Garage Door Pricing - Fair?

[ekraft84]

Hey All,

I'm looking to have my garage doors replaced and recently had a company come out and give me some pricing. I was hoping to get some advice here if at all possible. Specs are as follows:

- Two doors, a 16x8 and an 8x8 - replacing existing garage doors.
- Heritage 3000 brand. Seems to be a good door. Insulated, 25g.
- $1150 installed for the 16x8 and $950 installed for the 8x8.

To my knowledge (which I will confirm), this includes removal of the existing garage doors, and obviously installing new torsion cables, brackets, hinges, ball bearing rollers, etc. with the doors. I don't need the openers, as those are in place and will function as is.

Does the price seem fair? I priced the doors online together for around $1400 total - which of course doesn't include shipping and installation costs.

Thanks in advance.

 

[The Frisco Kid]

Where do you live? I think that will tell us a lot about the market pricing vs. how fair it may be.

 

[ekraft84]

I live in Michigan. Cold winters. Hot summers. Not-so-great economy.

 

[carap]

Probably not much to compare to but I recently had 2 12'X12' insulated doors installed for $2700. This included removal of the old doors and hooking up 1 door opener. All of this in Moore, OK

 

[Tim The Tool Man]

IMHO $1150 sounds like a good deal.

Last weekend I installed a 16 x 8 insulated (steel on both sides with a window panel) garage door at my mother's house. Home Depot wanted over $1400 for just the door but I priced around at several of the local vendors and found the same exact unit for $800. They wanted $500 to install it so I opted to do it myself.

http://www.clopaydoor.com/premiumsteel-windows.aspx

 

[Dan in Pasadena]

kraftomatic,
Like 3 months ago - I had a new, VERY plain 16 ft door installed and it cost just under $900. Mine has no window, no insulation, no opener. Its at the end of a 100 ft long driveway, detached and in the backyard. I chose the base unit because the installer told me it is slightly thicker metal than the step up models as they need to be lighter & thinner for the insulation. I was surprised but wanted thicker metal because I have a 100lb dog that likes to lean on the door.

Does your price include windows and insulation? If so, it sounds like a typical price. If the economy is really bad, maybe there's a better deal to be had but that doesn't sound bad at all. Hoped this helped.
EXTERIOR

INTERIOR

 

[64dragnwagon]

That sounds pretty fair. I like to get bids from a few companies before I pull the trigger on purchases like this.

 

[Gary S]

It depends mostly on how much you want to spend, and what your skills are.
On my current garage, I have two 9x7 doors. They cost me $250 each, and I got used openers for $25 each. I installed them myself, so my total cost is about $550 for two doors. The doors have no windows, but are well insulated doors.
You can get by very reasonable if you can do the work yourself, or you can spend a lot more if you hire someone else to do the work.

Hint: If you buy your doors locally, there is NO shipping cost.

 

[nosnerd]

yeah^^^ did you try local guys???

 

[upndown]

Hey Dan, you sure your door isn't insulated? usually the paper backing is there to cover the foam

 

[ksj9393]

In my recent experience, doors run the gamut in prices. For plain vanilla, insulated doors, price seems reasonable to me for doors plus install. I recently settled on steel doors with cladding to give the carriage door appearance. Two 9x8' and one 9x9' doors, installed... $5400. Wife wanted real wood... $12,000. I about choked. Steel it is!

 

[ddawg16]

Price is not outragious.........

Get a couple more estimates.......

And/or call the company back and tell they are too high....first call should knock a couple hundred off....

The price spread between the small and large sounds right.....labor is going to be the same for both of them.

 

[Dan in Pasadena]

Hey Dan, you sure your door isn't insulated? usually the paper backing is there to cover the foam

Yup, I'm sure. There is no "paper backing". What you're seeing is just the backside of the metal is white.

I had planned to put that Reflectix stuff that sort of looks like shiny bubblewrap. Then I thought, "why?" I doubt it'll do much insulating and who cares anyway since its a detached garage?

 

[ekraft84]

kraftomatic,
Like 3 months ago - I had a new, VERY plain 16 ft door installed and it cost just under $900. Mine has no window, no insulation, no opener. Its at the end of a 100 ft long driveway, detached and in the backyard. I chose the base unit because the installer told me it is slightly thicker metal than the step up models as they need to be lighter & thinner for the insulation. I was surprised but wanted thicker metal because I have a 100lb dog that likes to lean on the door.

Does your price include windows and insulation? If so, it sounds like a typical price. If the economy is really bad, maybe there's a better deal to be had but that doesn't sound bad at all. Hoped this helped.
EXTERIOR

INTERIOR

Thanks Dan. The door is insulated. It's Heritage's 3000 line which has a 9 insulation rating, along with being a thicker steel door. No windows though. I'm torn on those, as I'd like to have some extra light get in, but I don't want people necessarily seeing what's inside either.

 

[ekraft84]

Hint: If you buy your doors locally, there is NO shipping cost.

Absolutely. I'll have to look around and see if there's a dealer nearby.

 

[Angelfire]

I think it's a pretty good price. I recently got three bids to install a new 16x9 into my newly constructed shop and all three bidders came to within about $20 of each other for total price. Basic steel door, insulated but I did go with a high lift track option (this raised the price above the standard install). I did not go with an opener at this time although they are installing the door tomorrow and will set it up for use with an LM3800 which I will purchase down the road and install myself. My price was ~$1400 for the door and install with the high lift track so I think you are doing ok with your price.

 

[Stillboardin]

I had my 16 x 8 door on my rental house in Clarkston Michigan replaced about a year ago with a steel insulated door for about $1100. I can't remember the brand but I didn't go for the cheapest.

 

[The Frisco Kid]

Sounds like a fair price to me, not surprised to see a few different guys all over the map though. Get another local quote and buy local if they'll make it cost effective. Sounds like they are priced right over web pricing.

 

[ekraft84]

Thanks guys for the feedback.

I received another quote for a similar setup - this time with Clopay doors, which this contractor recommended. Price installed would be $1750, which is about $350 cheaper. The doors seem to be a good quality and he liked them better than the Heritage doors. FWIW, he sells Heritage also, so I figure he's being honest.

Here's info on the doors for anyone interested:

www.clopaydoor.com/publicfiles/RSDR-4300-02.pdf

I've got a couple other calls out for comparison pricing as well.

 

[Dan in Pasadena]

A quick thought on your considering windows:

When my door is up; which it mostly is, it blocks the fluorescent light fixtures I've got mounted above. IF I had purchased a window (DOH!) I could have located the lights to shine THROUGH the window and still be useable. As it is now I've got a lame looking light mount on the track. I've gotta figure out something better than that.

BTW, I don't have any security concerns though as my garage is detached and in the backyard.

 

[camarotoolman]

$600 labor to put up 2 garage doors? Less than a doors work, wish a could fine a sucker to pay me that much to do something thats easy and don't require much in the way of tools.

 

[carhunter]

When my door is up; which it mostly is, it blocks the fluorescent light fixtures I've got mounted above. IF I had purchased a window (DOH!) I could have located the lights to shine THROUGH the window and still be useable. As it is now I've got a lame looking light mount on the track.

Ha! I thought I was the only one that had that problem.

Am thinking about putting a couple 4' units on the door itself, mounted so they'll be in the proper position when the door it up.


Krafto - I searched high and low for a good deal on 16x12 metal doors and ended up at 950 each plus tax, and I installed them myself. Installation would have been another 6 or 700 IIRC. I wasn't that hard to put them up, except the last two sections, working by myself 8' off the ground

Your quote sounds pretty reasonable but I'd still call a number of other places for comparison.

 

[AndyL]

How do I put this... Light is good If you want light, but don't want people seeing inside...

http://www.rwdoors.com/overhead-doors/en/polytite.php

http://www.sunshinedoor.com/~sun1/gallery/residential/

Many? Most - manufacturers have a polycarbonate door now... They're light as heck, aluminium, and - unless you set one on fire welding against it... Pretty much bomb proof...

While they're not insulated per-se you do get some R value (it's minimal); but more so - you get the solar heat gain, which more than makes up for it (up here in the great white north, most auto shops and carwashes are going to them, rather than the R16s they've been using for decades)

Supply only on the doors alone? I think you should be able to beat that price...

 

[ekraft84]

Those look pretty trick. I might have to check those out.

I got a second and third quote on the Heritage doors. The second guy was $2100 for both, installed (same as the first pretty much) and the third was $1877. Both companies were highly rated via online reviews and sound like they know what they're talking about. A couple hundred bucks in savings wouldn't be bad.

It seems like the Heritage doors are a little bit nicer than the Clopay ones. Lifetime warranty on the paint, parts, etc.

Anyone have any differing opinions on those?

Thanks.

 

[cdd1]

I'm replacing my garage door (14x7) and I was quoted ~$1300 installed for Heritage 3K, no windows. I received 3 quotes, all within +/- $80 of each other.

I live in Philly, so things are likely cheaper up your way, so I think your quote seems about right.

 

[ekraft84]

Great, thanks cdd1.

 

[stilinsm]

If you got the height, go with high lift doors. Not all companies can do it. the option was an extra $150 for me...well worth it. I found a smaller independent company that's been around for a long time. They had the experience and their prices were affordable.

 

[ekraft84]

Got the doors. Very happy. Company was great. Thanks again all.

 

[nadogail]

This is a 2012 thread, it should be put to rest.

 

[crewchief888]

i recently got a quote to replace my damaged 16x7 door.

HD insulated door with new liftmaster opener

$1900 installed.

i installed a cheap big box store door 10 years ago, to replace the original (installed in '64) heavy wooden door.