Virginia Longmuir
4 years ago
“I have used Method for repairs and upgrades to my driveway gate and garage door. They are always on time, courteous and the work is great.”
Garage Door Installation
Garage Door Installation & Replacement in Los Angeles
Replace a worn or damaged door with a manufacturer door in steel, insulated steel, wood-look, carriage-style, or aluminum and glass, measured for your opening and installed on springs sized to its weight.
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Garage Door Installation
A new door sized to the opening and balanced to its weight
A replacement door has to fit more than the opening's width and height. A sectional door rolls up on tracks that need headroom above the opening, side room on each side, and backroom behind it to open fully. The material you choose sets the door's weight and how it handles Valley heat or salt air near the coast, and the springs have to be sized to that weight for the door to balance. That's why the new door goes in on new springs and track, not parts sized for the old one.
We install doors from major manufacturers in steel, insulated steel, wood-look steel and composite, carriage-style steel, and aluminum and glass. At the estimate, we measure the opening, headroom, side room, and backroom, check the framing, and look at your opener. Some older homes still have one-piece tilt-up doors, and moving to a sectional door means new track and springs, with headroom and framing checked first. On installation day, the old door comes out, the new one goes in, and we balance it before connecting an opener.
Size, material, insulation, windows, and whether your opener can stay are what move the price, so we quote after measuring: a free on-site estimate, with a written PDF quote within 1–2 business days. An existing opener can be reused only if it suits the new door and has battery backup, because SB 969 bars connecting a replacement door to an opener without it. If you want a door that matches your driveway gate, or a design no manufacturer makes, we offer custom doors built to our drawing.
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Designs & details
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Project photographs alongside labeled design renderings and technical illustrations. Select an image for a closer look.
Garage door materials compared
If a bedroom or living space sits over or beside the garage, start with insulated steel. A single steel skin suits a garage used for cars and storage, and real wood weighs more and asks the most upkeep. The table compares six door types on the points that decide a replacement.
| Door | Insulation | Weight | Look | Upkeep | Room above the garage? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-insulated steel | None: one steel skin, and steel alone insulates poorly | The lightest steel build | Flush, raised-panel, or woodgrain-textured steel | An occasional wash; a thin skin dents more easily | A poor fit. It suits a detached garage or one used for parking and storage |
| Insulated steel | Polystyrene or polyurethane foam; polyurethane rates higher | Heavier than a single skin, with springs sized to match | The same panel designs as single-skin steel | An occasional wash; resists dents better than a thin skin | Yes: it quiets the door and slows heat moving into the room |
| Wood-look steel and composite | Usually built on an insulated steel core | A steel door underneath; real wood weighs considerably more | Woodgrain steel, or composite boards and trim that read as wood | Soap and water; resists rot, warping, and cracking. Some overlays take paint but not stain | Yes, when the core is insulated |
| Carriage-style steel | As the steel door underneath: single skin or insulated | As the steel door underneath, plus the overlay and hardware | A carriage-house pattern with handles and strap hinges, on a door that lifts overhead and needs no swing room | As for steel | Yes, if you choose an insulated build |
| Aluminum and glass full-view | Low: aluminum conducts heat easily. Insulated glass and insulated frame rails help | A light aluminum frame; the glazing adds to it | Full-view glass or acrylic on a modern house. Clear glass shows what's inside | Frames resist rust and corrosion; the glass needs cleaning | A weaker choice: it lets more heat through than insulated steel |
| Custom-built to our drawing | Depends on the build; insulated steel with wood-look cladding is one route | Heavier when built from real cedar or redwood | Drawn to match your driveway gate or the house | Real wood needs its stain or sealer renewed every few years | Ask for an insulated build; see custom garage doors |
Weights and insulation ratings vary by model and size, so compare the doors on your quote rather than the material alone. An R-value describes the insulation; a U-factor describes the whole door, joints included.
Honest pricing
How we price garage door installation
A new door's price comes from its size, material, insulation, glass, and hardware, plus the springs and track sized to it. Whether your opener can be reused, and any framing repair around the opening, change it too. A catalog figure leaves out everything that depends on your garage, which is why the price comes after the measurement.
The on-site estimate is free, with a written, itemized PDF quote within 1–2 business days. The scope accounts for framing repairs or a replacement opener if needed.
Get Your Written EstimateWhat sets the number
- Door width and height, single or double
- Material: steel, composite, aluminum, or glass
- Insulation type and thickness
- Windows, color, and decorative hardware
- Opener reuse or replacement under SB 969
- Framing repairs or changes to the opening
The proposal separates the work being recommended so you can review the scope before approving it.
What to expect
From measurement to a balanced new door
Measure and inspect
We measure the opening and the space around it, check the framing, and look at your opener to see whether it can stay with the new door.
Choose and approve
Pick the material, insulation, color, and windows, and approve the written estimate. If your HOA reviews exterior changes, get its approval before the door is ordered.
Remove and install
When the new door arrives, we take down the old one with its springs and track, then install the new door on new track with springs sized to its weight.
Balance and test
We balance the door, connect a compatible battery-backed opener or a new one, and check the auto-reverse before walking you through it.
Reviews
What Customers Say About Working With Us
Hagit Eden
6 years ago
“I had the pleasure working with Method Doors & Gates, great prices, very professional and friendly, arrived on time, Replace my garage door, excellent job highly recommend.”
Nir Biton
6 years ago
“Method Doors&Gates Installed a new garage door in my house . Great price and service , door looks great. the job was done perfectly very professional.”
Garage Door Installation FAQ
Questions about garage door installation
Practical answers to help you plan the next step.
A new garage door usually takes 3–5 weeks from signed contract to finished installation. Large jobs can take 6–8 weeks. Door availability, approvals and site readiness can affect the schedule, which we confirm for your project.
Only if it has battery backup and suits the new door. SB 969 bars connecting a replacement door to an existing opener without a battery backup function, and state law has long barred connecting one to an opener that fails the reversal test. If yours passes both, we reconnect and retest it; if not, see garage door opener installation.
If a bedroom, office, or living space shares a wall or ceiling with the garage, insulation is usually worth it. When comparing doors, keep in mind that a published R-value may be calculated for a door section using a DASMA method rather than measured on the whole installed door, so figures from different brands aren't always comparable. We show you each door's insulation type and thickness alongside its rating.
Five: the opening's width and height, the headroom above it, the side room on each side, and the backroom from the opening toward the back wall. Headroom determines which spring and track setup will fit, and backroom determines whether the door can open fully with an opener in place. We take all of them, and check the framing, before anything is ordered.
It depends on the job and the city. In the City of Los Angeles, no permit exemption names garage doors, and changing the size of the opening or re-framing the wall needs plans; Burbank, Glendale, and other cities have their own building departments. We tell you at the estimate if the work needs a permit.
A manufacturer door covers most replacements, in a wide range of materials and styles. Choose a custom door when it should match your driveway gate, the opening is an unusual size, or no catalog design suits the house. Those are built to our drawing; see custom garage doors.
If the door is otherwise sound and a matching section is still made, replacing a panel can be the better choice; see panel replacement. A new door makes more sense when panels are discontinued, several sections are damaged, or the springs and track are worn out as well.
Service area
Garage Door Installation across Los Angeles
From our office in Van Nuys we cover the San Fernando Valley, the Westside, and the neighborhoods in between.
- Bel Air, CA
- Beverly Hills, CA
- Brentwood, CA
- Burbank, CA
- Calabasas, CA
- Canoga Park, CA
- Chatsworth, CA
- Encino, CA
- Granada Hills, CA
- Hollywood, CA
- Lake Balboa, CA
- Los Angeles, CA
- Mission Hills, CA
- North Hills, CA
- North Hollywood, CA
- Northridge, CA
- Pacific Palisades, CA
- Pacoima, CA
- Panorama City, CA
- Porter Ranch, CA
- Reseda, CA
- San Fernando, CA
- Sherman Oaks, CA
- Studio City, CA
- Sun Valley, CA
- Sylmar, CA
- Tarzana, CA
- Universal City, CA
- Valley Village, CA
- Van Nuys, CA
- West Hills, CA
- West Hollywood, CA
- Woodland Hills, CA
Related services
Custom Garage DoorsCustom carriage-style and modern garage doors built and installed to match your gate and the front of your home.- Garage Door Opener InstallationBelt, chain, and wall-mount openers with battery backup and safety sensors, set up to work alongside your driveway gate's controls.
- Panel ReplacementDented, cracked, or rotted sections replaced when a matching panel still exists, and a straight answer when the door is worth replacing instead.
Guides & answers
Repair or Replace Your Garage Door? How to DecideThe rule a company that does both uses: fix one worn part on a sound door; replace when sections, rust, rot or repeat failures are the problem. Panels, openers and R-values explained.
Choosing a Garage Door for a Los Angeles Home: Modern, Glass, Wood, Carriage and Insulated Doors, and Matching the GateWhich door suits a Spanish, Craftsman, ranch, mid-century or contemporary house; steel, wood-look, real wood and glass compared; R-value vs U-factor; and matching the driveway gate.
Garage Door Opener Buying Guide: Belt, Chain or Wall-Mount, Battery Backup (SB 969), Horsepower and Smart FeaturesBelt or chain, rail or wall-mount, what horsepower and DC ratings mean, California’s battery-backup rule, the safety tests every opener must pass, and when one remote can run gate and door.
Brands we repair
- Clopay Garage Door Repair
- Wayne Dalton Garage Door Repair
- Amarr Garage Door Repair
- LiftMaster & Chamberlain Opener Repair
- Genie Garage Door Opener Repair
We service these brands independently and are not an authorized dealer for any of them.
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No obligation. It takes about a minute, then we call to schedule. Prefer to talk? (818) 782-6180