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Lewisville, TX
New garage door installation in Lewisville, 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 Lewisville
Lewisville runs from 1970s ranch stock near the old downtown to lakeside builds from the last twenty years, so two houses a mile apart can need completely different parts. Factory finish on a steel door is a coil coating baked on before the panel is formed, which is why it wears differently from a brush applied paint. Repainting later means a clean, dull surface and a primer that grips a baked coating. Color choice also affects surface temperature, since a dark south facing door runs hotter than a pale one. Photo eyes have been required on residential garage door openers in the United States since 1993, so an opener older than that has no beam across the opening. A new door changes the weight the opener lifts, and an older unit sized for a light uninsulated door can struggle with an insulated replacement. Checking the opener at the same time avoids a mismatch. A single door replacement is a half day, two doors a full day.
What that means for a Lewisville door
The garage door covers a large share of the front elevation on most houses, so panel design and color carry more visual weight than most other exterior choices. Doors are sold in series, and the series fixes the panel profile along with the finishes and window options available at a given width. Settling the appearance first narrows the order to one product line. 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.
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
- Opening width and height, squared and measured at multiple points
- Headroom, backroom and sideroom to confirm which track systems fit
$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.
Lewisville at a glance
- County
- Denton County
- Drive from our Coppell base
- About 20 minutes from our Coppell base
- Postcodes covered
- 75057, 75067, 75077
- Around
- Lewisville Lake, Old Town Lewisville, LLELA Nature Preserve
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 Lewisville
Housing here spans 1970s ranch homes near the old downtown out to lakeside construction from the last twenty years.
Denton County. About 20 minutes from our Coppell base.
What that means for a door here
Lewisville runs from 1970s ranch stock near the old downtown to lakeside builds from the last twenty years, so two houses a mile apart can need completely different parts.
We work throughout Lewisville, including the neighbourhoods around Lewisville Lake, Old Town Lewisville, LLELA Nature Preserve.
Get a price
Tell us about your Lewisville door
Describe what the door is doing and somebody will call you back. The estimate on site is free. We are about 20 minutes away, and Lewisville sits in Denton County.
A person answers 7am to 11pm.
Questions
New doors in Lewisville, asked and answered
Do you cover Lewisville?
Yes. Lewisville is in Denton County, and it is one of the 32 cities covered from the Coppell base. About 20 minutes from our Coppell base. That covers postcodes 75057, 75067, 75077.
What usually fails on a Lewisville door?
Photo eyes mount on the vertical track brackets near the floor, and the beam sits no higher than 6 inches above it so an obstruction is caught before the door closes on it. Low voltage wire runs from each eye back to the operator head. Older installations often have the eyes clipped high on the jamb, above the range they were meant to cover.
How long does new garage door installation take in Lewisville?
A single door replacement is a half day, two doors a full day. Openings of the 1970s and 1980s were commonly closed with doors on extension springs stretched along the horizontal tracks and anchored at the rear hangers. Converting to torsion during installation puts a shaft and a spring anchor pad across the header. The lifting load then goes into the wall above the opening rather than back into the ceiling framing.
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 Lewisville?
Housing here spans 1970s ranch homes near the old downtown out to lakeside construction from the last twenty years. 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.
Get it fixed
Get a new doors price for your Lewisville door
Tell us what it is doing. The estimate on site is free.