I found Open Sesame on this site; this is the first time I have hired a contractor based solely on HomeStars’ reviews. Quite frankly having Steve replace my garage door is one of the best reno decisions I have made.
Our main priority was quality and the R value of the door (over 16) as we have a room above, secondary to this was the colour and design. As it was the door he sold us was the same price regardless of number or style of the panels; we chose the carriage house design and for $85 more we dressed it up with decorative wrought iron hinges and handles. We left off the windows as they would diminish the R value. The door looks great, nothing else like it on the street, in fact while I was putting the garbage out last night I came upon my neighbours admiring it!
Steve is an absolute great guy to work with. He genuinely cares about his work and his customers. He goes above and beyond, we had a rafter shelf that would interfere with the new thicker door. With my OK he removed everything off the shelf, cut off two inches, reinstalled the shelf and put all the stuff back again. He also added reinforcement for the garage door opener bracket and replaced a key lock with a secure electronic keypad. He did a great job capping the old woodwork so it’s now maintenance free. The driveway and garage was left clean and free of debris.
The price was bang on, from what I could see the big box stores do not sell doors of this quality or of this R value and but yet the cost of their best door with installation would be the about same price. We had to wait for the door and for Steve to have the time to install it, but as we all know the best contractors are busy, they are also worth the wait.
- Approximate cost of services:
- $1,000.00