Many doors we replace here are heavy wood doors on older homes, or builder doors on the two-car garages out west that have faded and dented. The right replacement depends on which. Measuring the opening comes first, and the estimate is free.
Tell us what the door is doing. The estimate is free; the work waits for your yes.
Heavy wood carriage-house doors look right on the older homes, but they're hard on springs, cables and openers, and they need refinishing on a schedule. A steel or composite door with a carriage-style face keeps the look while weighing far less, which makes it easier on every moving part and easier to lift by hand in a power cut. For full-view aluminum doors with frosted or clear panes, see glass garage doors. Carriage-house styles, real wood and wood-look options get a page of their own: wood and carriage garage doors.
For owners who want real wood, a new wood door on properly matched springs is an option too, and the upkeep is explained up front.
A west-facing garage on a summer afternoon can get far hotter than outside, and that heat carries into the rooms next to it. Insulation and snug seals keep a garage like that far cooler, protect what's stored in it, and quiet the door.
Seals on all four sides also keep out the fine dust the wind blows under an old door.
Usually done in one visit.
On the newer builds, the original doors are often thin, uninsulated steel that dents easily and has faded in the sun. A replacement with an insulated core and a factory finish holds its color and shape much better, and a row of windows across the top brightens a garage that doubles as a workshop.
If the old opener is still strong, it's reconnected and reset for the new door; if not, a replacement is written up as its own line.
A new door is a good time to look at the opener and keypad too. Summer heat is hard on opener boards and keypads in west-facing garages, and a unit that has been struggling will struggle more with a heavier insulated door.
New openers go in with battery backup and rolling-code remotes, and each remote and car button gets paired while we're there.
A row of windows up high turns a dim garage into somewhere you can work, and on a carriage-style door they complete the look. Clear glass shows what's inside; frosted or textured glass lets the light through and keeps the view out.
Insulated glass keeps the window sections from turning into cold spots in winter. The layouts are shown with the samples at the estimate.
An old door with worn seals lets the wind blow dust under it and around the sides all year, and it settles on everything in the garage. A new door closes those gaps: a flexible bottom seal that meets the floor along its whole length, side and top seals that press against the door face, and a threshold where the slab dips.
The same seals keep out rain driven by the wind and the insects that follow the light in summer. They're part of every installation, not something added later.
The opening is measured at the top, middle and bottom, because older openings are rarely the same width all the way down. The headroom above the opening decides whether a standard track fits, and the side room decides where the springs and the opener go.
If anything needs framing work first, you hear that at the estimate, not on install day.
Older homes in Potwin, Westboro and College Hill, ranches in Oakland, Highland Park and Sherwood, and Lawrence, Silver Lake, Auburn, Rossville, Carbondale and Tecumseh.
Shop and small commercial doors as well.
Wood or a wood look? Weight and upkeep decide it.
Insulation? Worth it on a garage that bakes in summer.
Windows? For light in a garage people use.
Opener? Kept if it can handle the new door.
Color? Lighter shades stay cooler and show dust less.
Yes, especially on a west-facing garage; it stays noticeably cooler, and so do the rooms beside it.
Close to it. Carriage-style steel and composite doors have the look with a fraction of the weight and upkeep.
Most of one visit; the garage is closed up and working again at the end of it.
Yes. A new opener with battery backup is written up alongside the door if the old one isn't up to it.
Yes; the old opening is measured carefully and the framing looked over, and an odd-size opening gets a door made to it.
Window sections are easiest to add when the door is ordered; the layouts are shown at the estimate.
Much lighter, in most cases. A steel or composite carriage-style door weighs a fraction of a solid wood one, which is easier on the springs, the opener and anyone lifting it by hand.
We do; it goes out on the truck.
Much better than an old one. New seals on all four sides close the gaps the wind pushes grit through.
Free, measured on site and written out before any decision.
Arrange a time for the measuring visit on the phone or with the form.
Free estimate for homes and shops across the county.
Tell us the fault and you'll get a straight answer on whether it can wait. Free estimate anywhere in Shawnee County.
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Tell us what the door is doing. The estimate is free; the work waits for your yes.