219_DesCarr_profile - FINAL_Layout 1 2 / 13 / 19 5 : 42 PM Page 1 suburban life your dream home F O R M O R E I N F O R M ATI O N O N Des - Carr Doors call ( 215 ) 340 - 0344 or visit DesCarrDoors.com . P R O F I L E “ Our goal is to make customers happy , from the design to the installation , ” Muredda says . “ There are times when we bend over backward for customers ; it’s no problem work - ing Saturdays and Sundays . We’re proud of what we do , but we also want their recommen - dations . When people see good work , they re - member you and they recognize you . That’s what we want to do with every job . ” Muredda is a lifelong craftsman who began his career in the roofing business . He eventually made inroads into garage doors , where he met Des - Carr’s former owner , Tom Carroll . Muredda took to the work quickly and fondly , and wound up purchasing the business from Carroll in 1998 . Since then , Muredda and his wife , the Bucks County Realtor Carol Muredda , have built Des - Carr into what it is today : a trusted , honest and reliable installer of high - quality carriage doors , from the likes of Amarr , Carriage House , Clopay , General Doors , Lift - Master and Wayne Dalton . “ We’ve been working out of the same open season building in Doylestown since 1985 , ” says Muredda . “ People appreciate working with a local business , and they appreciate quality . We may not be the cheapest number compared to From Bucks County to the Main Line , Des - Carr Doors crafts artfully what you mind find in a big - box store , but our customers find that there’s a lot of value in designed and constructed carriage doors to enhance any home . working with local people . ” Des - Carr Doors still does most of its work in by Bill Donahue Bucks County — particularly Doylestown , New Hope , Upper Makefield and Yardley — but has since branched out into the its purest form , a garage door Main Line . While the “ buy local ” serves a simple purpose . Typi cally movement certainly plays into made of wood , metal or fiberglass , it pro - IN homeowners ’ decisions to work vides access and security , as well as protection with a company such as Des - from the elements . But in Joe Muredda’s world , Carr , Muredda says they also like a garage door is much more than a humble having the reassurance of being means of entry and exit . able to reach the installer easily , “ Garage doors have come a long way over if needed . the years , ” says Muredda , owner of Des - Carr “ My employees are not sub - Doors Inc . in Doylestown . “ They used to be all contractors ; I’m not paying one size , for the most part , but now you can some guy I don’t know to come customize them to just about any home . A to your home and do the work , ” well - made door is about functionality and pro - he says . “ These are my employ - viding some insulation from the cold and the ees , so I make sure they treat heat , but more and more it’s also about curb you with kindness and respect . When you call my appeal . Now a garage door is the focal point of shop , you talk to Carol and she schedules the ap - a lot of homes . ” pointment , and people love her . I’m the owner , That’s especially true for the types of custom and I come out to your house and do the esti - carriage doors Muredda’s team of professionals mate . When it comes time for the installation , it’s install and repair for every day . Impeccably de - my installers who come out and complete the signed and constructed of the highest - quality ma - job . It’s as simple as that . terials , these doors are built to match a home’s “ If anything ever happens with your door , distinctive style , whether it’s a stone manor house you call us and we respond , ” he continues . “ If in Doylestown or an ivy - shagged estate home in you need us for any reason , we’re there for you . Gladwyne . It’s not a stretch to say some of these ? You know exactly where to find us . ” doors qualify as legitimate works of art . SUBURBANLIFEMAGAZINE.COM FEBRUARY 2019 64 |