New door installation replaces the entire moving system: sections, track, springs, cables and seals, all matched to the new door. The old door is dismantled safely under spring tension and hauled away, the opening is checked for square and solid framing, and the new door is balanced to its own weight. Your opener is paired and tested the same day, or replaced if it cannot legally run the new door.
What the visit covers
- Opening measured for width, height, headroom and side room
- Old door and spring system removed safely and hauled away
- Jambs and header checked and repaired where soft or split
- New track, springs and cables matched to the new door's weight
- Bottom seal and perimeter weatherstrip fitted
- Opener paired, balanced and safety-tested on install day
Single-car and two-car doors
Standard openings are where most San Diego replacements happen, and where choice is widest: steel in every finish, insulated or not, carriage-style overlays, glass lites or full-view aluminum. Two-car doors carry a great deal more weight, so spring sizing and track reinforcement matter more there. We size the hardware to the door you actually choose, not a generic chart.
Old door removal and haul-away
Taking down an old door is the dangerous half of the job, because its springs are still wound. We unload tension under control, dismantle the sections, remove track and hardware, and haul everything off, including the pivot springs of a one-piece tilt-up if that is what you had. Nothing is left stacked in the side yard.
Opener pairing on install day
A new door changes weight, travel and speed, so the opener gets recalibrated, not just reconnected. If the existing unit is compliant and healthy, we reset its limits and force for the new door. If it lacks battery backup, California law does not allow connecting it to the replacement, so we quote a compliant opener alongside the door and install day ends with a working pair.
On the job
A county of driveways and aging doors
About half of the roughly 1.25 million housing units in San Diego County are detached single-family homes, which puts a garage door on a very large share of front elevations. Seventy-one percent of homes sold here in 2024 were more than 30 years old, so many buyers inherit an original door near the end of its service life. A replacement is often the first visible upgrade new owners make, and one of the few that improves both curb appeal and daily convenience at once.
What a new garage door costs
HomeAdvisor's 2026 data spans $400 to $10,000 for a replacement door with $1,500 as the typical figure, while Angi's numbers cited by Bob Vila center around $2,500 within a $1,500 to $6,000 range. Installation labor alone commonly runs $200 to $500 per Angi. Your number is set mostly by:
Questions callers ask about this job
Most residential replacements finish in a single day, often in four to six hours, including removal of the old door. Oversized, custom and tilt-up conversions can take longer, and we tell you that when we quote.
If it has battery backup and is in good condition, usually yes, with new settings for the new door. If it lacks backup, state law does not allow pairing it with a replacement door, so we quote a compliant opener in the same proposal.
New. Springs are sized to a door's exact weight, and track is matched to its sections and radius. Reusing the old system under a new door is how a fresh install starts life unbalanced.
If the garage is attached, used as a gym or workshop, or faces afternoon sun, insulation is usually worth it for comfort, quiet and rigidity. For a detached storage garage near the coast, non-insulated steel can be perfectly sensible.
We take it. Sections, track, springs and hardware all leave on the truck, and the garage is swept before we go.