Non-standard openings
Eight-foot singles, nine-foot doubles and openings that were never square to begin with. Measured and ordered to fit.
Serving The City Of Miami
Garage Door Repair & Installation in Miami
Coconut Grove to the Upper East Side. Century-old bungalows, mid-century concrete block and new townhouse garages — three completely different jobs inside one city limit.
- ✓ Same-day & emergency service
- ✓ HVHZ impact-rated doors
- ✓ Historic-district friendly options
- ✓ Custom sizing for old openings
One city, a hundred years of housing stock
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Why Miami Is Harder Than It Looks
A Century Of Housing Stock In One City
The City of Miami covers about a hundred years of building. A 1925 Mediterranean revival house in The Roads, a 1955 concrete block ranch in Coral Way, a MiMo home on Biscayne Boulevard and a 2021 townhouse in Edgewater all sit inside the same city limit — and none of them takes the same door.
The practical problem is the opening. Older Miami homes routinely have single-car openings around eight feet wide, headroom that never anticipated a modern opener, and jambs that have shifted over decades. A stock door does not simply drop into that. We measure the opening in front of us rather than the opening a catalogue assumes.
Then there is the bay. Anywhere east of Biscayne Boulevard, and throughout Coconut Grove and the Upper East Side, salt gets into spring coils, cable strands and roller bearings. We fit galvanized springs and stainless cables on those addresses as a matter of course.
And all of it is inside the High Velocity Hurricane Zone, so a replacement door has to carry approval valid for that zone and go on a permit.
Before you order anything
If your house sits in a designated historic district — parts of Coconut Grove, Morningside, Belle Meade and the MiMo Biscayne corridor among others — the appearance of a street-facing door can be subject to review as well as the building permit. We will tell you if that applies to your address before you choose a style.
Old openings and old hardware, measured not assumed
On The Truck
What We Expect To Find In Miami
Salt near the bay
Corroded cables and seized bearings on anything close to Biscayne Bay. Galvanized and stainless is the fix, not a premium.
No headroom
Old garages and new townhouses share this problem. A wall-mount jackshaft opener solves it and frees the ceiling.
Neighborhoods
Miami Neighborhoods We Cover
Not a complete list — if you're inside the city limit, we cover you.
Miami
- Coconut Grove
- Brickell
- The Roads
- Coral Way
- Shenandoah
- Little Havana
- Edgewater
- Morningside
- Belle Meade
- Upper East Side
- Silver Bluff
- Downtown Miami
- Allapattah
- Flagami
- Grapeland Heights
Straight Answers
Miami Questions
My garage is from the 1950s and nothing seems to fit. Can you help?
Yes, and this is routine in Miami. Older openings are frequently non-standard widths with low headroom, and jambs move over sixty years. We measure the actual opening and order a door built to it rather than forcing a stock size and shimming the difference.
Does a historic district affect what door I can install?
It can. Several Miami neighborhoods have designated historic districts where the street-facing appearance of alterations may be reviewed separately from the building permit. It usually affects style and finish rather than whether you can replace the door at all. We flag it before you pick a design.
I'm a few blocks from Biscayne Bay. Does that count as coastal?
Treat it as coastal. Salt air drifts well past the waterfront, and in Coconut Grove, Edgewater and the Upper East Side we see corrosion on hardware that is nowhere near the water's edge. Galvanized springs, stainless cables, and service twice a year rather than annually.
Do I need a permit to replace a garage door in the City of Miami?
Yes. A door replacement is permitted work, and because Miami-Dade is inside the High Velocity Hurricane Zone the product approval number goes on that permit. We handle the paperwork as part of the job.
Can you get to me the same day?
In most of the city, yes, and unsafe doors get priority. Call (754) 300-8430 and you'll get an arrival window.
Garage Door Service in Miami
Same-day repair, spring replacement, opener service and new door installation. Free estimates on every job.
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