On the podcast today, Check A Pro Joe talks to co-owner, Cody Johnson from Garage Door Doctor in Houston, Texas.  Cody and Joe discuss the importance of hiring a qualified home service professional to repair your garage door. Not all contractors are created equal!   Listen to find out more...

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0:02 pre-qualified contractors stay tuned for 0:04 more of the Check A Pro radio show Cody 0:07 Johnson is with garage door doctor he is 0:11 in the Greater Houston area in the state 0:13 of Texas his company is not required to 0:15 have a license even better yet to be 0:17 part of Check A Pro - oh yes this was a 0:20 very hard onboarding process which you 0:22 were asking us for I do appreciate your 0:25 patience Joe for letting us you know 0:27 working with us the references that we 0:30 had to give you we didn't we never 0:31 really collected them yes we got you 0:33 know on Google we got we do have 1600 0:35 five-star reviews thank God please 0:38 customers please leave us some more 0:40 um but you know so but that wasn't 0:41 enough for you 1600 five-star reviews 0:44 was not enough for you 0:46 um you you wanted personal references 0:48 from our customers and we got that for 0:50 you and I do appreciate you being 0:52 patient uh confirmation on insurance 0:55 um you know we're insured we're bonded 0:58 background checked on our guys drug 1:00 tested so fully stocked truck and no no 1:05 subcontractors for us that wasn't so 1:07 much your requirement that's a 1:09 requirement that we have for our own our 1:11 own company 1:12 um so all all these all these 1:14 technicians that will come to your house 1:15 they're they're full-time employees 1:18 what's called W2 that I trained 1:21 personally sure oh they're all your guys 1:23 and and I appreciate that you make it 1:25 easy for me here at check a Pro to do my 1:28 job and feel confident that you're 1:32 taking care of our listeners Cody's 1:34 number 1:36 281-343-3632 put that phone number in 1:39 your phone once again 1:42 281-343-3632 only a couple of these free 1:45 garage door inspections here on the 1:47 program today 1:48 ordinarily 125 dollars absolutely free 1:51 there is no obligation there's no catch 1:54 so call Cody and his team 1:57 281-343-3632 on top of that 2:01 if you haven't had a Lube in tune 2:03 recently and if your rollers are old and 2:05 making noise and if you don't know what 2:07 a roller is in a lube and tune you just 2:09 need to call okay ordinarily 250 dollars 2:13 for this 2:14 all right they're taking 2:17 55 off and they're going to give you a 2:21 25 discount on top of that from the VIP 2:24 card from Checker Pro this is gonna net 2:26 down only 170. yes and as I previously 2:29 mentioned 2:30 um if you don't have the VIP card really 2:32 then Joe I hope you're okay with this 2:34 all the customer needs to do is tell us 2:36 they heard us on the radio or check a 2:37 pro this is part of one of the two 2:39 offers that we brought so if you told me 2:42 I consider if you heard me on the radio 2:44 uh Joe you may hate me saying this but I 2:46 consider them a track of pro member and 2:48 we'll take care of them as if they are 2:50 even if they're not absolutely no 2:52 absolutely if you're not a VIP member of 2:54 Checker Pro you can go to our website 2:56 and we're offering that at no chart 2:59 today if you would like to become a 3:01 member and you'll get the 25 VIP Club 3:03 card what Cody's talking about is he's 3:05 saying hey even if you're not part of 3:06 Checker Pro as a home 3:08 owner member what we call VIP that's 3:11 okay they're going to give that deal to 3:13 you anyway 3:16 281-343-3632 again 3:20 281-343-3632 we talked about a number of 3:23 things the way to the door when we 3:24 talked about the seal and so forth to 3:26 keep the rodents out and the snakes out 3:28 what are some other major things you 3:30 guys go over so and we went over of 3:33 everything also the the other things 3:36 that we'll go over 3:38 is is obviously the condition of the 3:40 door is your door dented or cracked is 3:42 the paint peeling off is it bubbling out 3:44 is the door rusted corrosion on there so 3:48 we're going to go over that we you know 3:50 what we need to think about we I.E if 3:54 I'm the homeowner what we need to think 3:55 about is this is basically on most homes 3:58 in Houston okay some homes are Mansions 4:01 maybe not but most garage doors are 35 4:04 to 40 percent of the face of the house 4:06 the curb appeal that you have on this 4:09 garage door means something okay it 4:12 means a lot it's the number one Roi from 4:14 remodeling magazine is replacing your 4:17 garage door nowadays on garage doors you 4:19 can get you don't have to have what's 4:21 called a Pandora okay you can get an 4:23 insulated door with high insulation 4:25 level that's going to make your home 4:27 more energy efficient the door by the 4:29 way because there's more mass and with 4:31 that installation it's not going to Echo 4:32 as much it's going to be smoother and 4:36 quieter much much stronger for you it'll 4:38 last you a lifetime 4:40 um there's also so we're going to go we 4:42 can go over that if you want normally we 4:45 don't go over new doors with customers 4:47 if there's no issues with it 4:48 um but that's also if if a customer is 4:51 thinking hey I would like to get a new 4:52 door I'm thinking a new door call us for 4:54 a free inspection and we'll come out and 4:55 we'll give you we can do a door 4:57 consultation for you ask for a door 4:59 consultation and I'll send my brother 5:00 Ryan he is the best on it he knows his 5:03 stuff he knows all the different makes 5:04 and models he'll help you pick what's 5:06 the best color we can get custom colors 5:08 if you'd like and different type of 5:11 stamp patterns we can even get wood 5:13 overlays if you like so garage door 5:16 doctor it's a family business Cody's 5:19 father started the business 5:23 back in 87 87 87 long long time ago and 5:29 his entire family works in the business 5:32 their phone number 5:34 281-343-3632 again it's 5:39 281-343-3632 have them come out and give 5:41 a free door inspection a free garage 5:43 door inspection you won't get this 5:45 anywhere else it's not on their website 5:47 either only here on the Check A Pro 5:49 radio show and the lube and tune with 5:53 the new rollers for only 170 dollars 5:55 after all the discounts you can't go 5:58 wrong with it and they'll inspect it for 6:00 free on top of that so you get an 6:02 inspection a Lube a tune and new rollers 6:05 for 170 bucks yes like I said we're just 6:08 really trying to build a fence around 6:10 the customer so that we are the garage 6:12 door guy 6:13 um and that that's what our goal is I we 6:16 want to be your garage door guy for a 6:17 lifetime we want to we want you to if 6:19 you're okay and happy with our service 6:21 to a review us please give us five star 6:23 okay and and refer us to your family and 6:27 friends or or into your neighborhood 6:28 these neighborhood groups you know refer 6:30 us on that next door 6:32 um Facebook groups refer us that's what 6:34 our goal is our goal is to to be able to 6:37 supply really I mean quite frankly we 6:40 just want to help the entire city of 6:42 Houston and be their garage door guy you 6:44 think a garage door we think you think 6:46 of Garage Door Doctor that's what our 6:48 end goal is so you guys are obviously 6:50 running a marathon and not a Sprint and 6:53 a lot of your competition are running 6:54 Sprint they are in and out they just 6:59 want to make money today they don't care 7:01 about the customer tomorrow burn churn 7:03 that type of stuff yes and and you know 7:06 you get both ends of that stick you get 7:07 the guy that'll gouge the customers and 7:10 then they won't warranty what they said 7:11 they'll do well what track record did 7:13 they have they're in business for a year 7:14 and a half Okay so we've been in 7:16 business since 87. you get the other 7:18 guys that lowball everybody because they 7:20 don't know the appropriate price they 7:21 should charge and in six months once 7:23 they're out of business there's a middle 7:25 ground there and that's the middle 7:26 ground that we play in and uh and again 7:28 it's about the relationship with the 7:30 customers most important call now to get 7:32 your free garage door inspection 7:35 absolutely free with no obligation 7:38 281-343-3632 again 7:42 281-343-3632 we come back after the 7:45 break Cody and I are going to be talking 7:47 about more of the 29 point inspection 7:49 that's all coming up next right here on 7:51 Checker Pro radio standby Checker Pro is 7:54 your local source for pre-qualified 7:55 contractors stay tuned for more of the 7:58 Check A Pro radio show!