When to Replace vs Repair Your Garage Door
Sara Ellis · Cost & Buying
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Diagnose your door first
Before replacing, know what's actually broken. Our virtual technician walks you through symptoms and flags the ones that tip the repair-vs-replace scale.
Transcript
Your garage door just broke. The tech quotes 250 to fix it, but a new door is 800. How do you decide? Here's my rule. If the repair is less than a third of replacement cost and the door is under 15 years old, repair it. If the door is older than that, or if you've already repaired the same component twice, replacement saves money long term. Exceptions exist. A broken spring on a 10-year-old door is a repair. But if the panels are dented, the track is warped, and the opener is struggling, those are connected problems. Fixing one just exposes the next. Replace the system. I built a full decision checklist with cost ranges by door type at garage door science.com. Know what you're paying for before the truck shows