New Garage Door Installation
Doors measured from the opening outward, then fitted with new tracks, springs and seals.
A new garage door is chosen from the opening outward: its width and height, the headroom above, the room on each side, and what the door has to do. Clopay describes the main choices. Steel doors offer strength and low maintenance and often carry insulation between steel skins, wood doors need more upkeep, aluminum is light and rust-resistant, and styles range from raised panel to flush to carriage house. Insulated panels also run quieter.
The track has to be matched to the door too. DASMA advises against reusing the old track, since section thickness, weight, headroom and the opener's position change what fits, so a new door arrives with its own track. The job includes springs sized to the new door's weight, hinges, rollers, seals and a reinforcement bracket for the opener. We remove and haul away the old door and leave the new one balanced and tested.
Signs a new door makes more sense than a repair
- Several sections are damaged and no longer match each other
- The door is too old for replacement parts to be found
- Heat or noise passes straight through the door into the house
- The door is bowed, delaminating or rotting along the bottom edge
- You want a different style, color or window pattern
- The garage gets hot in summer and you want an insulated door
🔥 The Santa Clara Foothills Factor
Mapped fire zones change what a new door has to be. California's wildland-urban interface provisions require an exterior garage door to hold its gaps at the bottom, sides and top to 1/8 inch or less, using tested weatherstripping, a door that overlaps the jambs and header, or metal flashing over them, and they accept a noncombustible exterior such as steel. DASMA summarizes the provisions, and Saratoga's fire page lists weather-striped garage doors among its requirements for new construction in its fire interface area.
Outside the mapped zones the same detailing is good practice. We ask the building department about your address before we order.
How We Handle It
Measure the opening
We measure width, height, headroom and side room, and note the framing, the floor slope and the existing opener.
Choose and quote
We help you choose style, insulation and color, then give one exact price that includes tracks, springs and hardware.
Remove and install
We remove and haul away the old door, hang the new sections on new tracks, and fit seals around all four sides.
Balance and test
We size and set the springs to the new weight, connect the opener, and test balance and auto-reverse before we leave.
New Garage Door Installation — FAQs
Does my city want a permit for a door replacement?
Should a new garage door be insulated?
Does a new garage door need a battery backup opener in California?
Can I reuse my old opener with a new garage door?
What garage door style fits an Eichler house?
What to know about a new door's price
Doors are priced by size, model and options after we measure. The visit is free when you go ahead.
- Diagnostic Service Call$0 with a completed repair
