Hahn's Woodworking Co Inc

January 2009 My wife and I are most pleased with our new beautiful custom segmented wood overhead garage door at our home. Aesthetically, it is a much more appropriate door, complimenting the overall style of our 1930 Tudor home. We have received many compliments from friends and neighbors who have seen it and agree with our sentiments. During the winter the new insulated door, along with the weather-stripping and new stops at the jambs, head and sill, has really improved the ability to keep the heat inside the garage and cold outside. I am attaching some photos of the door with the new Spanish cedar jambs painted brown to match the rest of the exterior trim color, along with the new cedar shingle roof and copper gutter / downspout. I am a registered Architect in NJ and NY, having practiced as an Architect for 14 years. For the past 12 years to the present time I am working in commercial construction management in NYC. Therefore, I am ?in the business? for design and construction and deal with various trade contractors on a regular basis. I pride myself of having a trained ?eye? as well as the experience of seeing multiple designs go from paper to reality and learning what works and what does not from participating in the construction, installation and finishing process. I am pleased to serve as a reference for Scott Hahn and Hahn?s Woodworking Company, Inc., as well as for Bill Hahn for his installation work to relay my positive experience them. I have to commend both of them for the professionalism, expertise, accuracy, sensitivity and overall ability to produce what they promise, when they promise it. I selected this company after interviewing and considering two of their regional and national competitors because I truly believed that their process and end product was far superior while explaining some of the differences between his doors and those made by his competitors, (i.e. he uses counter sunk s.s. screws with matching wood plugs, whereas his competitors us staples), giving me a tour of his factory and leading me through the process of how he designs, fabricates and finishes his custom garage doors. Ultimately, I was willing to pay a bit more for a product that is clearly better than similar appearing custom garage doors, but in actuality are not nearly as well built and will probably not last as long. From the beginning of the design stage, through the shop drawing submission and approval process, to the review of samples and progressive stages of fabrication, Scott?s answers to my questions, as well as suggestions to modifications to my initial ideas proved to be the right choices. His recommendations based on his time-tested experience that we agreed to, have resulted in the best possible door solution for us and our home. Bill Hahn / Hillside Door Company did an excellent job installing the new garage door, electric opener and all necessary hardware at our home, along with matching Spanish cedar wood jambs on the garage door frame to replace the existing rotted wood. He also programmed the remote controls of our HomeLink garage door openers built-into both of our automobiles, relieving us of that most frustrating task. The door continues to work as intended and we have initiated an annual service plan with him for his inspecting, lubricating and adjusting the door, opener and hardware, as necessary to maintain ideal smooth operation. It is obvious that they both are true experts at what they do and make the entire process most pleasant and painless. We thank them for helping us to achieve the new, replacement garage door that accomplishes everything that we desired. Alexander V. Bergo, AIA