Repairs completed 23 September 2021
- Prompt Response
- Next day appointment
- Communicative
- Showed up even though he wasn't able to reach anyone via phone (Thank you, Zachary)
- Efficient
- Provides professional based recommendations
- Prices as quoted
- Licensed
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After procrastinating for about a week, I finally decided to search my trusty Yelp app to find a garage overhead door repair on 22 September 2021.
Backstory - On 17 September 2021 my mother sends me a message informing me that the garage overhead door doesn't work. Luckily we do not park inside the garage so it wasn't a big deal. However, we use it as a primary entrance/exit but I was still in no rush to get it fixed, we just used the front door.
I usually use another repairer who I've used consistently at least three times in the past. He does good work and is always professional. That same day I still contacted "my" usual garage overhead door repairer via text and sent him some pictures of the issue. It turns out that the lift master had detached and the torsion spring broke. Via text he informs me that he is out of torsion springs and it could be another 10 days before he receives some but that could be delayed due to shortages on the mainland. I didn't know this thing was such a high commodity!!
I figured I would wait. After a couple days I told myself that I would search Yelp for someone with as good of a ratings as "my" repairer. Yet still, I procrastinated.
Finally on 22 September 2021, I decided to take action. Lol. I searched Yelp and I found a few repairers with great reviews. After reading through a ton of reviews and viewing a ton more pictures (a lot of the pictures showed the same problem I was having). No wonder there is a shortage of torsion springs!! I decided on ZS Overhead Door because a lot of the reviews were recent comments about repairs/replacement to the torsion spring.
I used the "request a quote" option to send my message. My message was sent late evening so I wasn't really expecting a response until the next day but, just like the business page suggests, I received a response within two hours. I put all my eggs in a basket - I opted not to use the "message other businesses" option because I had decided on ZS Overhead Door based on the reviews.
Zachary's message surprised me. It wasn't one of those generic responses. The message thoroughly explained what needed to be done with recommendations specific to my needs and it included quotes (I love when I request a quotes and actually get a quote)! I went with his recommendations, afterall, I don't know the first thing about fixing garage overhead doors. He also offered to come out the following day around midday, which I went ahead and confirmed. I had dental surgery that morning but assumed I would be done in time however, in case I wasn't I also provided my mother's number and our address. Once everything was confirmed, I informed my mother that the garage overhead repairer would be there around midday in case I wasn't back by then; this was also to ensure she was home.
I was at Tripler (which is a dead zone so I had no phone service) and I was under sedation so when he called I couldn't have responded anyway. I guess he tried my mother's number also and when he couldn't get a hold of us, he sent a message to let me know he was on his way. Of course I didn't get that til later either. But, he still showed up! Thankfully he did because my mother didn't receive the call!!
I get home around 1230 and go through the front door like I had been doing for the past week. My mother comes downstairs and tells me she opened the garage overhead door for me, confused because I was still loopy from being sedated, I asked if the repairer had already come. She confirmed that he and his female counterpart came, repairer to door, and left. Prompt and efficient.
The repairs were completed and we paid based on what we were quoted. I even have an invoice from the job. My garage overhead door runs smoothly and is less noisy now.
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