From broken spring to paid invoice, without the gap
A snapped spring at eight in the morning, two installs booked in after lunch, and yesterday's invoices still sitting half-written. ServiceInvoice turns a finished repair or install into a branded PDF invoice in the time it takes to load the van, so the paperwork never outlasts the job.
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Why garage door techs pick ServiceInvoice
Built for one- and two-van garage door outfits who quote springs, openers, and full installs on the spot.
Repairs and installs, billed differently
Charge a spring or cable repair by the hour, and send a fixed-price invoice for a new door or opener, each pulled from how the job was actually quoted.
Parts broken out from labour
Springs, cables, rollers, drums, and openers sit on their own lines next to labour and the call-out fee, so a customer sees the parts markup without asking.
Fewer overdue invoices to chase
A dashboard of what's unpaid across repairs and installs means less time spent phoning about last month's job and more on today's.
Springs, service calls, and full installs
An emergency spring snap gets billed by the hour with an out-of-hours rate, while a scheduled opener install gets a fixed quote up front. Both come out of the same job record with parts and labour split apart.
- Emergency call-outs and spring repairs charged by the hour
- New door and opener installs sent as a fixed-price invoice
- Springs, cables, rollers, and openers marked up on their own line
- Warranty and repeat visits invoiced without re-entering the customer
A garage door job is rarely just the repair. ServiceInvoice keeps a customer's history and past jobs attached to every invoice. See the wider business software, or check the setup built for locksmiths.
What belongs on a garage door repair invoice
A queried garage door invoice usually comes down to one thing: which part failed and what it cost to fix. Naming the part, the labour, and the call-out separately heads that off before it becomes a phone call.
- Call-out or diagnostic fee
- Put your call-out charge on its own line, with an evening or weekend rate flagged clearly so out-of-hours pricing is never a surprise.
- Parts fitted
- Name the specific spring, cable, roller, drum, or opener fitted, with quantity and price, so the customer can see what the parts markup covers.
- Labour, priced separately
- Hours and rate, or a flat repair or install price, kept apart from parts so neither figure looks inflated by the other.
- Make and model on file
- Recording the door type or opener model means a warranty callback or a future repair does not start with a re-diagnosis.
- Terms for getting paid
- A due date and accepted payment methods, ideally settled before you are back in the van. Most garage door work gets paid same-day.
Most disputes over a garage door bill come down to an unclear parts list, so ServiceInvoice keeps springs, cables, and labour on separate lines to begin with. The same discipline suits locksmiths billing emergency call-outs, and appliance repair businesses running their own parts-heavy jobs.
From job to paid in four steps
- 1
Add the customer and log the work as you go: the spring, hardware, and callout time as separate line items.
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Mark the job complete and generate an invoice with one click.
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Send the branded PDF to your customer with clear totals and payment terms.
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Track unpaid invoices from your dashboard and follow up before they slip.