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Addison, TX
New garage door installation in Addison, Texas
A replacement door is a measuring job before it is a shopping decision. Opening width, headroom, backroom and the weight of the door chosen all decide what track and what spring the installation needs.
New doors in Addison
Addison townhome garages share a wall with living space, so chain drive vibration carries into a bedroom in a way it never does in detached housing. Hinges on a sectional door are stamped with a number that fixes their position. A number one hinge joins the bottom section to the one above it, and the number rises going up the door, because each hinge higher in the stack needs a deeper offset to keep the section faces flush as they curve into the horizontal track. Residential track is usually 2 inch, and it comes in different steel gauges and in a 12 inch or 15 inch radius at the curve. The wider radius needs more headroom but eases the section through the turn. Track spacing off the jamb is set by the graduated brackets, and it decides how firmly the rollers hold the door against the stop molding. A single door replacement is a half day, two doors a full day.
What that means for a Addison door
Doors ordered in volume for subdivisions through the 1990s and 2000s came with builder grade hardware, usually short stem steel rollers turning in light gauge track. The rough opening sets none of that. Longer stem rollers with sealed bearings and nylon tires fit the same jambs, and track gauge and hinge stock are specified apart from the panel design. Garage slabs are poured with a slope toward the opening for drainage, and a 16 foot door sits across the whole of that slope. If the floor drops more on one side, a straight bottom section leaves a wedge of daylight at the low corner. A taller bulb seal absorbs some of it. Grinding or a threshold strip handles the rest.
Signs you are dealing with this
- The door is a one-piece tilt-up rather than a sectional
- The garage is unbearably hot and the door has no insulation
What we check on arrival
- Header, jamb and framing condition behind the existing door
- Whether the existing opener suits the weight of the new door
$1100 to $4500
A standard insulated steel two-car door installed sits in the lower half. Custom sizes, wood or full-view glass doors run above the range.
This is a range, not a quote. The exact price comes after we see the door and you approve it before any work starts. Call (469) 281-7750 and describe what it is doing.
Addison at a glance
- County
- Dallas County
- Drive from our Coppell base
- About 25 minutes from our Coppell base
- Postcodes covered
- 75001
- Around
- Addison Circle, Addison Airport, Cavanaugh Flight Museum
Before we get there
The old door still has loaded springs in it. Removal is the dangerous half of an installation, not the fitting.
About Addison
Townhome garages here share walls with living space.
Dallas County. About 25 minutes from our Coppell base.
What that means for a door here
Addison townhome garages share a wall with living space, so chain drive vibration carries into a bedroom in a way it never does in detached housing.
We work throughout Addison, including the neighbourhoods around Addison Circle, Addison Airport, Cavanaugh Flight Museum.
Get a price
Tell us about your Addison door
Describe what the door is doing and somebody will call you back. The estimate on site is free. We are about 25 minutes away, and Addison sits in Dallas County.
A person answers 7am to 11pm.
Questions
New doors in Addison, asked and answered
Do you cover Addison?
Yes. Addison is in Dallas County, and it is one of the 32 cities covered from the Coppell base. About 25 minutes from our Coppell base. That covers postcode 75001.
What usually fails on a Addison door?
An 8 foot wide opening was the common single car size for decades, but 9 feet is now the more usual stock width, so an 8 foot door can be a build to order size rather than one held on a shelf. Two 8 foot doors side by side also load the center post, which carries vertical track for both and needs checking before either door is hung.
How long does new garage door installation take in Addison?
A single door replacement is a half day, two doors a full day. A wide section will bow across the middle under its own weight, which is why horizontal struts run the full width on the back of a 16 foot door. Strut count rises with door weight and with the width of the section. The top section carries one wherever an operator arm attaches, because that arm concentrates its pull on a single point.
Is the work guaranteed?
Parts and labour carry a 5 year warranty. The price is agreed before any work starts, and the on site estimate is free.
Is there anything specific about garage doors in Addison?
Townhome garages here share walls with living space. Vertical track on a 16 foot opening bolts to the jamb, so the jamb has to be sound wood fastened to the framing rather than trim tacked over masonry. Rot at the base is common where the jamb meets the slab. A jamb that is out of plumb pulls the track with it, and the door then binds on one side as it travels.
Get it fixed
Get a new doors price for your Addison door
Tell us what it is doing. The estimate on site is free.