Contractors' Stories · January 29, 2025
Define What Growth Is For Before You Scale
Tim Fitzpatrick explains how clear positioning, operational trust, measured marketing, and a personal definition of enough can guide contractor growth.
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Check A Pro Radio Show · March 31, 2026
Diagnose a Noisy Garage Door Before It Fails
Cody Johnson explains how to separate roller, opener, panel, and seal noise—and when a noisy garage door needs professional inspection.
Contractors' Stories · March 25, 2025
Grow a Roofing Company Through Service
Dustin Bower explains how repair-first advice, clear expectations, documented work, and accountable callbacks can help a roofing company grow.
Check A Pro Radio Show · February 24, 2026
Repair or Replace a Garage Door?
Cody Johnson explains how noise, cracking, opener age, spring cycles, cable condition, and measurements inform a repair-or-replace decision.
Check A Pro Radio Show · February 26, 2026
Troubleshoot a Garage Door That Will Not Close
Cody Johnson explains safe checks for a door that reverses, stalls, or feels heavy—and which spring and opener symptoms require a professional.
Contractors' Stories · March 18, 2025
Turn Warranty Calls Into Direct Customers
Scott Klintworth explains how warranty-dispatched appliance repair can earn direct customers without abandoning the volume that supports the business.
Contractors' Stories · February 13, 2025
Use Coaching to Break an Owner Bottleneck
Nathan Shafer explains how coaching, role clarity, faster decisions, and shared leadership helped a family HVAC company move beyond owner dependence.
Contractors' Stories · March 29, 2025
Add Water Treatment Without Losing Trust
Glen Blavet explains how contractors can add water treatment through technician training, recurring service, and a contractor-only sales model.
Contractors' Stories · July 3, 2025
Build an HVAC Career From the Ground Up
Brian Davis explains how Army leadership, shop work, trusted referrals, and teaching helped him grow from HVAC student to general manager.
Check A Pro Radio Show · May 25, 2025
Create a Home-Service Offer People Act On
Jim Cosmas shows contractors how to build a focused offer with urgency, real value, risk reversal, and economics the business can support.
Contractors' Stories · April 9, 2025
Modernize a Family Contractor With Less Chaos
Kevin Lipps explains how operating manuals, priority discipline, delegation, and a bold rebrand helped modernize his family electrical company.
Contractors' Stories · November 25, 2024
Document a Home-Service Business to Scale
Jim Klauck and All Pro's Katie Smith explain how process documentation, role backups, niche focus, and client education make growth safer.
Check A Pro Radio Show · June 15, 2026
Five Garage Door Myths Homeowners Should Know
Garage-door specialist Adam Greer explains five common myths about door quality, installers, springs, opener force, and replacement parts.
Contractors' Stories · December 10, 2024
Grow From Lawn Mowing to Outdoor Living
Jim Klauck and Chris Vincent trace the move from one mower to specialized outdoor living through learning, pricing, branding, and team growth.
Check A Pro Radio Show · June 29, 2026
How to Size a Whole-Home Standby Generator
Delton Landry explains how loads, fuel, transfer equipment, permits, monitoring, and maintenance shape a standby-generator plan.
Contractors' Stories · June 5, 2026
Scale a Contractor Business Without Losing Trust
Dominic Vella explains how focus, pricing, marketing, and steady improvement helped Fantastic Fence grow beyond an owner-dependent shop.
Contractors' Stories · January 24, 2025
Scale a Recurring Mobile Service Business
Jim Klauck and Kontota founder Hoss Belyadi unpack recurring service, route density, training, branding, franchising, and customer recovery.
Contractors' Stories · December 16, 2024
Scale a Trades Platform With Systems
Jim Klauck and Trades Holding CEO Phil Dodyk explain how systems, field leaders, training, and trust support multi-brand home-service growth.