Review from Donald K.
Published:almost 2 years ago
My garage door had broken a hinge, and although this was a minor issue that I could have fixed myself, I felt it best to call in a professional to ascertain the cause of the hinge failure. The technician arrived on time and was very pleasant and seemed to be very knowledgeable. He pointed out potential causes for the hinge failure and gave me three options for repair. The first of which was a complete overhaul/rebuild with cables, center bearing, 2 end bearing plates, torsion drums (if needed) 10 silent 13 ball rollers at the cost of $599, the 2nd option was to replace end brings with plates for torsion shaft, torsion Spring Shaft @ $239. The 3rd was to replace the broken hinge at the cost of $109. To be fair, he felt the complete overhaul would be the best solution and advised that the "long bar" would eventually fail due to support that had started to cut into the bar. Yet had no idea when this would occur and that the rail was causing the door to slowly shift to one side. At that time, I choose to go with the $109 fix. Unfortunately, this only lasted FOUR days. Now comes the reason for my low review... I called the owner (who was very friendly and curious while trying to get the business). I told him of the problem and asked if he'd be willing to apply ANY of the $109 payment to the full overhaul. To which he responded, "No, I can't do that... it is a different issue. you chose to go with the cheapest fix, and I can't give you any credit " the new repair would be at full price. While I understand that his service tech would need to make a 2nd call to my home, I would have thought in the interest of goodwill, and he at least provided me partial credit for the full overhaul. Especially since the "cheap fix" only last four days. All that said, I would assume/hoped had I chosen to go with the most expensive option, my garage door problem would be behind me. Yet now I need to spend more money.
Services Rendered: Fix broken hinge and alignment of door