Estimate your garage door replacement cost
Garage door cost by material and size
| Material | Single-car | Double-car |
|---|---|---|
| Basic steel | $600–$1,200 | $960–$1,920 |
| Insulated steel | $700–$1,800 | $1,120–$2,880 |
| Wood / composite carriage | $1,500–$3,800 | $2,400–$6,080 |
| Aluminum and glass | $1,500–$5,000 | $2,400–$8,000 |
Material is the biggest lever; size is the second. A double-car door runs roughly 1.6× a single door of the same type, and an 8 ft tall door adds about 12%. Insulated steel is the sweet spot for most homes — faux-wood steel finishes get close to the look of wood for far less money and upkeep.
Wood and aluminum-glass ranges come from door-type figures that sources don't split by size, so they're the least precise rows here.
One double door or two singles?
For a two-car garage, one 16×7 door is almost always cheaper than two single doors: one frame, one set of tracks, one opener, one installation. Two singles commonly cost 30–50% more.
Openers and extras
| Item | Typical cost |
|---|---|
| New opener, installed | $300–$900 |
| Window panels | $300–$700 |
You can often keep a working opener. If you replace it, a belt drive is quieter than a chain drive — worth it if a bedroom sits above or next to the garage. Heavier doors (double-wide, wood, heavily insulated) need at least a ¾ horsepower opener.
Repair or replace?
A useful rule: if a single repair quote exceeds half the cost of replacing the door with the same tier, replace it. Broken springs are the exception — they're a routine repair, not a reason to replace the door. See garage door spring replacement cost.
Questions to ask before you hire
- Does the price include removing and disposing of the old door and tracks?
- New tracks and springs, or reusing the old ones?
- What's the insulation R-value?
- Is my existing opener strong enough for the new door?
- What's the labor warranty, separate from the door warranty?
Methodology and sources
We start from a single-car installed price by material, apply a published double-car multiplier and tall-door premium, and adjust the labor share by your state's carpenter wages. Read how we estimate costs.
- Cost to Renovate: garage door replacement
- The Garage Guide: replacement cost calculator — size multiplier, tall-door premium
- RealCostIQ: garage door installation — steel pricing, opener
- Garage Door Science: replacement guide — openers, repair-or-replace rule
- Easy Garage Door Repair — insulated steel pricing
- RemodelCalculators — double-door cross-check
- BLS OEWS May 2025, State (SOC 47-2031, Carpenters) — state labor index
Not yet reviewed by a garage door installer.
Changelog
- : Initial dataset serving two pages (door replacement and spring replacement). Door: single-car installed price by material, a 1.6x double-car multiplier from a source stating 1.5-1.7x, and a 12% tall-door premium from a source stating 10-15%. Old door removal is included in installed prices per multiple sources, so no separate line. Wood and aluminum-glass ranges come from door-type figures with no single/double split -- flagged per cell. Door labor (25%) is wage-indexed with the Carpenters index reused from the window page. Springs: complete installed prices from two local installers plus HomeGuide and ConsumerAffairs' survey of 18 companies; not wage-indexed. A single extension spring is deliberately not offered: no source prices one, and all recommend pairs. No permit line: no source cited a permit figure for garage door replacement. Status stays draft pending a garage door installer's review.
- : Editorial review and publication. Every price field re-checked for a source; the calculator's typical default job tested against independently published benchmark ranges (tests/benchmarks.test.ts), which now run on every build. Published at the owner's decision with an explicit note that the page has not yet been reviewed by a licensed tradesperson; the page must not claim such a review until one has actually happened.