Job ticket № 04 · Aurora, CO
New garage doors
Insulated steel doors, sized and installed, with the old door hauled off.
Typical price, installed
$1400–$4800
Installed, single to double, standard sizes. Steel sandwich doors sit in the middle; windows and custom colors push toward the top.
Sound familiar?
- Panels are cracked, rusted through, or caved in where a bumper found them
- The door is a single-skin slab that turns the garage into an icebox
- You’re replacing the opener and springs on a door that’s not worth them
- It’s simply ugly, and it’s a third of the front of your house
What I do about it
- I measure, you pick the panel style and insulation level from real spec sheets. No showroom, no pressure
- The quote is a written, itemized number: door, tracks, springs, labor, haul-away
- Install day: old door out, new tracks and springs in, opener re-tuned to the new weight
- R-value talk in plain English: what insulation actually does for an attached Colorado garage
Asked on most driveways
How long from order to install?
Stock panel styles usually land within two weeks; custom colors and window layouts can run four to six. I tell you the real lead time before you put money down.
Is an insulated door worth it in Colorado?
If the garage is attached or you work in it, yes. An insulated sandwich door takes the edge off January and quiets the door’s operation noticeably. On a detached storage garage, save the money.
Can you reuse my opener and springs?
The opener, usually. Springs, no. They’re sized to the old door’s weight, and a new door on wrong springs wears everything out fast. New springs are in the install price.