I used Quality Overhead Door 7 years prior to install a new garage door opener on our single car garage and lube and tune both the single and double car garage doors.
Fast forward to July 2, 2020, a spring on our double car garage broke. Planning on going with what I thought was a known quantity, I found the receipt from 7 years back and called Quality Overhead Door to replace the springs on the double car garage.
The technician arrived and took a brief look at the double car garage, went out to his truck, returned and said he would get started. A long two hours later the springs were replaced.
Fast forward to the end of September, 2020 and the double car garage door opener drive sprocket snapped off the motor. I chalked it up to the opener being older. I replaced the double car garage door opener with a new Chamberlin opener. During the install I noticed that garage door would not stay open by itself when not attached to the opener track. Being more interested in getting the new opener installed, I figured I'd have that issue looked at later. The new garage door opener was installed without issue and the door not staying opened on its own slipped my mind.
Fast forward to November 13, 2020... the garage door would not open. Upon inspection I discovered one of the springs replaced by Quality Overhead Door in July 2020 had broken. Very unusual for certain.
I called Quality Overhead Door and they indicated they could not be out for 4 days (called on a Friday @ 02:00 PM). Reluctantly, I accepted the appointment for 4 days out. Being a bit miffed that Quality Overhead Door would not prioritize a current customer issue, I started thinking about the situation and other options.
I began considering why a new spring would break. I thought back to the day the technician installed the new springs. The technician mention something about not being sure if he had the correct springs. He disappeared for a moment to his truck and returned indicating he was good to go.
I decided to investigate the broken spring installation. I noted that the new springs that had been installed by Quality Overhead Door were much shorter than the previous springs. There were hold down screw indents in the door roller rod from the old springs. Those old dents were out 12 inches further on the right side and 16 inches further out on the left side. Immediately I realized that technician from Quality Overhead Door installed improper springs for this double car garage door. They were WAY TOO SMALL to handle the load.
Why did the technician do this? Surely he noticed the garage door would not stay open after he installed these improper springs?
Best guess... the technician was too lazy to go and get the proper springs for the job or Quality Overhead Door could not keep adequate stock of parts.
I decided it was in my interest to find and hire another company to come out to evaluate the situation after realizing that this was a botched installation by Quality Overhead Door.
On Friday November 13th, at 04:00 PM I reached out to another garage door company (Same Day Garage Door Services) that had good ratings and looked reputable. They indicated they could have a technician over that night between 06:00 - 08:00 PM. I agreed. The Same Day Garage Door Services technician arrived in the specified window and evaluated the situation.
He weighed the door and indicated that the installed springs were WAY TOO small for this door. He also indicated that the left spring was a 21 inch spring and right spring was a 24 inch spring.
The Quality Overhead Door technician had not installed a matched spring set.
I gave the technician from Same Day Garage Door Services the go ahead to proceed with installing new springs and lubing the door. Fifty minutes later, the technician had completed the job. He showed me that the door now stayed up on its own when not attached to the opener track. He then connected the door to the opener track and ensured the opener properly opened and closed the door. The price for the install from Same Day Garage Door Services was $50 dollars less than what Quality Overhead Door charged for the botched spring installation.
It is clear that Quality Overhead Door is not the same "quality" company from 7 years ago. Considering Quality Overhead Door scheduling times are in days instead of hours and technicians don't have the proper parts in stock certainly raises red flags.
Hopefully my experience can help others stay clear of Quality Overhead Door. read more