Build the door you want and see what it costs fitted, with the old one taken away. No form, no "call for pricing", no salesman in your driveway on a Tuesday evening.
Installed, old door removed and recycled, spring and track included. The only thing that moves this number afterwards is an opening that is not standard — and we measure before we order, not after.
Two thirds of the calls we get are a spring, a roller or an opener sensor. Those are a morning's work, not a new door.
They look superb in a brochure and they are cold, heavy on the opener, and awkward to keep clean. On a north-facing detached garage we will steer you elsewhere.
If it is unheated, R-16 buys you quiet, not warmth. Worth paying for if you use it as a workshop; not worth it if you park in it.
A broken spring on an eight-year-old door is a $320 repair. Anybody quoting you a replacement door off a photograph of a snapped spring is not fixing your problem.
Six doors we have fitted, and the honest case for and against each. Prices are the door alone for a standard 9 × 7 — the same numbers the calculator above uses, before fitting, insulation or an opener. Lakeshore Door Co is a demo, not a real firm.
The default, and usually the right one
$1,150 – $1,420 door only, 9 × 7
Short horizontal panels with a moulded edge. It is what most Halton houses were built with, so on a traditional elevation it is the one choice nobody notices — which is the point.
Worth knowing. Cheapest to replace a single panel on later, because the sections are standard.
Overlay, not an actual barn door
$1,560 – $1,980 door only, 9 × 7
A standard sectional door with an overlay and decorative hardware on the face. It still rolls up overhead — nothing swings out — so it needs no more driveway than any other door.
Worth knowing. The hardware is what sells it. On a stone or brick elevation it earns the extra; on flat vinyl siding it can look applied.
Flat face, timber look, steel price
$1,420 – $1,760 door only, 9 × 7
A flat sectional in a woodgrain laminate. It reads as timber from the street at a fraction of the cost, and unlike real wood it does not want re-finishing every few years.
Worth knowing. Ask to see the sample outdoors. Woodgrains look very different in daylight than under showroom lighting.
The expensive one, and worth being sure
$3,050 – $4,100 door only, 9 × 7
An aluminium frame with glazed panels. It is the only style here that changes the inside of the garage as much as the outside, because it turns a dark box into a lit room.
Worth knowing. Specify frosted or obscured glazing unless you genuinely want the garage visible from the street. Also the heaviest option, so the opener and springs are sized up.
The same door, a very different result
$1,420 – $1,760 door only, 9 × 7
Identical construction to the woodgrain above in a flat dark finish. On a contemporary elevation it disappears into the shadow line, which is usually what that architecture wants.
Worth knowing. Dark faces run hotter in full sun. On a south-facing wall we will steer you to the insulated build.
Why we ask about the whole elevation
Included in every quote door only, 9 × 7
On most houses the garage door is the single largest thing on the front — frequently more visible than the front door. That is why the first question is about the house, not the door.
Worth knowing. Send a photo of the front of the house with the quote request. It changes the recommendation more often than the measurements do.
A door swap is a one-day job on a normal opening. This is the whole of it, so nothing on the day is a surprise and you know what we need from you.
If the measure turns up something that changes the price — an out-of-square opening, rotten timber behind the trim, low headroom — you hear it then, with the new number, before anything is ordered. You are free to walk away at that point and it costs you nothing.
Twenty minutes with a tape turns your range into a fixed installed price. No charge, and we do not sell at the door.
A real estimator that gives a homeowner an installed price before anyone knocks, and takes the booking on the same page — so the lead does not die on the screen.
This is The Quote Forge by Glass Floor Studio · $5,800 flat.
Every visitor prices their own door before they ring you, so the quotes that land in your inbox are already qualified.