Guides for your trade
MonkeyLio for garage door service: setup and tips
How garage door companies get the most out of MonkeyLio.
Set up for your trade
- Pick Garage door service as your trade in Settings to get the starter price list, checklist and equipment types.
- Review your starter prices, like Service call / diagnostic, Labor, Torsion spring replacement (single), and change them to your real prices.
- Edit the job checklist in Settings so it matches how your crew actually works.
- Connect Stripe so customers can pay from their link.
Your starter job checklist
- Door cycled and problem confirmed with customer
- Photos taken of springs, tracks and damage
- Spring tension handled safely with door secured
- Tracks aligned and rollers lubricated
- Opener force and safety-reverse tested
- Weather seal and bottom gasket checked
- Work area cleaned and old parts hauled
- Walkthrough with customer and after photos
Equipment worth logging
Track Torsion springs, Garage door opener, Door panels, Rollers and tracks, Cables and pulleys, Weather sealing at each customer's property, with a next service date so MonkeyLio reminds you and the customer.
A day with MonkeyLio
- 7:00 — Emergency call: door stuck half-open, snapped torsion spring.
- 7:15 — Quote with spring replacement, roller set and opener safety test texted from the driveway.
- 7:22 — Homeowner approves and pays the deposit.
- Repair — Crew taps Start; the customer gets a ‘we're here' text. Spring handling, track alignment and safety-reverse steps ticked off as the work goes.
- Done — After photos attached, invoice paid from the same link before the truck leaves.
