Eco Garage Doors Austin, TX - Podcast

"You never just want one,two sometimes isn't enough. I always tell my customer to get another quote." - Alex Dalton, Garage Door Expert Jim Klauck, Check A Pro Joe, has asked garage door expert, Alex Dalton to join him on the show today. Today's question - "How Many Quotes Should I Get For My New Garage Door?" Check out this episode to learn more... For more information about Eco Garage doors in Austin, Texas log on to https://www.ecogarages.com

"Your opener is not gonna be able to lift it without that spring. The job of that spring is to really make that door weigh 5 to 10 pounds make it easy on that garage door opener." - Alex Dalton, Garage Door Expert Jim Klauck, Check A Pro Joe, has asked garage door expert, Alex Dalton to join him on the show today. Today's question - "How Do I Know If My Garage Door Is Balanced?" Check out this episode to learn more... For more information about Eco Garage doors in Austin, Texas log on to https://www.ecogarages.com

"Have somebody look at it and they'll give you a professional opinion on if you should replace it.." - Alex Dalton, Garage Door Expert Jim Klauck, Check A Pro Joe, has asked garage door expert, Alex Dalton to join him on the show today. Today's question - "When Should I Replace My Garage Door?" Check out this episode to learn more... For more information about Eco Garage doors in Austin, Texas log on to https://www.ecogarages.com

"The extreme heat can affect the door just as much as it will to the cold. You got that expanding metal as far as the torsion springs go, the components like the key pads on the outside." - Alex Dalton, Garage Door Expert Jim Klauck, Check A Pro Joe, has asked garage door expert, Alex Dalton to join him on the show today. Today's question - "How Does The Texas Heat Affect My Garage Door?" Check out this episode to learn more... For more information about Eco Garage doors in Austin, Texas log on to https://www.ecogarages.com

"Balancing your door is just making sure that one giant counterbalance system, the springs above your door that are attached to the cables on the side for making sure your door is level and opening straight and correctly and making sure that your springs set the proper amount of tension to lift the weight of that door." - Alex Dalton, Garage Door Expert Jim Klauck, Check A Pro Joe, has asked garage door expert, Alex Dalton to join him on the show today. Today's question - "Why Do I Need To Balance My Garage Door?" Check out this episode to learn more... For more information about Eco Garage doors in Austin, Texas log on to https://www.ecogarages.com

"It could be that your door is not wanting to shut because it thinks that something's in the way. Other times it could also be something like a cable off the track to where your door is kind of a little bit crooked, stuck in the up position, and there's a few different things that could be." - Alex Dalton, Garage Door Expert So, what is causing you garage door to stay stuck in the up position? Check out this episode to learn more... For more information about Eco Garage doors in Austin, Texas log on to https://www.ecogarages.com Podcast Episode Transcription: I'm a lucky guy because I get to talk to professionals in home service all the time. And my listeners often contact me to ask questions of these experts. I've asked Alex Dalton to join me here on the program today from Eco Garage Door service because we have a question for him today. Alex. How are you? I'm doing great and I'm glad to be here as always. Yeah, you're the expert here on the program today for garage doors. Here's a question that's come in my garage door is stuck in the up position. What's wrong could be a couple different things. Majority of the time it's the safety eyes on your opener, um their missile lines. Um They could even be bad and your door is not wanting to shut because it thinks that something's in the way. Um Other times it could also be something like a cable off the track to where your door is kind of a little bit crooked, stuck in the up position, um that there's a few different things that could be. And whenever that happens, I, I highly recommend checking out the safety eyes and if it's not that giving the professional a call. Just so things don't get messed up or worse than what they already are. Yeah. And just, you know, I'll tell everybody listening when it comes to garage doors, you need to be really careful. Um, they can be very dangerous. So if your garage door is stuck in the up position, if it's stuck in the down position, if you hear a large bang and it won't go up and down anymore. If the garage door opener just isn't doing its job. If the light is blinking, there could be a lot of things that maybe Alex and his team can troubleshoot over the phone but be careful because those springs are under high, high, high tension and it's extremely dangerous. That's why I make sure I have Alex on the program to help all of you. If you need some help with your garage doors, call Alex and his team at Eco garage door service. All of his information is located in the description of this podcast. Thanks, Alex. Thank you.

"W D 40 actually collects dirt and dust and kind of gunks up your track, your hinges and everything. Unlike the silicon based lubricant, where it actually works, how it's supposed to as a lubricant and allows all those moving parts to move freely unlike W D 40 when it collects all that dirt." - Alex Dalton, Garage Door Expert Are you taking you garage door for granted? Take care of your garage door so it will be there for you when you need it! Garage Door Expert, Alex Dalton from Eco Garage Doors explains in this episode of the podcast. Check out this episode to learn more... For more information about Eco Garage doors in Austin, Texas log on to https://www.ecogarages.com Podcast Episode Transcription: A lot of us take that garage door for granted. It can make up 30, or more of the facade of your home. It's really important. We store a lot of stuff in there, sometimes our cars and sometimes just our stuff, but we don't often think about maintenance. A question has come up here at checkup pro radio and that is, will regular maintenance really make my garage door last longer. I decided to ask Alex Dalton. He is a garage door expert in Austin, Texas from Eco garage door service and he's gonna help me answer this question. Hi, Alex. Hey, Joe. Ok. So will regular maintenance really make my garage door last longer? Yeah, I definitely say so. Um, from lubricating the, uh, moving parts on the door, I recommend doing that 2 - 3 times a year with a silicone based lubricant. Just that alone protects your rollers. Your hinges gives your door a longer life from us coming out there to do an inspection on your door during this regular maintenance. And we can notice things like frayed cables, damaged, springs, damaged, bearings, things that can actually cause is a much larger problem, damaging your door that could lead to replacing the whole door. So a simple, uh simple call to us, take care of that. Uh, regular maintenance, do a safety inspection on your door. Just those small things will really make your door last a long time. Like anything else, even with us as humans. If you eat, well, you exercise, you get good sleep, you hydrate, you're maintaining yourself well. And if you don't, well, you could die. Same thing with the garage door. It just won't last as long. Alex didn't mention a lubricant. I will tell you this. If for some reason you don't want to hire the expert, Alex Dalton, do not use W D 40. Why is that, Alex W D 40 actually collects dirt and dust and kind of dunks up your glass track, your hinges and everything. Unlike the silicon based lubricant, uh where it actually works, how it's supposed to as a, as a lubricant and allows all those moving parts to move freely unlike W D 40 when it collects all that dirt. Alex and his team at Eco garage door service has all the right products including the lubricant. So call them, it's one of the least expensive things you're going to maintain. It's nothing like your air conditioning system or your swimming pool and we use it every day. Some of us use it many times a day. Thank you so much, Alex. I appreciate it. Thanks for having me here, Joe all of Alex's information is located in the description of this podcast. You can just click to contact him.

"It helps keep the weather and elements outside of your garage on a rainy day keeps insects out protects that bottom panel from just rusting if it's just hitting the concrete like that also helps ensures your door is closing properly." - Alex Dalton How is the rubber seal at the bottom of your garage door? This is an important piece of the overall garage door system. It keeps the pests out, it keeps the weather out, and it protects the integrity of the entire garage door. Check out this episode to learn more... For more information about Eco Garage doors in Austin, Texas log on to https://www.ecogarages.com Podcast Episode Transcription: It helps keep the weather and elements outside of your garage on a rainy day keeps insects out protects that bottom panel from just rusting if it's just hitting the concrete like that also helps ensures your door is closing properly. 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 check a pro Joe the garage door is something we use on a regular basis many of us use it as our front door we park our cars in there if we're not using it for storage which many people do this question comes up a lot though is the rubber weather seal at the bottom of my garage door important and it's kind of interesting if you think well what does it matter it's just that the bottom and when the garage door closes there's not that much of a gap I've asked an exploding garage doors Alex Dalton to join me here on the program he's with eco garage door service in Austin TX hi Alex how are you I'm doing great how are you doing I'm fantastic so the question of the day is is the rubber weather seal at the bottom of the garage door important yeah absolutely it is I'll just keep the weather elements outside of your garage on a rainy day and it keeps insects out protects that bottom panel from just rusting if it's just sitting the concrete like that I'm also health insurers your door is closing properly and you have a nice tight seal to keep all those off and inside things like that it's very important you know much like you might have a weather seal on your door to your house or maybe on windows and so forth it's important because it does keep the elements out and keep insects out and actually if you have a big enough gap snakes and rodents will come in yeah absolutely they will I've had a customer send me a picture of a snake in their book in their garage actually one time odd because they had a little piece of their water seal torn off on the side of the garage and that's how it got in there and it's a big problem especially here in Texas and I'll tell you that's going to be like one of the least expensive things to get repaired on a garage door is the seal and honestly I'm a little picky if it's either damaged or missing that would drive me crazy because it's supposed to be there right exactly yes exactly should be there OK so it is important to have the rubber weather seal at the bottom of your garage door For more information contact Alex Dalton at eco garage door service in Austin TX all of this contact information is located here in the description of this podcast thanks Alex thank you check a pro is your local source for pre-qualified contractors stay tuned for more of the Check A Pro radio show.

"There's been a lot of theft in my neighborhood recently where people leave their garage doors open and sometimes people like to go in there and you know see what they can find. One of the cool things with my Q features is you can set a timer at 10:00 o'clock rolls around you can just have your door automatically shut. " - Alex Dalton Have you ever seen a fully automated garage door? The MY Q Garage Door System allows you operate your garage door via the app from anywhere in the world. Check out this episode to learn more... For more information about Eco Garage doors in Austin, Texas log on to https://www.ecogarages.com Podcast Episode Transcription: There's been a lot of theft in my neighborhood recently where people leave their garage doors open uh sometimes people like to go in there and you know see what they can find one of the cool things with my Q features is you can set a timer at 10:00 o'clock rolls around you can just have your door automatically shut. 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 check a pro Joe today there's all kinds of technology to help us around the home I don't know if you know this but there's a system for your garage door actually it's kind of your garage door operator the garage door opener is called my queue and what it does is it allows you to basically automate your garage door so I've asked Alex Dalton he is an expert in the garage door business from eco garage door service Alex how are you I'm doing good today how are you doing I'm doing fantastic the my q garage door system it's a great way for people to automate their garage door system yeah absolutely it's Wi-Fi capable there so you can always you know check if your door is open or shut there's a bunch of settings on there. There's been a lot of theft in my neighborhood recently where people leave their garage doors open sometimes people like to go in there and you know see what they can find and one of the cool things that I'm IQ features is you can set a timer at 10:00 o'clock rolls around you can just have your door automatically shut get a nice little notification to your phone and your home is nice and locked up and safe for you yeah that's just one of the features you can also allow people to come in once or multiple times like the Amazon guy right yeah the Amazon guy packages are also big thing that are getting stolen these days Amazon actually has a feature where they can open your door stick that package in there for you and shut that door right up for you a lot of these new openers are coming with cameras on them as well so you can monitor when that's happening make sure that that's all they're doing in your garage as well there's some other cool features on there like if your door is acting up your door is not wanting to open your door is not shutting you can actually just send a diagnostics report to us as if we're on there as your registered dealer and we get that report we can kind of troubleshoot it over the phone with you or we know what we're walking into and what needs to be done right away you know we're also is really cool if you're going on vacation you're at the airport or you're maybe already on the beach in Hawaii you're thousands of miles away from home much like you can look on your phone at a camera at your property you can also see if the garage door is open maybe you thought you left it open but of course if you programmed it it went down to 10:00 o'clock at night but the point is is at any point in time you can monitor what the garage is doing yeah absolutely it's a great feature I used two drive away from my house all the time before I had that set up and I'd always think in my head did I close my door and then you kind of just freak out a little bit sometimes you take the risk and you go back home and you...

Why hire a 'Qualified Garage Door Company'? On this episode we cover the TOP 5 reasons. Here are two of the TOP 5 Reasons to hire Professional Garage Door Company - 1. Liability Insurance - All Contractors Don't Carry Insurance. 2. Quality Parts Available Only To Professional Garage Door Companies. Check out this podcast episode for the rest of the reasons... For more information about Eco Garage doors in Austin, Texas log on to https://www.ecogarages.com Podcast Episode Transcription: This is the Check A Pro radio show 0:02 Check A Pro Joe has assembled a team of 0:04 pre-qualified Home Service contractors 0:06 to bring you the latest in Services 0:08 products and techniques now here's your 0:10 host the man with a hard hat and tool 0:13 belt check a pro Joe - Garage door 0:17 quality garage door safety 0:21 it's things that we don't think a lot 0:23 about I asked an expert Alex Dalton from 0:27 Eco garage doors to join me here on the 0:30 program today 0:32 to give the top five reasons to hire a 0:35 qualified garage door company and I'll 0:37 tell you this do not do work on your 0:40 garage door yourself unless you are a 0:42 trained professional Alex welcome to the 0:44 program 0:46 I appreciate it I'm glad to be here 0:48 so we talked about this before we did 0:51 this podcast and we talked about five 0:55 items so let's go through these five the 0:57 first one is you want to hire an insured 1:01 company 1:02 and in the state of Texas one does not 1:05 need to have a license to operate a 1:07 garage door company much like a plumber 1:09 or an air conditioning company but you 1:12 want to make sure they're insured 1:13 because there are people who do not have 1:17 insurance who will come to your home to 1:20 do garage door work why is it so 1:22 important from your point of view to 1:25 have an insured garage door company work 1:27 on the customer's door well outdoor is 1:29 the largest moving part of your home 1:30 something goes wrong gets damaged 1:33 injures your family member damages your 1:36 vehicle those things would all be 1:38 covered by the company's liability 1:40 insurance 1:41 um if you have somebody out there who 1:43 doesn't have insurance and something 1:45 like that happens you have nothing 1:47 protecting you absolutely it's so 1:51 important insured and by the way this is 1:53 for anything on your property make sure 1:55 anyone who comes on your property to do 1:56 work is insured experience is number two 2:00 you guys have been doing this for a long 2:02 time you can do with your eyes closed 2:04 tell us about the experience you and 2:06 your team have at Eco you know we all go 2:08 through a training course we get 2:10 certified we're in and out of these 2:12 garages every day all day we do five 2:14 repairs a day sometimes put in up to 2:17 four doors a day per guy we're just 2:19 doing this every day we know what we're 2:21 doing we know we're walking into we're 2:23 able to diagnose what's going on with it 2:24 right away and we're able to fix it a 2:26 lot quicker than somebody who doesn't do 2:28 that and we're able to do it with uh 2:30 professionalism and quality some people 2:32 like to take shortcuts actually the 2:34 garage door as far as maintenance repair 2:37 and replacement is one of the least 2:39 expensive home improvements to get done 2:41 it's nothing like remodeling a kitchen 2:43 or getting Plumbing or HVAC work done 2:45 number three of the top five reasons to 2:48 hire a qualified garage door company is 2:51 Quality Parts so you guys have access to 2:54 the best parts don't you yeah we're 2:56 ordering them straight from the supplier 2:58 um we're getting the best of the best 3:00 high Cycle Springs heavy duty Duty 3:03 hinges 13 ball bearing nylon rollers 3:06 things that are really going to last a 3:08 long time a lot of our parts we actually 3:10 put a lifetime warranty on it because of 3:12 that reason if you go to Home Depot and 3:14 you buy a cheaper spring...

The curb appeal of your home is so important. In many cases your garage door represents 30-40% of your home's facade. Having high quality good looking garage doors is so important in terms of your home's curb appeal. For more information about Eco Garage doors in Austin, Texas log on to https://www.ecogarages.com

Alex Dalton, the owner of Eco Garage Doors in Austin, Texas explains how the cold weather affects your garage door and garage door springs. For more information about Eco Garage doors in Austin, Texas log on to https://www.ecogarages.com Alex Dalton is joining me here from Eco garage doors in Austin Texas he is a garage door expert I love the fact that I get to bring garage door experts actually Home Improvement experts from across the board onto my program here Alex how are you - I'm doing good Joe how are you doing today I'm doing fantastic! We're going into a cooler time of year and you guys are busy all year round because when that garage door spring decides to break or when any other part fails on a garage door it really doesn't discriminate when it's hot it does it and when it's cold it does it now I've heard when we have cold weather we're more likely to have some issues with our garage doors is that true yeah absolutely with those extreme temperature changes um especially here in Texas and being so hot to so cold just puts more stress on those parts those Springs will kind of break a little bit more often around this time of the year when it gets colder it's our busiest time of the year actually yeah so you know let's talk a little bit about the science of this without getting too deep I understand in extreme temperatures that spring which is under tension it's ready to do its job which is to bring that door up it's there to balance the door when we have extreme temperatures let's say uh a cold snap that change can really wreak havoc on the tension of that spring it can literally just go bang and pop exactly and when it does it means the garage door spring doesn't work and when the garage door spring doesn't work you cannot lift that garage door it is there to make the garage door go up and down easier it is there for that garage door opener to easily open and close that door Beyond Springs other issues too proper lubrication that's important when we change temperatures as well tell me about that yeah so the lubrication is always important um you know with the temperature change things can dry out damage those rollers uh when they'll Lube on the track those can get worn down um spring even needs to be lubricated um to the hinges pretty much a well lubricated door throughout the year is very important to have with the temperature changes so your door is always functioning when you need to get out of that garage I recommend minimum once a year to have a professional garage door company like Eco garage doors come out and maintain your garage door what are they going to be looking for they're going to be looking for some changes in the shift of the door possibly the track may move lubrication tightening everything up and they're going to look at that spring as well what else would you be looking at Alex your bottom seal your hinges your bearings everything that's on that door that's a moving part we take a look at uh we'll replace for preventative maintenance make sure that your door is A-Okay for the years to come for more information about Alex and his company go to Eco garages.com just go to Google type it in Eco garages.com for more information and for some more educational podcasts just go to Google and type in Eco garage doors and you will see a list of podcasts where Alex and I talk about the garage door to help you in the description of this podcast all the contact information you need to get a hold of Alex and his team at Eco garage doors thank you Alex I appreciate it thanks Joe for having me.

Why hire a professional garage door company? Eco Garage Door Service is a premier garage door company in Austin, TX. For more information about Eco Garage doors in Austin, Texas log on to https://www.ecogarages.com 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 hey it's checkup row Joe here from the check a pro radio show you don't want to comes to garage doors you need to be really careful I'm going to go through the top five reasons why you should hire a professional garage door service company now I'm going to start off by saying at check a pro all of our pre- qualified home service providers including garage door companies have been pre- qualified by me personally checkup row Joe I've met each and every one of these home service providers and we check insurance licenses and references on all of these companies and if you don't use our contractors to check up row you should check insurance licenses and references OK let's get to the number one reason why you should hire a professional garage door service company number one fixing the garage door can be extremely dangerous seriously if you don't believe me go to YouTube Go to Google start typing in garage door accidents my friends in the garage door business tell me all the time that they've met homeowners who've lost fingers got hit in the eye end up in the emergency room it could really really actually cause death to not trying to scare you I'm just saying that spring is under tremendous tension please be careful so the number one reason is fixing the garage door on your own is extremely dangerous the second reason is you don't really know what you're doing let's be fair about it these are professional garage door repair companies they've been trained and they know what to lookout for so the number two reason why you should hire one is because they know what you're doing and you and I don't know what we're doing another reason is warranties when you have a new garage door put in or a garage door opener there are warranties and those warranties can be made void by us the homeowner if we do things ourselves so you've gotta hire your garage door expert here's another reason the garage door technician that comes out is going to be able to extend the life of the garage door and garage door opener like I said earlier they really know what they're doing they know how to properly lubricate and tune the doors not very expensive to get a tune and Lube but I would strongly suggest you do that OK the fifth reason is kind of simple it's not that expensive why should you be going out there trying to do this risk your life risk the injuries when you can simply call a professional garage door service company it's that easy and that simple For more information called eco garage door service here in Austin 512-900-5341 it's 512-900-5341 or simply go to www.ecogarages.com all of their information is listed in the description part of this podcast so you can simply Click to get to their website that's www.ecogarages.com.

Have trouble with you garage door? Maybe your garage door opening is not operating properly. Eco Garage Door Service is a premier garage door company in Austin, TX. For more information about Eco Garage doors in Austin, Texas log on to https://www.ecogarages.com

Eco Garage Doors in Austin, Texas is your go to garage door company! Alex Dalton, the owner is here to serve! For more information about Eco Garage doors in Austin, Texas log on to https://www.ecogarages.com

The owner of Eco Garage Doors, Alex Dalton, joins Check A Pro Joe on the program today. Joe and Alex discuss "Training The Techs". For more information about Eco Garage doors in Austin, Texas log on to https://www.ecogarages.com

The owner of Eco Garage Doors, Alex Dalton, joins Check A Pro Joe on the program today. Joe and Alex discuss The 'ECO' in Eco Garage Door Service. For more information about Eco Garage doors in Austin, Texas log on to https://www.ecogarages.com

The owner of Eco Garage Doors, Alex Dalton, joins Check A Pro Joe on the program today. Joe and Alex discuss The Top 5 Reasons To Upgrade Your Builder Grade Garage Door To An Insulated Garage Door. For more information about Eco Garage doors in Austin, Texas log on to https://www.ecogarages.com

The owner of Eco Garage Doors, Alex Dalton, joins Check A Pro Joe on the program today. Joe and Alex discuss your garage door spring. The Top 5 Things To Do When Your Garage Door Spring Breaks - For more information about Eco Garage doors in Austin, Texas log on to https://www.ecogarages.com

Check A Pro Joe checks in with Alex Dalton, the owner of Eco Garage Doors in Austin, Texas. On this episode Joe and Alex talk about the importance of maintaining your garage doors and garage door safety. For more information about Eco Garage doors in Austin, Texas log on to https://www.ecogarages.com