Question 1

What does garage door software need to do for a one- to three-truck company?

Accepted Answer

Four things, every day: put a broken-spring call on the calendar with an arrival window, send it to the technician who can get there, show that technician what was done to the door before, and turn the visit into an estimate or an invoice. Neuron does all four on one job record, so the office and the truck read the same notes.

Question 2

Is it garage door repair software or installation software?

Accepted Answer

Both, because the work arrives in both shapes. A repair — a snapped torsion spring, a frayed cable, an opener that hums but will not lift — is a same-day or next-day job. An install or a new opener starts as an estimate visit, waits for the customer's yes and the order, then comes back as an install job on the same property.

Question 3

How does garage door scheduling handle a door stuck open versus a noisy door?

Accepted Answer

A door stuck open leaves the house unlocked overnight, and a car trapped behind a closed door means somebody cannot get to work, so your office — or the receptionist, on Copper — puts those in the first open window. A noisy door, a slow opener or a tune-up takes a routine slot later in the week, and the calendar shows both kinds side by side.

Question 4

How does garage door dispatch work with two or three technicians?

Accepted Answer

The dispatch board shows each technician's jobs for the day with the address, the arrival window and what the caller said about the door. When a second spring call comes in at noon, you can see who is finishing an opener install nearby and who is booked all afternoon, and assign the job to the one who can take it.

Question 5

What does the technician see before opening the garage?

Accepted Answer

The property record: the door type, the spring setup if an earlier visit noted it, the opener brand and roughly how old it is, and every job at that address. A technician who sees that the same side cable was replaced last spring brings cables and drums as well as springs, and does not have to ask the homeowner to remember.

Question 6

Can I write garage door estimates and invoices in it?

Accepted Answer

Estimates live on the job — a spring-and-cable repair, a new opener or a full door replacement — together with whether the customer said yes. When the work is finished, the invoice is written from the same job. Sending a payment link and taking card payments come with the Payments department, which is included from the Copper plan.

Question 7

Is the garage door software really free?

Accepted Answer

Core is $0 forever for the CRM — customers and jobs, a basic pipeline, basic booking and calendar — for 1 technician, with 1 landing page on a Neuron address. Copper ($99/mo) adds a business number, the AI receptionist, your own domain and the Payments department, and you add it only when the shop needs it.

Question 8

Can a tune-up turn into a repair on the same visit?

Accepted Answer

Yes. A tune-up — lubrication, a balance check, the safety-reverse test — is booked as its own job. If the technician finds a worn roller or a fraying cable, the repair goes onto that visit's estimate on the same property, and if a part has to be ordered, a follow-up visit is booked rather than left as a note in a pocket.

Question 9

Does it work for commercial doors as well as residential?

Accepted Answer

Yes. A two-car residential sectional and a rolling steel door at a loading dock are booked the same way: the address, the building contact, the access instructions and the door's history go on the property record, and the commercial job sits on the same calendar as the morning's home repairs.

Question 10

Can it answer the phone while every technician is up a ladder?

Accepted Answer

On Copper, yes. The AI receptionist answers your business number, asks what the door is doing and whether a car is trapped, checks the address against your service area and puts the visit into this same calendar. On the free plan you can call the demo receptionist and hear how it handles a garage door call.

Question 11

What does it replace?

Accepted Answer

The wall calendar, the notebook in the truck and the text thread where the office tells a technician which springs to bring. It is not an opener-programming tool or a spring-size calculator; it is the office side of the day — calls, jobs, door records, estimates and invoices.

Question 12

Can I bring my customer list over?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Import customers and addresses, then let the door details fill in as technicians visit — the spring setup, the opener, what was replaced. You can export everything at any time; the records stay yours whether or not you ever add a paid plan.

Step	What the dispatcher sees	What the technician sees
1Call	A new request with the caller, the reason and door type, opener details, previous repairs and estimate and installation notes, plus the call transcript.	Nothing yet — the request is not assigned to a technician until it is booked.
2Record	The customer record: door & opener records, notes and the job history.	The same record, before the visit — what was done last time and what the caller said.
3Job	The job on the calendar — repair windows, install estimates, technician assignments and follow-up visits.	Assigned to a technician dispatched to the property, with the address, the reason and the arrival window.
4Invoice	The invoice and payment link on the same job, with the Payments department from Silver.	Marks the job complete; the invoice goes out from the same record.

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