Review from Mike S.
Published:almost 6 years ago
If you don't read anything else, just skip to the bottom and call BK Garage Doors first.
After having some damage done to our door about a year and a half ago, we started calling around to get prices on a new door. A1 came in at the best price for a mid to high level door. The installation went fine and the tech was very professional and good to work with.
Last week, the arm that connects the drive to the actual door broke completely off. It pulled out of the door, shearing off one of the bolts. I'd never noticed till now, but the bracket was simply screwed into the door panel. No reinforcement, no steel. So now there are 4 holes in the door panel through the sheet metal and the insulation exposed in each hole. Makes no sense why it was done this way as we've verified that most new garage doors come with hardware to reinforce that linking bracket.
I called A1 assuming they'd take care of it. First up, we're told there is no warranty or coverage for this (even though I'd view it as their error). It would be a $100+ charge to come out and service it, plus parts, time, etc. We're then told it will be over a week to get there as they no longer have anyone in Flagstaff. It's middle of January, snowing, and now I have to manually open and close the door and juggle cars as my wife too short to close the door herself.
The last straw was when they called a week later, on the day the repair was supposed to happen. The told us there were some "emergencies" in another town over and they wouldn't make it. They thought they could be there 2-3 days later. We said we didn't want to wait anymore, but no changes. Again, we came to realize there is no one in N. AZ, and they have no help to cover the top half of the state.
On a referral, we called BK Garage Doors. They were local, quick, and charged us $100 to install all the steel hardware that was supposed to be on the door in the first place. I should have called them sooner. Buyer beware if you're going to use A1.