Garage door installation and replacement, Dunwoody
New garage doors in Dunwoody, GA
For the wood door that has rotted along the bottom, the steel door a bumper folded, or the renovation that wants the front of the house to match. Measured at the house, priced in writing, installed by appointment.
Get a written price for a new door
The door's width and height (most Dunwoody doubles are 16 by 7, singles 9 by 7), whether the house has a room over the garage, and the look you want. The pro measures the opening in person before anything is ordered.
- Springs, openers and off-track doors most days, same day when the schedule allows
- New doors measured at the house, priced in writing, installed by appointment
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When repair stops making sense
The pro will keep repairing a door as long as it is the right call, and on a lot of Dunwoody doors it is. It stops being the right call when the bottom section of a wood door has gone soft and the rot has started up the stiles, when two or more steel sections are cracked at the hinges, when the door has been repaired twice this year, or when the door is too heavy for any opener you would want to buy. On the original wood doors in Dunwoody Club Forest, Kingsley and Mill Glen, thirty humid summers with the inside face never painted is usually what does it. The answer to repair or replace gets a fuller treatment on its own page.
What goes on Dunwoody houses
Insulated steel, raised panel is the door that replaces most of the originals here: two layers of steel around a foam core, a painted finish that does not need the upkeep the wood did, and enough insulation to keep a west-facing garage from being an oven in August. In cream, almond, taupe or a dark bronze it sits under brick without argument. Carriage style is the door the renovations pick, steel that reads as swing-out wood with black strap hinges and a row of windows across the top section, and it is what the brick traditionals near the Village have been switching to. Wood, cedar or mahogany, is the top of the range and the right answer for a few of the houses on the bigger lots, with a real maintenance schedule attached. Windows in the top section are worth having on any of them if the garage has no other daylight.
What the installer does
Measures the opening, the headroom above it and the side room beside it, because a torsion setup needs about 12 inches over the door and a low-headroom kit changes the price. Orders the door to those numbers. On the day, unwinds and removes the old springs, takes down the old door, sets the new sections in new tracks, winds new springs sized to the new door's weight, hangs the opener rail if the opener is staying, and balances the door before the opener is reconnected. Old door and old hardware leave on the truck. A single door is a morning; a double with a new opener is most of a day.
The numbers
A 9 by 7 insulated steel door installed runs $1,200 to $2,400; a 16 by 7 double, $1,900 to $4,200; carriage style with windows and hardware, $3,200 to $6,500; a custom wood door, $5,500 to $12,000. What moves the number is insulation grade, windows, color beyond the stock palette, low headroom, and whether the opener is replaced at the same time. The Dunwoody price page has the full list.
New-door questions from Dunwoody homeowners
What is a 16 by 7 door going to run me, installed, on a Dunwoody house?
A 16 by 7 insulated steel door, the size on most of the two-story houses here, runs $1,900 to $4,200 installed with the old door hauled off. A single 9 by 7 door is $1,200 to $2,400. Carriage-style steel with windows and hardware is $3,200 to $6,500, and a custom wood door starts around $5,500.
Do I need a permit from the City of Dunwoody to replace my garage door?
Replacing a door in the existing opening, same size, is a like-for-like replacement and the installer will confirm current City of Dunwoody Community Development rules before the job is scheduled. Widening the opening, changing the header, or converting a carport does involve a building permit, and the quote will say so.
Can just the rotted bottom section be replaced instead of the whole door?
Sometimes. If the door model is still made and the other sections are sound, one section runs $350 to $800. On a 1970s wood door the manufacturer is usually gone, and once one section has rotted the rest are not far behind, so the honest quote is the whole door.
How long until a new door is in?
Half a day for a standard door; special orders take 2 to 6 weeks to arrive. Stock sizes and colors are faster; custom colors, windows and wood are the long end.