*Nice guys, but some issues and felt overpriced*
Our garage door had been sticking on the way up for a couple of weeks, and then one day it completely quit working. I called Bill at Pro Door Doctor based on some Yelp reviews I saw. He said he would be there "between 10 and 12 on Monday." I had an appointment that Monday morning, and when I arrived home around 9am, there was a guy in my driveway (not Bill), and he had already opened my garage door (without my permission) and worked on it. I wasn't pleased about his coming early and entering my house without my knowledge, but I went with it, and I assumed it was fixed. He handed me the invoice for $135 and said, "Bill said you would be okay with this." Well, Bill and I had not discussed price, so I thought this was kind of odd, but again, I went with it, saying, "I assume you guys know what it costs to fix garage doors." So I wrote him a check and off he went. Note that although you will talk to Bill and he says things like, "See you Monday," it will likely not be him that comes to fix your garage door. I know this is probably common, but I would have appreciated him just saying, "My guy will be there on Monday" instead. I also noticed that his guy put a "ProDoorDoctor" sticker on my garage wall near the opener (on the paint) without asking me if that was okay.
A week or two passed, and our garage door started catching just like it was before. Bill promptly came out the next morning and looked at it. He immediately knew what the problem was, telling me that the plastic on the sides had gotten old and was sticking to the garage door. He said it just needed to be replaced, and that they could replace it. He sent his guy over in the afternoon, and he replaced the strips, and now it seems to be working well. Again, he handed me the invoice, saying, "Bill said you would be okay with this." But once again, Bill had not quoted me any kind of price (I had kind of assumed it would be free since they had not initially fixed my problem). This time, it was $97, so I was up to about $230 for what seemed like a fairly simple repair.
Now, I noticed that Bill said I had not initially told the guy what the problem was, or he would have probably realized it in the first place. The reason that doesn't make sense is that I never had a chance to show the guy what was wrong because he arrived 2 hours early, entered my garage without permission, and made repairs without my authorization. And I actually did try to show him the issue, but it wasn't happening at the time because it was still morning, and I guess this only happens after the door heats up in the Sun. I'm still not sure exactly what he did that cost me $135 and didn't fix the problem with my door.
Bill had always promptly responded to my calls and texts, but when I texted him about the concern I had with paying so much the initial time and not having my door fixed, he did not respond to my text.
Both guys were very nice and their work was high quality, but I will try a different company in the future due to the issues outlined above. read more