Henderson Garage Door Services was established in 1989 when John Henderson started his own garage door repair and installation company. Upon his departure from an established garage door manufacturing company at the time, John started with the basics: garage door repair and opener installation. He established the company’s home base in Baytown, Texas, which was the closest major city to where he, his wife Tonja, and their new baby were going to start their new lives.
To John, the most natural strategy for operating his business while he repaired garage door openers and springs was to enlist his family as his first employees. Tonja took care of the office, and their son Jonathan helped gather miscellaneous torsions and other small components to help his dad build a motor. Jonathan recalls starting in the business as young as four years old!
One of his earliest memories was fetching torsion springs for his dad or grabbing necessary materials from the truck. They used to buy their openers from Sears, and at that time, you could bolt together rail systems to put on a motor.
By the time Jonathan was seven or eight, he was getting paid two dollars per motor because you could snap them together. He got pretty proficient and could assemble thirty-two of them in a day, thus getting paid $64 for the day. Not bad for a youngster just starting in the garage door industry.
Having worn every hat and performed every role for the local and family-owned business, Jonathan truly loves getting out and meeting people who he can help make their work lives better. F
rom customers who operate with 900 shipping docks in need of consistent commercial door service, to Mrs. Johnson down the street in need of reliable broken spring repair, Jonathan enjoys thinking outside the box and encourages others around him to leave every job with the customer irrefutably happy with the work they’ve completed.
When John Henderson embarked on making the family name a mainstay in Baytown over thirty years ago, he could’ve only hoped that Henderson Garage Door Services would become as well established in commercial, residential, and specialty garage doors as they are now. With his father now fully retired, Jonathan holds the reins of the business.
As the local, family-owned business has adapted through the decades, they’ve gained special relationships with other local businesses surrounding the Houston MetroPlex area.
Specializing in the operations from one business to another, Henderson Garage Doors thrives on thinking outside the box for its diverse commercial clientele.
Commercial overhead repair, installation, and highperformance doors are a specialty! Some of our many commercial door services include:
• Commercial Door Repair
• Commercial Door Installation
• Commercial Loading Dock Equipment
• Rolling Steel Doors • High-Speed Doors
• Wind Load Doors
• Weather Seals
They are honored to help make sure your overhead doors work safely and consistently to keep your daily operations running smoothly. Call 281-428-1187 today
