Garage Door Installation in Avon Park

Avon Park is a town that has not changed as much as the ones around it. A lot of the housing stock is from the 1950s and 1960s. The homes are solid, well-built, and they sit on good land. But the garages are showing their age. Metal doors from that era rust from the inside out. Wooden doors warp and split. The openers are mechanical and wear out. The track is bent from decades of use. The springs are the original springs, and they have been through thousands of open-and-close cycles.

An old garage door is a safety issue. The springs are under enormous tension—about 300 pounds on each side of a typical two-car door. If a spring breaks, the door can drop suddenly. The cable can snap and whip. The opener can fail to catch it. We have seen injuries from old doors. The fix is straightforward: a new door system with modern safety features. New springs have stops that keep them in place if they break. New doors have better balance. New openers have sensors that stop the door if something is in the way. A single-car replacement runs $850 to $1,500, and a double-car runs $1,200 to $1,900. If the opening is old or the jambs are damaged, add another $200 to $300.

We come out, look at what you have, and tell you what needs to happen. If the door can be repaired, we repair it. If it needs to be replaced, we tell you that too. We do not try to sell you something you do not need. We measure the opening, check that the wall is square and the header is solid, and then we order and install the right door for your home.Call (863) 592-2143and we will send someone out to look at it. There is no charge for the visit or the estimate.

Avon Park does not get the weather that other parts of Florida get—it is far enough inland that hurricanes lose power before they get here. But it does get hot and it does get wet. The temperature swings between January and July are real, and they put stress on metal. A garage door that has been in the sun for fifty years gets brittle. New materials are more flexible and they hold up better. They also keep your garage cooler in the summer, which matters when you park a car in there. A well-sealed new door can keep a garage 10 or 15 degrees cooler than an old one, which saves you money on cooling the house.