Fair question — and we hear it. Here's the honest answer:
It didn't take 5 minutes. It took 17 years to learn how to do it in 2 seconds. A torsion spring under 250 lb of tension is one wrong turn away from a hospital visit. The speed is the value — and the reason your door isn't a news story.
What you're actually paying for, beyond the part itself:
· Parts at trade pricing. Steel, springs, openers — tariffs and supply costs have gone up across the board. We don't mark up parts to fairy-tale levels, but we don't get them for free either.
· A real business, not a side hustle. WCB coverage, $5M liability insurance, GST, employer payroll taxes, technician wages that keep good people around, fuel, the wrapped van, the cost of actually answering the phone when you call.
· A two-year labour warranty. If anything we touched fails, we come back. For free. That promise has a cost baked into every job.
· Same-day response in Richmond. A truck stocked with every common spring size so we fix it on the first visit — not "we'll order the part and come back Tuesday."
Ask yourself: do you want a licensed, insured pro with a real business standing behind the work — or the guy fixing garage doors out of his Corolla between Uber runs? Both exist. Only one will answer the phone in two years when something acts up.
We'll always tell you the price before we start. No surprises. Just an honest number for honest work.