Los Angeles County
Garage door installation and repair costs in Los Angeles
We cannot put a figure on a door we have not seen. What we can do is set out what the number depends on, so nothing about your written price comes as a surprise.
Why there are no figures on this page
We publish no figures here, because any number would change the moment we see your door. Two houses on one street can come out at different prices, because the door, the springs, the opener and the opening are all different. This page explains what the price depends on instead. Once we have seen the door, you get a written price, and it holds.
What moves the price of a repair
Most of a repair comes down to which part failed and what the failure took with it. If you are still working out the symptom, start with the problem pages.
The spring, and which kind it is
A broken spring is not one job with one price. Torsion springs sit on a shaft above the opening; extension springs run alongside the tracks. They are not interchangeable, so spring work is priced around the type your door was built for. Springs are also rated by how many open-and-close cycles they are built to survive. A higher-rated spring costs more going in and lasts longer before it goes again, which on a door used daily is usually the better value. We tell you what is on there now and what we would put back.
Door size and weight
Weight is what everything else gets sized against. A double door carries far more mass than a single, and that sets spring size, cable gauge and drum type. Insulated and solid wood doors are heavier again, so the hardware holding them is heavier too.
What the failure took with it
Failures rarely stay contained. A door that has come off its track can bend track, tear hinges and crease a panel on the way down. Grinding noises usually mean something has been wearing a while. A door that will not close may be a sensor, or may be structural.
Do not touch a snapped torsion spring or a door hanging off its track. Both hold enough stored energy to injure someone. Leave the door where it is, keep people and cars clear, and call us. Both are emergency work.
Whether the opener is involved
If the motor runs and the door stays put, that could be a stripped gear, a broken trolley, or the door binding in the frame. Each of those is a different repair at a different price, so we diagnose before quoting on openers.
Access and headroom
Tight headroom, narrow side room or a steep hillside driveway changes which hardware fits and how long the work takes. Track and cable work in a low-headroom garage is not the same job as in a standard one.
What moves the price of a replacement
The cost of installing a new door rests on the door itself and on what has to change behind it.
- Size. One single, one double, or two singles side by side.
- Material. Steel, wood, composite, or a full-view aluminum and glass door.
- Insulation. An insulated door is quieter and steadier in a garage that gets hot, and it weighs more.
- Glazing. Glass adds cost by area and by type.
- Hardware. If the existing track, brackets and rollers are sound and rated for the new door's weight, some can stay. Often they cannot.
- The opener. A heavier door can be more than the existing opener should lift.
You can narrow the choice before anything is priced. Put a photo of your frontage into the visualizer and work back from what looks right.
How you get your number
Our technician inspects the door and the opening, then writes the price down before any work starts. The inspection and estimate are free whether or not you go ahead. Nothing is added to the price without your say-so, and the part we install goes on the invoice with its specification. You can ask about financing. When you are ready, book the free estimate.
Where we work
Across Los Angeles County.
Planning a new door, or dealing with one that has stopped working?
See a new door on your own house before you commit to anything. Or tell us what the door is doing and we will come and look at it.