A1 Garage Door Repair Podcast

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: 0:00 it's spring snapping season we're not 0:04 talking about fishing or something it 0:06 sounds like a fishing thing it's it's 0:07 the season four no we are talking about 0:09 your garage door spring when the 0:13 temperature goes up in the summertime 0:15 and down in the winter time as we are 0:17 now in winter time we go to these 0:20 extreme changes your spring on your 0:23 garage door is more likely to snap I've 0:25 asked a garage door expert John Phillips 0:28 from A1 Garage Door Service to join me 0:30 here on the program to discuss this hi 0:32 John how are you 0:34 Hey Joe how's it going thanks for having 0:36 me back on no absolutely so 0:39 um I've known this for some time in the 0:42 extreme heat and you know we get that a 0:45 lot in the Phoenix area for instance 0:46 where A1 is based 0:50 um the Springs don't like the extremes 0:53 and also in the winter time we can get 0:55 cool too or cold and that's not good so 0:59 tell us what happens when we hit these 1:01 extremes 1:02 right so Springs metal uh hot oil 1:05 tempered there's galvanized but at the 1:07 end of the day the base is metal and 1:10 you'll have a spring and maybe it's a 1:12 little bit out of its cycle life it's a 1:13 little bit older and just that that last 1:16 straw that broke the camel's back is 1:18 that fluctuation in weather whether it 1:20 goes from hot to cold or cold to hot 1:22 that's just the last piece that it takes 1:24 and then bang hear that loud noise in 1:27 the garage you don't know what it was 1:29 until you can't open the door you know 1:32 that's just it that's a Telltale sign if 1:34 you hear a bang in your garage and your 1:37 kids aren't playing with firecrackers 1:38 and your husband's not in there with the 1:39 gun it's likely right it's likely the 1:44 spring because it makes a big bang and 1:46 when that happens please do not try to 1:48 move your door you really can't it's 1:50 very heavy isn't it yeah it's super 1:52 heavy especially if you're on like a 1:54 single spring system then we don't have 1:57 anything to lift up that door so 1:59 whenever you get the opportunity always 2:01 put two Springs on a door when you can 2:04 so let's talk about ways of keeping the 2:08 cool air out in the winter time and the 2:10 hot air out in the summertime with 2:13 weather seal and also kind of keeps the 2:15 critters out too right so whenever 2:17 starting with the spring snapping you're 2:20 going to get a garage door Tech out 2:21 there and it's going to come to a point 2:24 where you're putting money into the door 2:25 now of course at A1 Garage Door we have 2:28 the best Springs that last over 80 000 2:31 cycles and you'll never have to worry 2:32 about it again but at the same time do 2:36 you want to put that work into a door do 2:38 you even like that door 2:40 so yes we can repair the door but we got 2:43 to talk about the investment value and 2:45 is the garage cold so you want to put 2:48 money into the door but you never go out 2:50 in the garage because whichever heat or 2:52 cold is going on outside makes it 2:54 unbearable in your garage so what can we 2:58 do to make your garage comfortable and 3:00 work for you and going from the trim to 3:03 the bottom rubber to the actual door 3:05 installation itself and what it's made 3:06 out of how about we get you into 3:08 something that you actually like and 3:10 gives you a good Roi or return on 3:13 investment for you 3:14 and John you know what's nice about 3:16 getting an entire new door is you have 3:19 the opportunity to get a new track 3:21 system new rollers new hinges new 3:23 everything the new seals and it is brand 3:27 new right so every it's like getting a 3:29 new car you're not just getting a new 3:31 transmission you're not just getting new 3:33 Wheels you're getting a whole new car 3:36 and it's not that expensive for a huge 3:39 makeover not only are you getting a 3:41 great mechanical device which is your 3:42 garage door but it you know 3:43 aesthetically 3:45 it's huge uh in general doesn't the 3:49 garage door make up to 40 of the facade 3:52 of people's homes yes it does it's the 3:55 number one curb appeal I mean I've had 3:58 I've installed new garage doors before 4:01 and then the Neighbors come home and 4:03 then they come up to me they see my van 4:05 it says garage door guy on it and they 4:08 come up to me and the house looks so 4:10 different they'll come up and be like 4:11 hey can I get your business card do you 4:13 paint paint houses did you just paint 4:14 their entire home it looks so different 4:16 I'm like no we just replaced the garage 4:19 door it's a huge huge deal 4:21 and John you know that can be done in a 4:24 matter of hours versus actually painting 4:28 a home which doesn't give you that brand 4:30 new garage door it doesn't give you that 4:32 feature so let's say that you just have 4:33 a builder grade garage door but now you 4:36 want some Dimension to it maybe you want 4:38 those external looking hinges like a 4:40 carriage house look maybe you want some 4:42 windows in it maybe you want an 4:43 insulated door let's talk a little bit 4:45 about that yeah so if we're going to 4:48 talk about reinvesting in your home and 4:50 giving your home like a facelift and it 4:53 comes upon insulation so some people you 4:55 have a Pandora which is just sheet metal 4:58 essentially that's stamped uh you have 5:00 vinyl backed uh which is just styrofoam 5:03 so it has this thing called polystyrene 5:05 it looks like this it's like the packing 5:08 foam for all your old Christmas stuff 5:10 that you keep in the garage that makes a 5:12 little snow globe every year when you 5:13 break it out to decorate these holidays 5:15 and then it's just got this nice little 5:18 glue that's it so this is just sitting 5:20 inside of a Pandora and the insulation 5:23 is is minimal it's not really do 5:25 anything because the typical exterior 5:27 wall if you got 2x4 exterior walls it's 5:30 going to range in between 13 to 15 R 5:33 value 5:34 but then you got two by six walls and 5:36 then that ranges from 19 to 21. so 5:39 just average home we're going to say is 5:41 around 13 on an exterior wall so that's 5:44 where we should start so that's going to 5:46 happen and polyurethane doors and you 5:49 can see in a polyurethane door it's an 5:51 injected foam and it fills all the 5:53 cracks and crevices in there and it 5:55 expands the structural rigidity the 5:57 insulation value the quietness because 6:00 it's heavy so if you get some nice nylon 6:02 rollers you get some good hinges we get 6:04 it up on a maintenance plan you're never 6:06 even going to hear that thing so 6:08 whenever you're picking do you want to 6:10 spend a little bit of money on something 6:12 that you're going to have to spend more 6:15 money down the line because you're just 6:18 getting a product that warps and shapes 6:20 and doesn't do anything and your water 6:23 heater you got a washer to dryer out in 6:25 the garage or do you want to invest a 6:27 little bit more and have like a 6:28 bulletproof door and essentially if your 6:31 garage is sealed and you have a good 6:33 insulated door we have a good trim and 6:36 weather seal and bottom rubber because 6:37 it doesn't matter how thick the door is 6:39 if I got all four corners of it exposed 6:42 to the outside it's not doing anything 6:44 but if I have good seal good 6:45 polyurethane 6:47 you should be able to open your man 6:49 dwarf to your kitchen or whatever you 6:51 have it and have it the same temperature 6:52 as your house 6:54 yeah it's uh really makes a big 6:57 difference I have a three-car garage and 6:59 both of my garage doors I've got a 7:01 double garage and a single and 7:04 years ago I replaced my 18 year old 7:08 garage doors that were barely working 7:11 with insulated doors that have the glass 7:15 in it the windows and those are double 7:18 pane so we're talking about a highly 7:21 insulated door with high r value yes yes 7:25 usually they can fill those with a argon 7:27 gas which is in between which is a good 7:30 filter and bracer between the R value so 7:33 insulated Windows depending on the style 7:35 the thickness of the door just if you're 7:38 gonna spend a little bit of money at 7:42 least let's fit in something that's 7:43 going to benefit you and you can get 7:45 your money back because garage doors 7:47 have the number one Roi of any home 7:49 improvement over your kitchen which is 7:51 going to go out of style in 10 years 7:53 over bathrooms over anything the garage 7:55 door is going to hold its value so 7:57 you're not losing anything and you're 7:59 going to save on your electricity bill 8:00 your home is going to look Stellar it's 8:02 going to look brand new this just makes 8:04 sense to get a good insulated door 8:07 for more information go to 8:10 a1garage.com all of John's contact 8:13 information with A1 Garage Door Service 8:15 is in the description of this podcast 8:19 John thank you so much I really 8:21 appreciate your expertise today 8:23 thank you so much Check A Pro Joe,  I'll see 8:25 you next time    

Check A Pro Joe asks Jon Phillips this question: "What Should I Be Looking For In 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  

"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.

"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 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. Log on to - www.a1garage.com  

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

"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