What garage door repair actually costs

Why published

Most companies here will not put a number on a page

The standard practice in this trade is a free estimate that exists to get a technician standing in your garage before any price is mentioned. It works, which is why it is standard. It also means you cannot compare two companies without taking two mornings off.

Publishing bands costs us the ability to price a job by how urgent you sound. That seems like a reasonable trade.

Price bands

What the common jobs run

Call for a firm number on your door. Ranges cover the common cases and are not a quote.

What moves it

What changes the number

• Door size. A single door and a 16-foot double are different weights, which means different springs and different labour.
• Spring cycle rating. A 10,000-cycle spring costs less up front than a 20,000-cycle one and is replaced roughly twice as often.
• Insulated or not. Insulated doors are heavier, so the hardware carrying them is rated higher.
• What else broke. A snapped cable that pulled the door off its track is two repairs, and we will say so before starting.
• Access. A detached alley garage with no power and a tight approach takes longer than a suburban driveway.
• When you call. After-hours and holiday work carries a premium. It is disclosed on the phone, never added afterwards.

Services

What we price

• Broken torsion spring replacement A snapped spring is the single most common reason a garage door stops working, and the one repair nobody should attempt themselves.
• Garage door opener repair and installation When the opener runs but the door stays put, the opener is usually not the part that failed.
• Cable, roller and track repair The hardware that guides the door is cheap. What it costs to ignore is not.
• Off-track garage door recovery A door out of its track is under load and holding itself up by accident. Leave it where it is and call.
• Garage door repair, symptom by symptom Almost everything that stops a garage door is one of six parts. You do not need to know which one.
• New garage doors, measured and fitted Two very different jobs sit behind the phrase new garage door, and they get quoted differently because they are different.