Dexters expanding service center

An auto shop along West Washington Street in Bradford is expanding after growing business demand over last three to five years.

The approximately four-month project got underway in August on a larger collision repair facility for Dexters Service Center, which has been in business since the 1980s.

Owner Al Dexter said that enhancing the facility will help employees do a more efficient job of repairing vehicles. The 40-by-110-square-foot addition will also be more efficient for technicians, he said.

Its just going to help us all around do a better job, he said.

At this point, the collision part of the garage can comfortably hold four to six vehicles, Dexter said. The expansion will be able to hold eight to 12 vehicles, Dexter said.

The expansion will streamline operations where two or three vehicles wont have to be moved in order to get one out, he said.

Besides more space to work on vehicles, there will be a new paint booth.

He said that Dexters Service Center keeps busy year-round handling collision repairs on newer vehicles, from incidents such as someone hitting a deer.

Collision and service go hand in hand, Dexter said.

Dexter said the expansion has been in the planning stages for about a year. Kessel Construction Inc. of Bradford should be completed with the expansion by the end of November. The addition should be fully operational by mid-December, Dexter said.

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