A1 Garage Door Repair Podcast & Radio Show

"So we're gonna fix the problem you called us out for. We also can address anything that can, instead of kicking the tin can down the road, essentially, we can address things that we can see are gonna be a problem in the future."
- Jon Phillips, Garage Door Expert
Check A Pro Joe asks Jon Phillips this question: "Why Is It So Important To Maintain My Garage Doors?" 
Check out this episode for the answer to this issue happening in our neighborhoods.
For assistance with your garage doors please call A1 Garage Door Service -
(844) 214-2025.
Log on to - www.a1garage.com
 

"What you've really got to look at, and if I can help, what I say is I am totally happy as long as you give me the chance to come back out one more time."
- Jon Phillips, Garage Door Expert
 
Check A Pro Joe asks Jon this question: "How Many Garage Door Replacement Quotes Should I Get?" 
Check out this episode for the answer to this issue happening in our neighborhoods.
For assistance with your garage doors please call A1 Garage Door Service -
(844) 214-2025.
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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
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from A1 Garage Door Service in Phoenix
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Arizona John how are you I'm good Joe
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how have you been fantastic hey a while
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back we were discussing a lot of things
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and one thing that came up which kind of
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piqued my interest
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was the fact that you said that the
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garage is the most underutilized space
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in the home
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now I use my garage to put my cars in I
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use it for storage
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I use it to hide stuff
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so tell us about what that means it's
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the most underutilized space in the home
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yeah so whenever it comes to the square
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footage of a home the garage isn't
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included unless it's been permissed to
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be a livable space so whenever you go
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into a home and it says it's 1500 square
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feet uh 2 000 square feet a thousand
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square feet whatever it is that's not
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including the garage so when people want
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to consider this I mean the average
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one-car garage is around three to four
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hundred square feet and then a two-car
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garage it's like 720
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that's a lot of square footage that's a
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lot of square footage that you didn't
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consider in your home and a lot of
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people they just got a Pandora they just
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park their cars in there they use it as
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storage but there's so many options now
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to where I mean if you want to go to the
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city and get it all done up and make it
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to a livable face yeah you can do that
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but
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with the storage options and the options
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that we have with doors and epoxy floors
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that we have in like the Las Vegas and
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Phoenix markets you can make that 720
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square foot of dead space into something
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that actually adds value and adds space
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to your home to utilize
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yeah you know one could argue it is
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livable for the guy who wants to go out
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in his garage with the epoxy floor and
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his little workshop and there's
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something at least for a guy I think the
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garage right it's it's their space so
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you know they've got the pegboard up on
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the wall with the tools and they've got
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the cabinets and they've got the floor
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they have a TV probably so the game is
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on they put the lighting up and it's
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really kind of their man cave outside
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isn't it yeah and probably whenever it
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comes to man caves probably my favorite
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type of garage door makeover or redo is
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a lot of people you have a seven foot
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door well a lot of people have vaulted
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ceilings where these ceilings go up 10
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12 feet and then you have a door that
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kicks over but when it's up in the open
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position it's just kind of
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right there in the center of the garage
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because the ceiling's so high so then we
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have high lift conversions and high lift
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doors so instead of going up only about
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seven and a half eight feet we can get
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that thing as close to the ceiling as
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possible and back to the man cave a lot
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of people like to do this because they
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want to make it into a home gym or golf
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simulator or any one of those things and
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now the door goes up high enough to
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where they can fit all that in there and
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then turn it into the dream man cave
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that they've always wanted because they
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have all the space now
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you know that's fantastic so A1 started
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with Tommy mellow years ago as really a
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garage door repair company replacement
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and now you guys just are the garage
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yeah the entirety of it because now we
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we know how to make as much space as
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possible with your door but also with
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the epoxy floors we're also super big
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into overhead and wall mount storage so
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in that storage we're able to do ceiling
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mounts there are traditional things
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you've seen you know nice and clean
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hanging down from the ceiling but we're
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also working on motorized versions to
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where you don't even have to get up on a
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ladder or load anything up you can just
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have it come down to the ground all
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controlled by your phone you load up the
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Christmas decorations or maybe the
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memorabilia that you want to keep nice
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and then just click of a button it goes
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all the way back up to the ceiling and
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then instead of just the old khaki
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particle board shelves on the metal
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framing that looks industrial now we got
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these super Sleek wall mount ones where
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you can slide shelves and hooks off and
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it just anything that's involved with
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the garage from the floor to the walls
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to the overhead storage to the garage
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door A1 does it all
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yeah that's fantastic hey John thanks
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for joining us today on the show yeah
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thank you so much for having me check
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projo it's always good sure all of
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John's information is located in the
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description of this podcast A1 Garage
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Door Service located in about 30 markets
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yeah and growing and growing once again
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John thank you so much for joining me
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today thank you so much

"And we can just make that Fort Knox and a big deterrent if anyone looks at the garage door because the main purpose of people getting access to the garage door,  if they do have nefarious intentions is they want it to be easy."
- Jon Phillips, Garage Door Expert
Thefts from the garage are happening more and more frequently. On today's show Jon Phillips from A1 Garage Door Service stops by to discuss this disturbing trend and ways to ward off the thieves.
Check A Pro Joe asks Jon this question: "What Can Be Done To Prevent Thefts In My Garage And Home?" 
Check out this episode for the answer to this issue happening in our neighborhoods.
For assistance with your garage doors please call A1 Garage Door Service -
(844) 214-2025.
Log on to - www.a1garage.com
 

A1 Garage Door Service expert, Jon Phillips,  explains to Jim Klauck a.k.a. Check A Pro Joe and his listeners, the 29 point inspection A1 conducts on all garage door inspections. On this podcast,  Jon explains why you, the homeowner, should maintain your garage door at least once per year.
Jon has years of experience not only servicing garage doors but also as a leader in the training of the best garage door techs in the industry at A1!
For assistance with your garage doors please call A1 Garage Door Service -
(844) 214-2025

Jon Phillips, from A1 Garage Door Service joins Jim Klauck a.k.a. Check A Pro Joe on this podcast.  Jon explains why you, the homeowner, should not attempt to replace your broken garage door spring.
Jon has years of experience not only servicing garage doors but also as a leader in the training of the best garage door techs in the industry at A1!
For assistance with your garage doors please call A1 Garage Door Service -
(844) 214-2025

"How about I save you on the money and the time and we get the door working now and  put that money thing on the back burner until after the holidays?"
-John Phillips
 
Check A Pro Joe asks Jon Phillips this question: "How Can I Get A Garage Door Now?" 
Check out this informative podcast about garage storage.
For assistance with your garage doors please call A1 Garage Door Service -
(844) 214-2025.
Log on to - www.a1garage.com

"So that thing is hard as a rock and then some of the stuff that I've been able to see that we offer like the different types of flakes that you can do it can match anything whether it's a tan or midnight and crazy colors."
- Jon Phillips, Garage Door Expert
Check A Pro Joe asks Jon Phillips this question: "Why Should I Consider An Epoxy Floor For My Garage?" 
Check out this informative podcast about garage storage.
For assistance with your garage doors please call A1 Garage Door Service -
(844) 214-2025.
Log on to - www.a1garage.com
 

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
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biggest gaping hole in your home we want
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to make sure that that's safe and we can
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monitor it we also want to give our
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clients benefits whenever they use these
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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products right there with you take a few
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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
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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
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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
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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
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pre-qualified contractors stay tuned for
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more of the Check A Pro radio show!