wanted because they
3:15
have all the space now
3:16
you know that's fantastic so A1 started
3:19
with Tommy mellow years ago as really a
3:22
garage door repair company replacement
3:25
and now you guys just are the garage
3:29
yeah the entirety of it because now we
3:31
we know how to make as much space as
3:33
possible with your door but also with
3:36
the epoxy floors we're also super big
3:39
into overhead and wall mount storage so
3:42
in that storage we're able to do ceiling
3:44
mounts there are traditional things
3:46
you've seen you know nice and clean
3:47
hanging down from the ceiling but we're
3:49
also working on motorized versions to
3:51
where you don't even have to get up on a
3:53
ladder or load anything up you can just
3:55
have it come down to the ground all
3:57
controlled by your phone you load up the
3:59
Christmas decorations or maybe the
4:01
memorabilia that you want to keep nice
4:02
and then just click of a button it goes
4:04
all the way back up to the ceiling and
4:06
then instead of just the old khaki
4:08
particle board shelves on the metal
4:12
framing that looks industrial now we got
4:14
these super Sleek wall mount ones where
4:16
you can slide shelves and hooks off and
4:18
it just anything that's involved with
4:21
the garage from the floor to the walls
4:22
to the overhead storage to the garage
4:24
door A1 does it all
4:27
yeah that's fantastic hey John thanks
4:29
for joining us today on the show yeah
4:31
thank you so much for having me check
4:32
projo it's always good sure all of
4:35
John's information is located in the
4:37
description of this podcast A1 Garage
4:39
Door Service located in about 30 markets
4:42
yeah and growing and growing once again
4:45
John thank you so much for joining me
4:47
today thank you so much

Today on the show Check A Pro Joe is joined by Jon Phillips from A1 Garage Door Service, headquartered in Phoenix, AZ. 
Joe asks Jon this question: "How Does The Cold Weather Affect My Garage Door And Garage Door Springs?" 
Check out this episode for the answer to this commonly asked question...
For assistance with your garage doors please call A1 Garage Door Service -
(844) 214-2025.
Log on to - www.a1garage.com
 
Podcast Transcription:0:00it's spring snapping season we're not0:04talking about fishing or something it0:06sounds like a fishing thing it's it's0:07the season four no we are talking about0:09your garage door spring when the0:13temperature goes up in the summertime0:15and down in the winter time as we are0:17now in winter time we go to these0:20extreme changes your spring on your0:23garage door is more likely to snap I've0:25asked a garage door expert John Phillips0:28from A1 Garage Door Service to join me0:30here on the program to discuss this hi0:32John how are you0:34Hey Joe how's it going thanks for having0:36me back on no absolutely so0:39um I've known this for some time in the0:42extreme heat and you know we get that a0:45lot in the Phoenix area for instance0:46where A1 is based0:50um the Springs don't like the extremes0:53and also in the winter time we can get0:55cool too or cold and that's not good so0:59tell us what happens when we hit these1:01extremes1:02right so Springs metal uh hot oil1:05tempered there's galvanized but at the1:07end of the day the base is metal and1:10you'll have a spring and maybe it's a1:12little bit out of its cycle life it's a1:13little bit older and just that that last1:16straw that broke the camel's back is1:18that fluctuation in weather whether it1:20goes from hot to cold or cold to hot1:22that's just the last piece that it takes1:24and then bang hear that loud noise in1:27the garage you don't know what it was1:29until you can't open the door you know1:32that's just it that's a Telltale sign if1:34you hear a bang in your garage and your1:37kids aren't playing with firecrackers1:38and your husband's not in there with the1:39gun it's likely right it's likely the1:44spring because it makes a big bang and1:46when that happens please do not try to1:48move your door you really can't it's1:50very heavy isn't it yeah it's super1:52heavy especially if you're on like a1:54single spring system then we don't have1:57anything to lift up that door so1:59whenever you get the opportunity always2:01put two Springs on a door when you can2:04so let's talk about ways of keeping the2:08cool air out in the winter time and the2:10hot air out in the summertime with2:13weather seal and also kind of keeps the2:15critters out too right so whenever2:17starting with the spring snapping you're2:20going to get a garage door Tech out2:21there and it's going to come to a point2:24where you're putting money into the door2:25now of course at A1 Garage Door we have2:28the best Springs that last over 80 0002:31cycles and you'll never have to worry2:32about it again but at the same time do2:36you want to put that work into a door do2:38you even like that door2:40so yes we can repair the door but we got2:43to talk about the investment value and2:45is the garage cold so you want to put2:48money into the door but you never go out2:50in the garage because whichever heat or2:52cold is going on outside makes it2:54unbearable in your garage so what can we2:58do to make your garage comfortable and3:00work for you and going from the trim to3:03the bottom rubber to the actual door3:05installation itself and what it's made3:06out of how about we get you into3:08something that you actually like and3:10gives you a good Roi or return on3:13investment for you3:14and John you know what's nice about3:16getting an entire new door is you have3:19the opportunity to get a new track3:21system new rollers new hinges new3:23everything the new seals and it is brand3:27new right so every it's like getting a3:29new car you're not just getting a new3:31transmission you're not just getting new3:33Wheels you're getting a whole new car3:36and it's not that expensive for a huge3:39makeover not only are you getting a3:41great mechanical device which is your3:42garage door but it you know3:43aesthetically3:45it's huge uh in general doesn't the3:49garage door make up to 40 of the facade3:52of people's homes yes it does it's the3:55number one curb appeal I mean I've had3:58I've installed new garage doors before4:01and then the Neighbors come home and4:03then they come up to me they see my van4:05it says garage door guy on it and they4:08come up to me and the house looks so4:10different they'll come up and be like4:11hey can I get your business card do you4:13paint paint houses did you just paint4:14their entire home it looks so different4:16I'm like no we just replaced the garage4:19door it's a huge huge deal4:21and John you know that can be done in a4:24matter of hours versus actually painting4:28a home which doesn't give you that brand4:30new garage door it doesn't give you that4:32feature so let's say that you just have4:33a builder grade garage door but now you4:36want some Dimension to it maybe you want4:38those external looking hinges like a4:40carriage house look maybe you want some4:42windows in it maybe you want an4:43insulated door let's talk a little bit4:45about that yeah so if we're going to4:48talk about reinvesting in your home and4:50giving your home like a facelift and it4:53comes upon insulation so some people you4:55have a Pandora which is just sheet metal4:58essentially that's stamped uh you have5:00vinyl backed uh which is just styrofoam5:03so it has this thing called polystyrene5:05it looks like this it's like the packing5:08foam for all your old Christmas stuff5:10that you keep in the garage that makes a5:12little snow globe every year when you5:13break it out to decorate these holidays5:15and then it's just got this nice little5:18glue that's it so this is just sitting5:20inside of a Pandora and the insulation5:23is is minimal it's not really do5:25anything because the typical exterior5:27wall if you got 2x4 exterior walls it's5:30going to range in between 13 to 15 R5:33value5:34but then you got two by six walls and5:36then that ranges from 19 to 21. so5:39just average home we're going to say is5:41around 13 on an exterior wall so that's5:44where we should start so that's going to5:46happen and polyurethane doors and you5:49can see in a polyurethane door it's an5:51injected foam and it fills all the5:53cracks and crevices in there and it5:55expands the structural rigidity the5:57insulation value the quietness because6:00it's heavy so if you get some nice nylon6:02rollers you get some good hinges we get6:04it up on a maintenance plan you're never6:06even going to hear that thing so6:08whenever you're picking do you want to6:10spend a little bit of money on something6:12that you're going to have to spend more6:15money down the line because you're just6:18getting a product that warps and shapes6:20and doesn't do anything and your water6:23heater you got a washer to dryer out in6:25the garage or do you want to invest a6:27little bit more and have like a6:28bulletproof door and essentially if your6:31garage is sealed and you have a good6:33insulated door we have a good trim and6:36weather seal and bottom rubber because6:37it doesn't matter how thick the door is6:39if I got all four corners of it exposed6:42to the outside it's not doing anything6:44but if I have good seal good6:45polyurethane6:47you should be able to open your man6:49dwarf to your kitchen or whatever you6:51have it and have it the same temperature6:52as your house6:54yeah it's uh really makes a big6:57difference I have a three-car garage and6:59both of my garage doors I've got a7:01double garage and a single and7:04years ago I replaced my 18 year old7:08garage doors that were barely working7:11with insulated doors that have the glass7:15in it the windows and those are double7:18pane so we're talking about a highly7:21insulated door with high r value yes yes7:25usually they can fill those with a argon7:27gas which is in between which is a good7:30filter and bracer between the R value so7:33insulated Windows depending on the style7:35the thickness of the door just if you're7:38gonna spend a little bit of money at7:42least let's fit in something that's7:43going to benefit you and you can get7:45your money back because garage doors7:47have the number one Roi of any home7:49improvement over your kitchen which is7:51going to go out of style in 10 years7:53over bathrooms over anything the garage7:55door is going to hold its value so7:57you're not losing anything and you're7:59going to save on your electricity bill8:00your home is going to look Stellar it's8:02going to look brand new this just makes8:04sense to get a good insulated door8:07for more information go to8:10a1garage.com all of John's contact8:13information with A1 Garage Door Service8:15is in the description of this podcast8:19John thank you so much I really8:21appreciate your expertise today8:23thank you so much Check A Pro Joe,  I'll see8:25you next time
 
 

Today on the show Check A Pro Joe is joined by Jon Phillips from A1 Garage Door Service, headquartered in Phoenix, AZ. 
Joe asks Jon this question: "How Does The Cold Weather Affect My Garage Door And Garage Door Springs?" 
Check out this episode for the answer to this commonly asked question...
For assistance with your garage doors please call A1 Garage Door Service -
(844) 214-2025.
Log on to - www.a1garage.com
 
Podcast Transcription:0:00it's spring snapping season we're not0:04talking about fishing or something it0:06sounds like a fishing thing it's it's0:07the season four no we are talking about0:09your garage door spring when the0:13temperature goes up in the summertime0:15and down in the winter time as we are0:17now in winter time we go to these0:20extreme changes your spring on your0:23garage door is more likely to snap I've0:25asked a garage door expert John Phillips0:28from A1 Garage Door Service to join me0:30here on the program to discuss this hi0:32John how are you0:34Hey Joe how's it going thanks for having0:36me back on no absolutely so0:39um I've known this for some time in the0:42extreme heat and you know we get that a0:45lot in the Phoenix area for instance0:46where A1 is based0:50um the Springs don't like the extremes0:53and also in the winter time we can get0:55cool too or cold and that's not good so0:59tell us what happens when we hit these1:01extremes1:02right so Springs metal uh hot oil1:05tempered there's galvanized but at the1:07end of the day the base is metal and1:10you'll have a spring and maybe it's a1:12little bit out of its cycle life it's a1:13little bit older and just that that last1:16straw that broke the camel's back is1:18that fluctuation in weather whether it1:20goes from hot to cold or cold to hot1:22that's just the last piece that it takes1:24and then bang hear that loud noise in1:27the garage you don't know what it was1:29until you can't open the door you know1:32that's just it that's a Telltale sign if1:34you hear a bang in your garage and your1:37kids aren't playing with firecrackers1:38and your husband's not in there with the1:39gun it's likely right it's likely the1:44spring because it makes a big bang and1:46when that happens please do not try to1:48move your door you really can't it's1:50very heavy isn't it yeah it's super1:52heavy especially if you're on like a1:54single spring system then we don't have1:57anything to lift up that door so1:59whenever you get the opportunity always2:01put two Springs on a door when you can2:04so let's talk about ways of keeping the2:08cool air out in the winter time and the2:10hot air out in the summertime with2:13weather seal and also kind of keeps the2:15critters out too right so whenever2:17starting with the spring snapping you're2:20going to get a garage door Tech out2:21there and it's going to come to a point2:24where you're putting money into the door2:25now of course at A1 Garage Door we have2:28the best Springs that last over 80 0002:31cycles and you'll never have to worry2:32about it again but at the same time do2:36you want to put that work into a door do2:38you even like that door2:40so yes we can repair the door but we got2:43to talk about the investment value and2:45is the garage cold so you want to put2:48money into the door but you never go out2:50in the garage because whichever heat or2:52cold is going on outside makes it2:54unbearable in your garage so what can we2:58do to make your garage comfortable and3:00work for you and going from the trim to3:03the bottom rubber to the actual door3:05installation itself and what it's made3:06out of how about we get you into3:08something that you actually like and3:10gives you a good Roi or return on3:13investment for you3:14and John you know what's nice about3:16getting an entire new door is you have3:19the opportunity to get a new track3:21system new rollers new hinges new3:23everything the new seals and it is brand3:27new right so every it's like getting a3:29new car you're not just getting a new3:31transmission you're not just getting new3:33Wheels you're getting a whole new car3:36and it's not that expensive for a huge3:39makeover not only are you getting a3:41great mechanical device which is your3:42garage door but it you know3:43aesthetically3:45it's huge uh in general doesn't the3:49garage door make up to 40 of the facade3:52of people's homes yes it does it's the3:55number one curb appeal I mean I've had3:58I've installed new garage doors before4:01and then the Neighbors come home and4:03then they come up to me they see my van4:05it says garage door guy on it and they4:08come up to me and the house looks so4:10different they'll come up and be like4:11hey can I get your business card do you4:13paint paint houses did you just paint4:14their entire home it looks so different4:16I'm like no we just replaced the garage4:19door it's a huge huge deal4:21and John you know that can be done in a4:24matter of hours versus actually painting4:28a home which doesn't give you that brand4:30new garage door it doesn't give you that4:32feature so let's say that you just have4:33a builder grade garage door but now you4:36want some Dimension to it maybe you want4:38those external looking hinges like a4:40carriage house look maybe you want some4:42windows in it maybe you want an4:43insulated door let's talk a little bit4:45about that yeah so if we're going to4:48talk about reinvesting in your home and4:50giving your home like a facelift and it4:53comes upon insulation so some people you4:55have a Pandora which is just sheet metal4:58essentially that's stamped uh you have5:00vinyl backed uh which is just styrofoam5:03so it has this thing called polystyrene5:05it looks like this it's like the packing5:08foam for all your old Christmas stuff5:10that you keep in the garage that makes a5:12little snow globe every year when you5:13break it out to decorate these holidays5:15and then it's just got this nice little5:18glue that's it so this is just sitting5:20inside of a Pandora and the insulation5:23is is minimal it's not really do5:25anything because the typical exterior5:27wall if you got 2x4 exterior walls it's5:30going to range in between 13 to 15 R5:33value5:34but then you got two by six walls and5:36then that ranges from 19 to 21. so5:39just average home we're going to say is5:41around 13 on an exterior wall so that's5:44where we should start so that's going to5:46happen and polyurethane doors and you5:49can see in a polyurethane door it's an5:51injected foam and it fills all the5:53cracks and crevices in there and it5:55expands the structural rigidity the5:57insulation value the quietness because6:00it's heavy so if you get some nice nylon6:02rollers you get some good hinges we get6:04it up on a maintenance plan you're never6:06even going to hear that thing so6:08whenever you're picking do you want to6:10spend a little bit of money on something6:12that you're going to have to spend more6:15money down the line because you're just6:18getting a product that warps and shapes6:20and doesn't do anything and your water6:23heater you got a washer to dryer out in6:25the garage or do you want to invest a6:27little bit more and have like a6:28bulletproof door and essentially if your6:31garage is sealed and you have a good6:33insulated door we have a good trim and6:36weather seal and bottom rubber because6:37it doesn't matter how thick the door is6:39if I got all four corners of it exposed6:42to the outside it's not doing anything6:44but if I have good seal good6:45polyurethane6:47you should be able to open your man6:49dwarf to your kitchen or whatever you6:51have it and have it the same temperature6:52as your house6:54yeah it's uh really makes a big6:57difference I have a three-car garage and6:59both of my garage doors I've got a7:01double garage and a single and7:04years ago I replaced my 18 year old7:08garage doors that were barely working7:11with insulated doors that have the glass7:15in it the windows and those are double7:18pane so we're talking about a highly7:21insulated door with high r value yes yes7:25usually they can fill those with a argon7:27gas which is in between which is a good7:30filter and bracer between the R value so7:33insulated Windows depending on the style7:35the thickness of the door just if you're7:38gonna spend a little bit of money at7:42least let's fit in something that's7:43going to benefit you and you can get7:45your money back because garage doors7:47have the number one Roi of any home7:49improvement over your kitchen which is7:51going to go out of style in 10 years7:53over bathrooms over anything the garage7:55door is going to hold its value so7:57you're not losing anything and you're7:59going to save on your electricity bill8:00your home is going to look Stellar it's8:02going to look brand new this just makes8:04sense to get a good insulated door8:07for more information go to8:10a1garage.com all of John's contact8:13information with A1 Garage Door Service8:15is in the description of this podcast8:19John thank you so much I really8:21appreciate your expertise today8:23thank you so much Check A Pro Joe,  I'll see8:25you next time
 
 

Check A Pro Joe is joined by garage door expert, Jon Phillips from A1 Garage Door Service, headquartered in Phoenix, AZ. 
Jon explains why today is the best and easiest time to purchase a new garage door.  From ample supply of product to special offers to financing options. 
Check out this informative episode...
 
 
For assistance with your garage doors please call A1 Garage Door Service -
(844) 214-2025.
Log on to - www.a1garage.com
 
Podcast Transcription:
We can do that for you because we want to facilitate that everyone deserves whatever door they want and we'll make it happen 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 checker pro Joe John Phillips from A1 garage door service in phoenix AZ is joining me here on the program today hey John how are you check a pro I'm doing fantastic how are you fantastic thank you so much for joining me today you're in the garage door business you guys are in probably 30 plus markets now you guys are the leaders in garage doors garage door service primarily for homeowners isn't that true yeah homeowners what we do residential we want to take care of people in their homes the garage door is 40% of the curb appeal we like to say it's the smile of your own very personable thing it's a great investment but it's also something that it needs fine-tuned work and professionalism because it's the biggest moving object so we just want to help people sure the garage door is important and needs to be maintained as the front door for many homeowners I understand now is the easiest time for someone to get into a brand new garage door and before you get into that I'll tell everybody who is watching and listening your garage door makeover can make your home look so different so much better very quickly within a day it could take longer to paint the house and maybe more expensive to paint the house then put on a new garage door to make your home look fantastic Jon, tell us how it's so easy now for people to get into a new garage door number one after the COVID logistics that affected everything in the garage door industry manufacturers are finally starting to catch up we're starting to see a lot of stuff back in stock us as a company we buy a lot of doors in bulk so we can have them on hand so you have opportunities to get it installed same day if you wanted to you could literally have a tech come out and just be like I want a new door we have these available let's get you on the schedule for the next day so that's super beautiful thing we're super involved with our distributors and our manufacturers so we're able to call them for you and see what's in stock to handle that for you so logistically it's gotten 10 times better for everyone and two we have promotional offers that anyone can benefit from no matter what financial position that you're in or how you like to purchase things whether you're a straight up cash type of person if you're a credit card person or if you want to get into promotional payments and whether you want to do that same as cash you know over the next two years or if you want to be 50 bucks a month so it doesn't affect my budget at all we can do that for you because we want to facilitate that everyone deserves whatever door they want and we'll make it happen yeah to get a hold of A1 garage door service it's easy go to Google and type in A1 garage door service also in this description of the podcast you will get all the information to reach John and the team over at A1 garage door service John thank you so much for joining me today thank you so much Joe checker Pro is your local source for pre-qualified contractors stay tuned for more of the check a pro radio show.

Jon Phillips from A1 Garage Door Service joins Check A Pro Joe on this episode to discuss myQ and how it automate your garage.
Monitor and control your garage door and home lighting from anywhere. Get real time notifications, set schedules and share the app with family members. Never wonder if you left the garage door open again. Only with myQ.
Amazon Key In-Garage Delivery works exclusively with myQ smart garage technology. Home or away, protect your packages against theft, damage and bad weather. And, with a myQ-connected Smart Garage Camera and Smart Lock you can watch deliveries happen in real-time and automatically lock your garage passage door when a delivery is taking place.
 
For assistance with your garage doors please call A1 Garage Door Service -
(844) 214-2025.
Log on to - www.a1garage.com
 
Podcast Transcription:
 
We can monitor if the door's been open
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and set it time to close so you don't
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have to worry about it anymore
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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 -
 
John Phillips from
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A1 Garage Door Service is joining me
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here on the Checker Pro radio show and I
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want to talk to John today about
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something that's really cool it's new
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delivery companies are using it and you
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can use it as well it's called MyQ it's
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for your garage door hey John it's good
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to see you buddy good to see you too
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checkpro Joe how you been fantastic pal
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all right my Q we've heard about this
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not many people have it yet but almost
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anyone can get it with either a new
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garage door operator setup or maybe even
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a retrofit why don't you talk about it
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so we all have our Smart Homes now you
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got the ring camera you got the security
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systems well LiftMaster Genie all of
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them have their own special type with
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LiftMaster it's my cue Genie uses
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Aladdin and we can make a smart home
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it's Safety and Security convenience and
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everyone's doing it with ring and all
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the other security systems as well it
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just seems only natural that we would do
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it with your garage as well the biggest
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moving object in your home and the
1:22
biggest gaping hole in your home we want
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to make sure that that's safe and we can
1:25
monitor it we also want to give our
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clients benefits whenever they use these
1:29
systems yeah so give an example of how
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MyQ can help someone is it because
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they're out of town and they aren't sure
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if they put the garage door down maybe
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they want to see what's going on in the
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garage maybe there's a package delivery
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give us some ideas of how versatile this
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product is the initial step is the
1:50
security of it the MyQ app super easy to
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use and what we can do is we can monitor
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one if anything's wrong with the garage
1:57
door we can monitor if the doors been oh
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open and set it time to close so you
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don't have to worry about it anymore
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we can also set it one of the best
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features is a lot of people are busy
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they're traveling they work they have
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things to do and then you got the
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plumber you got the garage door guy you
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got the full service you got this you
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got that and you can actually set it to
2:18
codes whether that's to family whether
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you trust them and you want to give them
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a code Forever you can have set to
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specific times of the day that they have
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access to it and you can give them
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one-time coats to get in so your full
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Monitor and access to your garage
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without the inconvenience of having to
2:36
give someone a remote or for you to have
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to even be home and with the camera
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benefit as well you can see what's going
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on and then that's not even starting
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into the delivery system that Amazon or
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Walmart delivery can do to where we can
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drop off packages we don't have any more
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porch Pirates you can see it on the
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camera they actually don't even step in
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the garage what they do is they open the
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garage up it's a one-time code
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completely secured through MyQ on Amazon
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they have it on their little beeper
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where they check everything
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just opens it that one time slide it in
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you see it on camera your package is
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nice safe dry everything's good to go
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and they close the door they don't leave
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until the door is closed so it's full
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proof and the security and to get your
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house modern and the convenience because
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we're busy we got stuff to do to make
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convenient for everyone and probably the
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biggest bush is this is actually
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standard and a lot of Motors that are
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out there right now and people just
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aren't utilizing it even though they
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have it so whether you want to get a
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brand new system you want to upgrade the
3:35
system that you have or maybe you
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already have my cue and you're just not
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using it to its full capability for more
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information on this simply go to A1
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Garage Door Service all of the
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information is in the description of the
3:50
podcast to get a hold of these guys you
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guys are based in Phoenix and you're in
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over 29 30 markets now aren't you yeah
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we're everywhere and we're growing like
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wildfire it's crazy yeah it's fantastic
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John I know you have a handful of MyQ
4:03
products right there with you take a few
4:05
moments to talk about them we can
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upgrade it so you have an internet
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gateway and we can upgrade the buttons
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so this has nice time to close features
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everything like that you can get it in
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wide as well different ones where we can
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monitor where the door's at we can also
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get it with the camera hook up so you
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don't have to get a whole new garage
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door operator if you're not in the
4:24
market for that we can just get a simple
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camera fix that you can set anywhere in
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your garage and I've even seen people
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use this by their front door instead of
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a ring camera it just depends on what
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you want to do and you can get multiple
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ones and set them throughout the house
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and it's all conveniently in one portion
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of my Q app lighting's a big issue that
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some people have especially if you have
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an older model that doesn't take LEDs
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that might interfere with the remotes so
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we have these portable lights that we
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can sit around it's about 1500 lumens in
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it and you can hook it up and you can do
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light control and everything like that
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so when you get that camera we can light
4:57
up the garage you know lights camera
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action so we can actually see what's
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going on in there and it's kind of
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Limitless on the number that you can put
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it on these and one of my favorite
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things is that LiftMaster is actually
5:08
partnered with Yale uh they're kind of
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an auto lock company and they do a lot
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of security well now they have an auto
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smart for your man door whether it's to
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your garage or your front door and then
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that's included in the MyQ app as well
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so you can even set to your own front
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door not just the garage so it's not
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just homeowners with garages right if
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you've got a detached garage and that
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doesn't really pertain to your house we
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can also get this set up so this is a
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big big player when it comes to WalMart
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delivery for those groceries
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everything's integrated it all works
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well
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the delivery guy can drop off your
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package and you can see it on video it's
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it's all recorded so you don't have to
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worry about anything and it's just so
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much easier we're all so busy nowadays
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we're worried about the porch Pirates we
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want safety we want good lighting we
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want convenience it's all there in the
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my queue hey John thank you so much for
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joining me today I appreciate it thank
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you so much and just one more thing for
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all those people out there go out into
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your garage right now look at your
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operator and see if it's Chamberlain or
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LiftMaster if it has a little Wi-Fi
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symbol in it download the respective app
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use it and Implement your money's worth
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you have the product use my cue make
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life simple excellent thanks again John
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appreciate it thanks again Joe Checker
6:23
Pro is your local source for
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pre-qualified contractors stay tuned for
6:27
more of the Check A Pro radio show!
 

Why is your garage door opener / garage door operator so important? Jon Phillips from A1 Garage Door Service joins Check A Pro Joe on this episode of Check A Pro Radio to explain. Jon goes into the nitty gritty of the importance of the proper garage door operator.
A1 is a leader in the garage door industry!  Check out this episode to learn how the A1 team delivers the best service in the industry.
For assistance with your garage doors please call A1 Garage Door Service -
(844) 214-2025.
Log on to - www.a1garage.com
 
Transcript of podcast:
The garage door is important to our home everybody and we don't think a lot about it when we press the button I asked my good friend John Phillips from A1 Garage Door Service to join me on the program today to talk about something that we just don't think a lot about and that's the garage door opener also called the garage door operator and John is going to Enlighten us about the differences the importance of the balance door and so forth John welcome to the program Hey Joe how's it going thanks for having me back on it's great to have you here so the garage door operator or what some people call the garage door opener it's an important piece isn't it yes it is it's uh it's the the brain of the operations it's what automates your door to make it convenient from you from your car and nowadays even your phone to 1:04 where you don't have to get out and open 1:05 it manually you can just do it all at 1:07 the push of a button a lot of changes in 1:09 technology before we dive into that tell 1:12 everybody who's listening the importance 1:14 of the door being balanced first before 1:17 that garage door operator does its job 1:21 so a lot of people are under the 1:23 impression that the the operator is what 1:26 lifts the entire door and we've covered 1:29 this in other sections as well but it 1:31 just automates it that's all it does it 1:33 just tells the door to open and close a 1:37 good functioning door with good parts on 1:39 it that's balanced with springs at 1:40 proper tension good bearings drums 1:43 cables hinges rollers making sure the 1:46 door is installed Plumbing straight and 1:48 perfectly aligned if these things aren't 1:50 done then the operator is kind of 1:52 useless and people spend good money on 1:54 operators and to to have a door that's 1:57 lacking or faulty in any of these 1:59 mechanical functions uh you could be 2:02 just wasting your money and ruining the 2:03 motor 2:04 yeah absolutely I encourage people all 2:06 the time to get their doors maintained 2:09 on a regular basis to make sure 2:11 everything is bolted down properly 2:13 literally screwed down because things 2:14 can loosen up and to make sure that that 2:16 spring is wound properly that it's in 2:19 good shape everything's lubricated and 2:21 the balance is so key and this is 2:23 something we talk about John and the 2:25 average person can't really figure out 2:27 the proper balance you guys use 2:29 equipment to determine whether or not 2:31 any given door is properly imbalanced 2:33 and then once it is everything is nice 2:36 and straight and square and everything's 2:39 in balance that garage door without the 2:41 operator without it engaged should 2:44 simply go up and down with just your 2:45 finger it should just move nice and 2:47 easily because we don't want a lot of 2:49 wear and tear on that garage door 2:51 operator so once it's all balanced the 2:54 garage door operator does its job so 2:57 there's a lot of new technology today 2:59 you want to talk about the differences 3:01 and and the great options there are 3:03 right without nerding out too much the 3:05 most basic function now is obviously 3:07 moving up and down and those motors used 3:10 to be AC Motors so alternating current 3:12 the motors were a little bit big a 3:14 little bit louder and then slowly but 3:17 surely we're progressing over to DC 3:19 motors so that's direct current it's a 3:22 smaller motor but in the garage door 3:24 application it's actually more powerful 3:25 and the coolest thing about it is with a 3:27 DC motor you have higher speed function 3:31 and what that does for your garage doors 3:33 so when the door goes to lay on the 3:35 ground and shut as the speed option 3:37 where it slows down and Feathers the 3:39 door down and that's the same thing when 3:40 coming up so it's not this abrupt 3:43 stopped where the doors hit in the 3:44 ground so anytime that you can hear the 3:46 door closing and hitting the ground 3:48 that's not good that's a jolt to the 3:50 entire system and it's a wear on the 3:52 doors with these DC motors that are 3:54 coming out now it's nice and gentle 3:56 pulls the door gradually gets up to 3:58 speed so it still opens it just as fast 4:00 it's just at the very end of that 4:02 closing and the very end of that opening 4:04 it feathers it nice and neat and so your 4:07 door is going to last a lot longer 4:08 sounds a lot safer too for some reason 4:10 it just sounds safer is there any safety 4:13 benefits to this as well yeah so with 4:15 the slow start and stop without geeking 4:17 out too much so the travel modules and 4:20 the RPMs whenever they go into an AC 4:23 motor they're hard set they slip they 4:25 wear out over time with the DC motor 4:27 it's all plugged in and it's all 4:29 electronic so it's a lot more sensitive 4:31 and safe so things such as forces which 4:33 is what the door is wanting to push or 4:35 pull through that's a lot more 4:37 fine-tuned which is the biggest part 4:38 that can be the difference in between 4:40 hurting things that are at the bottom of 4:42 the door or the operator pulling the 4:44 door apart on the way up so it is 4:46 significantly safer times have changed 4:48 from when I was a young boy and I would 4:50 have my friend go over to the button 4:52 inside the garage and say okay press it 4:55 and as that door opened up I would rise 4:57 off the ground I was six seven years old 4:59 and I don't encourage Us by the way okay 5:02 so do not do this the reason why I bring 5:04 this up is back in the day for whatever 5:08 reason that garage door was able to lift 5:09 me up those garage doors were pretty 5:11 heavy too they were all wood today a lot 5:13 of the garage doors are actually a lot 5:14 lighter made of a metal type material so 5:16 things have changed a lot so do not grab 5:18 the garage door I don't have anything in 5:21 the way don't attach anything to it let 5:23 it go up and down easily and have it 5:25 balanced I recommend that you have a one 5:28 garage door service on a regular basis 5:31 come out to your home 5:33 regardless whether you have one or three 5:35 or four garage doors have them maintain 5:37 it on a regular basis because when they 5:39 come out and they lubricate it and they 5:41 tighten everything up and they basically 5:43 look at everything your garage door is 5:44 not only going to last longer but it's 5:46 going to be a lot safer you guys have a 5:51 great program that's not that expensive 5:52 for people to plug into where you guys 5:55 come out on a regular basis can you talk 5:57 a little bit about that yeah so we have 5:59 our worry-free membership and what that 6:01 is is garage doors need a maintenance 6:04 plan and we need experts to come out and 6:06 look at the door make sure everything's 6:07 okay we want it to be hassle-free for 6:09 our clients so we get on the membership 6:12 you get perks and discounts and safety 6:15 features such as surge protectors for 6:17 your operator maintenance plans as well 6:19 to keep it up to date and then also you 6:22 get discounts on any future work and 6:24 whether you have one door on your home 6:26 or 20 Doors which I haven't seen yet at 6:28 one single home we're going to take care 6:30 of all of them for 8.95 a month well you 6:32 apparently haven't been to Jay Leno home 6:34 so I don't know how many garage doors he 6:36 has but he's got a lot of cars I I do 6:39 know that 6:40 technology my cue that's a big thing 6:43 that people are getting involved with 6:44 now can you touch upon the MyQ system 6:47 yeah so the my queue is a Bluetooth and 6:51 Wi-Fi compatibility to where your 6:53 operator is hooked up to the Internet or 6:55 Wi-Fi of your home and then now you 6:57 control your garage door from anywhere 6:59 and it also has sensory on it to where 7:02 it can tell you if it's open or closed 7:03 and timed and stamped and the MyQ app is 7:06 perfect so you don't have to worry 7:08 anymore did I close the garage door 7:09 there's timers for that but you can 7:11 always check on it it'll give you alerts 7:13 you can know when your kids got home 7:15 from school if you're still working they 7:17 have camera options as well so you can 7:19 get a live video feed and a two-way 7:22 radio into the garage so that's super 7:24 fun and then also backup batteries as 7:28 well for in case the power goes out and 7:30 then probably my favorite feature is 7:33 probably the Amazon key that is so 7:36 Amazon can hook up to that one time they 7:39 don't step into your garage or anything 7:41 like that and they're able to drop off 7:43 packages straight into your garage and 7:46 then close the garage door and it's 7:47 complete secure no porch Pirates no 7:50 packages getting ruined from weather 7:52 your package is completely safe and a 7:54 secure dry place and who could ask for 7:57 anything better as far as Amazon 7:58 delivery what a complete package no pun 8:01 intended with the Amazon thing I'm 8:02 talking about the MyQ technology it's a 8:05 fantastic package all together even if 8:08 you have a garage door operator garage 8:10 door opener that's not that old it might 8:13 be a good time to swap it out because 8:15 you may have kind of a simple garage 8:18 door opener where you have a remote 8:19 control and yes you were able to sync it 8:22 into your automobile so you can just 8:24 press the button on the roof of your car 8:25 as you drive in some of us just have 8:28 that I mean that's it but when we can 8:30 talk back and forth when we can let the 8:33 package guy in from Amazon when we've 8:35 got cameras and we've got more safety 8:37 features it doesn't cost that much to 8:40 get a system like this installed uh John 8:43 could you share any of the costs at all 8:44 roughly of what it would cost to have a 8:47 system like MyQ installed in general 8:49 well the beautiful thing is my queue is 8:52 actually becoming the standard so you 8:55 can get it on the more economical grade 8:56 Motors or you can get it on a motor 8:59 that's going to last you for years to 9:01 come 9:03 so it doesn't really matter the budget 9:05 or the cost my queue is available 9:06 probably the coolest thing about MyQ as 9:09 well is also another problem is people 9:12 with security in their homes so people 9:14 don't like having remotes just out in 9:17 their garages in their cars they say 9:19 that that's a security risk and I agree 9:21 with them so if you have all of your 9:23 remotes just attached directly to your 9:25 phone which is attached at the hip you 9:28 don't have any remotes wandering around 9:29 you don't have to worry about losing 9:31 them you don't have to worry about 9:31 people stealing him and having access to 9:34 your home anymore it's all safe and 9:36 within your phone that's a good point I 9:39 control my thermostat and my lights and 9:41 a lot of other things with my phone may 9:43 as well do my garage door as well right 9:45 sync it up and John thank you so much 9:47 for joining me today here on the program 9:48 I really appreciate it oh I appreciate 9:51 you too it's always a pleasure to talk 9:52 and thank you for everything Checker Pro 9:54 is your local source for pre-qualified 9:56 contractors stay tuned for more of the 9:58 Check A Pro radio show.

Tommy Mello from A1 Garage Door Service joins Check A Pro Joe on this episode of Check A Pro Radio. Tommy talks about garage doors, maintenance and some of the latest technology in the garage door industry.
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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 Tommy Mellow how are you doing my friend doing great got done working out with the trainer so things are good! Hey I get a lot of questions from people being in home service from my point of view a lot of questions come up and the question of the day is when people buy a home whether it's new or an existing home you know they have a garage door already in there what is that garage door who's made that garage door who's got the warranty on that garage door in most cases is a regular house not a custom home but a regular home is that a good door or is that considered like a builder door so that's a really great question and what I could tell you is there's larger manufacturers of garage doors throughout the country that own a lot of them but as far as new construction is concerned there's a company called Wayne Dalton and Wayne Dalton is a mammoth company they do most of the new home construction they've got different series stores 9100 is there common one 'cause it's semi insulated it's it's in my opinion it's kind of a flimsy door it's it's a cheap door but it's good for the builders they get a discount and rebates and things like that but Wayne Dalton has an interesting product because they've got proprietary springs called the torque master or a Torquemaster plus spring system and we do a lot of work our way Dallas is because that's just the majority of what the words get installed on a new home and it's interesting because years and years ago Joe it started out that Wayne Dalton had a five year warranty when you bought the home and had a five year warranty on parts and then they went to three-year on their torque masters then they went to one year now why would you warranty a product for one year and I'm not slamming wait Dalton I'm just telling you this is their policies on their website and with their products Can you imagine why you would have a one year warranty well first of all you're limiting your liability but you're not backing up your product I mean if it only has a one year warranty that means that it may not last more than a year they usually last 14-15 maybe two years it's all out cycle life so each time that it goes up and down as a cycle So what we do is we've got an opportunity to replace that torquemaster which by the way usually special order so it's a couple weeks out if you call Wayne Dalton they're primarily installation so they don't have a big service department they're usually out four to six weeks and during the pandemic they got behind right now they're I I've heard over a year behind on things we take a torquemaster we take down and we put a torsion spring conversion system so we put a conventional torque tube drums cables bearing plates and springs then we could give a lifetime warranty because that goes from a low cycle to an 80,000 cycles so if you use your door 10 times a day you're using it a few thousand times a year that's gonna last you I don't know 20 some odd years and we get a lot of calls 9100 it's lightly insulated door now check this out a regular door weighs about 160 pounds Wayne Dalton insulated 9100 weighs about 140 pounds so that just tells you it's literally II if I push really hard I can plug my finger through the door so it's like aluminum foil it is like a really, really heavy it's a well done foil it literally is like baked on foil and if you took a pencil you stick it through II it's a little thinner than a paint can OK so it's very efficient for them it's not that expensive but they're getting the job done because their job is to make sure that the builder has a door to put on the House so when you buy the home you have a door just like you'll have some paint and you'll have some carpet but it's kind of what we call builder grade well this is what I look at when I buy a home Joe I go out there and I look at certain things you could tell a lot believe it or not by the garage because you know as a garage door guys say what kind of opener did they put in or what kind of door did they put in because then I could basically tell you did they did they go the cheapest on the cabinets did they go they did they you know go with the slow closed cabinets what did they do on the outlets what do they do with the fans what do they do with most electronics in the home and there's certain things I look at when I'm looking at a new home I found out so my house was built in 1974 in Scottsdale we started doing a lot of construction in 2013 to my current house and the guy built it instead of two by fours he did two by threes throughout the whole neighborhood 2 by threes interior walls I hope yeah yeah I mean I went in there and really I mean the house never it's not gonna blow down or anything but I tell you what there's certain builders that just take corners and I'm not saying we don't have that product that really really great products but they're builder great is unfortunate because um what weight oil to try to do years and years ago is they try to come out I build all their open primary stuff well there's been recalls on most of it and they had a really strong engineering team that there was just a lot of issues and you know you wanna try that route you stick with Chamberlain products which is Liftmaster but we do a lot of work like I'm glad we dogs have business because it gives us a future especially other builder grade you know a lot of people are looking for the quick fix and we know builders are builders are really looking to get something that they can put in there and get that house sold because ultimately even if there's a one year warranty on the House from the builder sells a new house it's now the homeowners responsibility for everything in that home you really need to beware guys out there when you're looking at homes you know look at the garage door ask the inspector when you have the house inspected tell me about this garage door and actually you know knock on it see if your finger goes through it you know they they have some carriage style doors the 9700 the 6600 the 9405 and 9510 I mean they the most common door is there 83185 hundred models and then the door that I was talking about was there 9100 but they do have nice stores you know you got there 8000 series which is your typical non insulated I mean uh uh garage door done right install properly with the right struts will do good it's just you gotta look at the quality if you want it to last and it goes along with other things if you want a wood door you gotta put a clear coat on it every year or otherwise you know those those are expensive they're beautiful doors but they're very heavy they cost a lot to fix because there's a lot more parts they're bigger parts but I'll tell you what overall I love the garage door history because there's so many reasons why garage doors make sense number one you're probably using it as the entry door to your home so using it like your front number two door it's 40% of your curb appeal number three it’s the number one return on investment on the home five years in a row remodel magazine #5 I think I'm at the insulation could save you a lot of money on your electric bill it's going green and #6 is you could open your garage door from anywhere you could be in in in Europe and let your neighbors go in there to check on everything and row with the doors open or closed or get a notification let's say your daughter shows up at midnight one day from a date you know she got home at midnight there's no line about that so you got access through your phone through the garage and I just love it 'cause I'm packages now right into the garage so it's safe you don't have to worry about it getting you know the theft on the front porch I I just I'm glad it's not just you look at a track and keeping the house cool in the summer is important but we've got curb appeal we've got energy efficiency we've got the technology we've got a lot of cool things that's where you put your cars and your pastimes your golf clubs and end your Christmas lights and all that stuff so I'm just I'm fortunate to have found this industry yeah so many people use that garage door as their front door as you said Tommy they also use it as a storage unit and of course they're gonna park there baby in there but I'll tell you what happens people take it for granted until the garage door doesn't operate properly either the garage door operator or garage door opener has failed usually the spring is a big failure point and if here at Big Bang it means you gotta problem there and do not try to move the door yourself you won't be able to you gotta call a professional but getting back to the quality of the doors in the beginning anything new it's like a young person I joke about this all the time 'cause I'm getting a little older back in my 20s I could abuse myself a little bit more because my parts were younger but as I get older my parts aren't as young I have to take more care so as that garage door gets older if it's not a well-built door with great parts it's more likely to fail the question I always ask people Joe is do you run your car till it breaks or do you change the oil and there's specific things you do at 90,000 miles on the vehicle they don't look at the parts are bad they replace all the hoses they replace certain parts on the car regardless they don't wait for them to fail 'cause if you wait for something to fail it gets expensive it's dangerous and it never is a good timing so it's just like on a garage door we should come check out the parts before they completely fail because that's dangerous and it's not good for timing it never is and that's what I would tell people is and it's starting to make noise if you hadn't had a lubricated or looked at then you need to call a pro out there that they are dangerous you know last America report there's 40,000 reported and I'm sure probably 100,000 not reported issues so it's one of those things where it just happens at the worst time possible and I just I I hear doors and I'm like one day I was showing a guy his door and I didn't realize that he had the door off and I pulled the cord and the garage door was like a slingshot just it was like a just slams down and I'm like dude you got a broken spring and I showed him he goes that wasn't like that I go I just walked in here and pulled the red chord I didn't break your spring it gate couldn't believe it 'cause the opener is sometimes a really powerful opener could work off of 1 spring so you still got one spring helping but end it'll keep the cable tension but overall but you know I'm fortunate to be in this industry I think we're a great company we look out after our clients we can work on any make and model and the question I was asking myself is this for affixing or is it a better investment to replace it and my goal is not to have to see you every six months like most companies not some of these guys they go to Band-Aid fixes and you're out there if I've got bad breaks check out the rotors and calipers to make sure they're doing their job for me 'cause if they're not the brakes are gonna go bad every few months you're right maintenance is not that expensive either in the garage door space you guys have a program what is it 9 or 10 bucks a month or something yeah you know $9.95 a month and we come out once a year with lubricated just saying everything on the door you get cut in front of line for this batch and we're open nights weekends holidays you also get 15% off the bill we take care of our members we call those club members and it's a great relationship and our goal is hopefully one day you know 5-10 years on the line it shows us to replace the door because overtime it gets dense it fatigues it gets oxidized the trim wears out and our goal is to take kind of a and approach of let's build a relationship with you over the years to be your trusted advisor in your garage hoping that one day you'll make an investment into the home and will be the choice because we built that relationship. Many homeowners will have a plumbing guy an electrician in AC guy you've really got to have a garage door guy and you don't think much about it until it's Monday morning two kids in the back seat it's 6:45 AM gotta get to daycare and that meeting 'cause you're presenting that morning and your garage door doesn't open you will not get that Lexus out will you no no and it you know it's important you know I just got my floors done by our company two days ago we got the full chip epoxy it's a form of epoxy and um it looks absolutely phenomenal and I'm just I'm kind of embarrassed because I went to cheap way with the rust oleum Home Depot like a decade ago and I gotta tell you night and day when we did the floors it just looks like a premium house now I just I can't even explain it it's a garage floor but it's just nice and it just tells its a caliber of the home and you know I'm putting the storage in there and in Arizona we don't have basements so you're right I I got I have a lot of stuff everything from golf clubs I just got five electric bikes I got two that I bought two more than I just bought a tricycle because I'm near Old Town Scottsdale So what better than they have friends over yeah so they're charging in the garage all the time I just think it looks like a premium garage now you know it's interesting I was talking to Dan Antonelli from Kick Charge Creative today we were talking about branding of course it's not necessarily the vehicle it's how the vehicle looks same thing could be for the uniform on the individual well if your house is an OK house you can really make it look great Tommy had said a few moments ago that 30-40% of the facade of the home, the curb appeal is the garage doors you guys can swap out one or two garage doors in an afternoon and it'll look superb so my point is you can get your garage floor epoxy you can get new garage doors you can paint the house and you don't really have to have an expensive house to make it nice So what else Joe this is very simple but I have a buddy of mine he works at it's called snowman and it's where we recycle our metal so all of our old springs doors and he ordered a door from us and unfortunately the manufacturers got behind with this this pandemic so he was not happy but I said you know what let me come out there it just got installed I said let me put some decorative hardware on it gave him two nice kids and this is magnetic but it looks so good and I put the magnetic hardware on there and it's got the handles and he was just floored he was just so happy he goes, dude I had no idea that that little add on would make such a big difference on the quality of the home and it really does you put a couple sets on it looks like a carriage house style door and you know it doesn't look good on the cheek door it looks it looks it kind of looks like a Denny's steak if you and you put it on a cheap door but have you got a decent door and you got windows or something then you put it on it and I go lung panel which is 4 rectangles versus the eight squares it really looks nice alright Tommy hey thanks for your time I appreciate it Tommy mele one garage door service A1 garage.com check out their Jingle too I love that whenever I say A1 garage.com when i'm giving out the website I think of A1 garage. Can you sing it for us Tommy A1 from day one it's awesome tell me mellow thank you so much appreciate it thanks Joe from day one check a pro is your local source for pre qualified contractors stay tuned for more of the check a pro radio show!

Jon Phillips from A1 Garage Door Service joins Check A Pro Joe on this episode of Check A Pro Radio. Jon talks about the latest class of A1 Service Techs. to graduate from A1's training facility.
A1 is a leader in the garage door industry!  Check out this episode to learn how the A1 team delivers the best service in the industry.
For assistance with your garage doors please call A1 Garage Door Service -
(844) 214-2025.
Log on to - www.a1garage.com