Can I Purchase My Own Garage Door From The Big Box Store And Install Myself?

Can I purchase my own garage door from the big box store and install myself?  Adam Greer from EZ Lift Garage Doors answers this question on this episode of The Check A Pro Radio Show. Adam has decades of experience in the garage door repair and replacement industry. For more information about EZ Lift Garage Doors & More in Katy, Texas log on to www.ezohd.com or check them out at www.checkapro.com.   Visit Us At -  EzLiftGaragesDoors&More   You Can Call Anytime:  (832) 497-4260   Transcription: Can't I go to the Home Improvement store 0:02 and buy my own garage door and install 0:05 it myself this is the Check A Pro radio 0:08 show Check A Pro Joe has assembled a 0:10 team of pre-qualified Home Service 0:11 contractors to bring you the latest in 0:13 Services products and techniques now 0:15 here's your host the man with a hard hat 0:17 and tool belt check a pro Joe here at 0:19 Checker Pro radio we get questions all 0:22 the time from listeners and this one 0:23 keeps coming in over and over again 0:26 and it's about garage doors I've asked a 0:29 garage door expert Adam Greer from Easy 0:31 Lift garage doors to join me in helping 0:34 answer this question hi Adam how are you 0:36 I'm doing great Joe thanks for having me 0:38 on once again it's always a pleasure 0:39 yeah and thank you the question is can I 0:41 go to the big box stores and buy my own 0:45 garage door instead of hiring a company 0:47 like yours 0:48 uh you know it's a it's a touchy 0:50 question certainly can they all sell 0:52 them is it worth it is the bigger 0:54 question you know because you're going 0:55 to pay more than you would actually pay 0:56 buying from a professional and here's 0:58 the situation if you go buy a Weber 0:59 grill from Home Depot it's not the same 1:01 as buying a Weber grill from Weber 1:03 everybody makes a box store version of 1:05 their product and it sells it still a 1:07 top dollar so yes 1:10 that's the big question and the answer 1:12 from a professional would be no I it's 1:14 it's not worth your money and by the 1:16 time you add labor and everything you 1:17 spent more than you would spend 1:18 typically by hiring just a professional 1:20 home start so the quality of the door 1:22 isn't better and the price is not better 1:24 plus the homeowner would have to put the 1:27 door in themselves or hire someone to do 1:29 it correct and truthfully the quality 1:32 typically is is less you know it's the I 1:34 don't want to use brand names but they 1:35 all sell the brand name but even if you 1:38 went to that manufacturer in Houston 1:40 you'll get that brand name but a better 1:43 version of the brand than what they're 1:45 giving to the box stores and something 1:47 as a professional home service provider 1:50 you don't want to hear from the 1:51 homeowner I've bought this door at The 1:53 Big Box store but I want you the home 1:56 service provider to install it you can't 1:58 back that door up can you correct in 2:01 fact we get those calls all at the work 2:03 all we're going to stand behind is our 2:04 labor whatever that package has or 2:06 missing or whatever damage it's on you 2:08 and it they're never right there half 2:11 time they're missing parts it's it's 2:13 ridiculous and then you would have to 2:15 use parts from your truck and that's not 2:16 the full package and it's going to cost 2:18 a homeowner more and in the end when 2:20 that door fails and they call you you're 2:23 gonna shrug your shoulders and say ain't 2:24 our door exactly and we stress that with 2:27 them uh we will not take responsibility 2:29 I've had doors get dropped off by The 2:32 Big Box store that are literally they 2:34 must have drove a forklift work through 2:35 it and dropped it off at their porch and 2:37 you open up and go look here you go 2:39 there's what you gotta go fight them and 2:41 it's not easy at that point as I say 2:43 hire a professional have them bring the 2:46 product to the home and that Home 2:48 Service professional is of course 2:50 responsible for it and they will back it 2:52 up Adam thank you so much for joining me 2:53 today Checker Pro is your local source 2:55 for pre-qualified contractors stay tuned 2:58 for more of the Check A Pro radio show!