Garage door replacement in Plantation and Davie, FL

When a repair stops making sense

• Several sections are dented, cracked or rusting through, not just one.
• Nobody can find a wind label on it, or an approval number in the house files.
• The door came with the house back in the 1980s or 1990s.
• Your wind mitigation report flagged the garage door as the weak opening.
• You keep paying for springs, rollers and cables, and it still feels heavy and loud.
• The HOA is asking for a different color, or you plan to list the house.

Before you choose a door

We start at your house, not in a catalog. We measure the opening, its headroom and the wall space on each side, check what the tracks will anchor into and work out the wind pressures your opening has to meet. Then we show you doors whose approvals meet those numbers, in the colors and window styles your HOA allows.

On the written estimate you'll see the model, its approval number (Florida or Miami-Dade), the pressures it's rated for and each item included. Nothing gets ordered until you've read it and said yes. Ask for a written estimate and we'll set a time to measure.

Install day and the inspection

We let the tension off the old springs safely, remove the old sections, and hang the new door exactly as its approved drawing shows: the same track brackets, the same number of fasteners, a strut wherever the drawing puts one. The springs are matched to what the new door weighs. Then we reconnect your opener, or install a new one, set its force and run the reverse test.

The label stays where the inspector can read it. The work is complete when the city's inspection passes, and you keep copies of the approval papers and the permit record for your files and your insurer.

A store-bought garage door in Broward: check before you buy

A garage door bought at a home center can pass inspection in Broward, but only if its paperwork says so. The listings that show up first when you shop for a door often don't say whether it can go into Broward's high-velocity hurricane zone (HVHZ), and that's the part the inspector cares about.

Before you buy, ask what approval it carries (an FL number from the state, or a NOA from Miami-Dade), then check three things:

1. HVHZ use. The approval has to allow use in the HVHZ. Some Florida approvals don't.
2. Pressures. The door's rated wind pressures have to meet the ones your opening needs. Davie's checklist asks for the Broward County wind load chart for exactly this reason.
3. Dates. Miami-Dade NOAs carry an end date. Make sure the one you're shown is current.

One more point: the approval covers the whole assembly, not just the panels. Tracks, track brackets, hinges, struts and the anchors into your wall are all part of it, and the door has to go in exactly as the approved drawing shows. A door with the right label hung on the wrong hardware can fail. That's why Plantation's permit checklist asks for the approval with its components marked.

Already bought one? Send us its approval number first; we'll check it against your opening before anyone unbolts your current door.

Is it worth repairing a garage door?

Often, yes. One dented section, a broken spring or worn rollers don't call for a new door. Repair stops making sense when:

• more than one section is damaged, or rust is eating through the bottom;
• the parts that match your door's approval are no longer made, so the door would end up with parts it was never tested with;
• there's no approval on record at all, and you'd be paying to keep an unrated door going;
• you're paying for the same door again and again.

Age matters too. The median home in Plantation was built in 1984, and in Davie in 1989, so plenty of garages here may still have a door from before today's code. We'll tell you whether your door meets today's code. If only one panel is hurt, start with panel repair.

What a replacement involves: permit, papers, inspection

Both cities treat a new garage door as permitted work, and the door's approval sits at the center of it. We prepare and file everything the city's checklist asks for, in Plantation or in Davie. In Davie, one form needs your notarized signature next to ours, and we tell you when.

A job over $5,000 also needs a Notice of Commencement, which we prepare with you. Then the inspector checks the door against its approval. We book the inspection and send you the permit number so you can follow it yourself. The full step-by-step is in our permit guide.

HOAs and gated communities

In HOA communities, the association approves the style and color first; then we file the permit. In a gated community, such as Forest Ridge or Shenandoah in Davie, we sort out gate access with you before install day. The permit guide walks through the HOA steps.

A sales tax refund for impact garage doors

If your new door is impact-resistant, you may be able to get back the Florida sales tax paid on it, up to $500 in total. The Florida Department of Revenue sets the rules: the purchase has to fall between July 1, 2026 and June 30, 2029, for a site-built homestead with a just value of $700,000 or less, and the owner files Forms DR-26S and DR-26HH with the receipts by September 30, 2029. Which receipt you need when a contractor supplies the door is covered on our impact door page.

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