Garage Door Repair in McKinney and Collin County
A spring that let go on the first cold morning, a top section pocked by hail, an opener the builder set up wrong at move-in. Parts on the truck and most repairs finished in one visit, for McKinney and 12 Collin County towns from Plano up to Celina.
Based in McKinney. Frisco, Plano, Allen, Prosper and the rest of Collin County. Monday to Saturday, 7am to 7pm.
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What gets fixed on a Collin County garage door
Garage Door Repair
Stuck, crooked, noisy, or will not open at all. Diagnosed and fixed in one visit.
Spring Replacement
Broken torsion or extension spring replaced the same day, door rebalanced, opener reset.
Opener Repair & Installation
Opener hums, clicks, or does nothing? We fix the gear, board or sensors, or install a new one.
Cable & Roller Repair
Snapped cable, crooked door, or a door that screams in the track. Fixed the same day.
Off-Track & Panel Repair
Door jumped the track or a panel got hit by the car. Put back, straightened, or replaced.
New Door Installation
New steel, insulated and wind-rated doors, measured, installed and hauled away in one day.
Commercial Overhead Doors
Sectional, rolling steel and high-speed doors for shops, warehouses and fire stations. Repair and install.
What breaks a garage door in Collin County
McKinney garage doors go through summers with normal highs near 94 degrees and a dozen or more days over 100, close to 40 inches of rain a year, spring hail that dents the top sections, and around 50 nights a year at or below freezing, with the occasional hard freeze like February 2021 when DFW fell to minus 2 degrees. The hail is what sets this county apart. Allstate's count of wind and hail claims from 2012 to 2016 put Collin County first in Texas, ahead of Dallas, Tarrant and Denton. A storm that pocks the top section of a 16 foot door has pushed on the whole panel, so after a hail day the struts and track bolts get checked before anyone talks about dents. A single dented section on a current door is a $250 to $800 job and the rest of the door stays.
Old doors in Plano, new doors in Celina
Plano's housing is mostly 1980s and 1990s, so the typical Plano door is on its second or third set of springs with an opener old enough that a gear kit or a logic board is the usual fix. Frisco, Prosper, Celina and Anna are the other end. Builder doors and chain openers went in by the street, which means whole blocks reach the 10,000 cycle mark on their springs within a year or two of each other. Estate lots in Fairview and Prosper add a third door wider or taller than a stock double, and that door needs longer springs than a tract house would. The phone call tells us which of the three you have, and the truck is loaded for it.
Permits change at the city line
A like-for-like door or opener swap counts as repair work in most Collin County cities. Allen writes the exemption down: a replacement door that leaves the structural opening alone needs no permit, though garage doors are not named and we confirm first. Frisco goes the other way and asks for a permit on anything altered or repaired. Wylie's permit list names window replacements and foundation work and leaves garage doors off it. McKinney and Plano get a phone call before the door is ordered. A new or widened opening, header work or a commercial door usually needs a permit wherever you are, and we pull it.
The HOA goes first
About a third of Texas homes sit in a community association, and in the master-planned subdivisions of McKinney and the rest of Collin County it is most of them, with an architectural committee that has to approve a new door style, color or window layout before it goes in. We hand you the spec sheet and a photo of the door to submit, and the door is not ordered until the approval is back. In McKinney that means the master-planned neighborhoods on the southwest side, Stonebridge Ranch and Craig Ranch among them, where a door in the wrong color is a letter from the committee.
McKinney is home base, and Frisco, Plano, Allen and the rest of Collin County sit inside the same service window. Call (972) 433-7805 with the door width and whether it opens at all. That is enough to load the truck.
Frequently asked questions
My garage door got hit by hail. Does the whole door have to go?
Usually not. Hail hits the top section first because it faces the sky, and one section on a current model is $250 to $800 installed. Collin County led Texas for wind and hail claims in Allstate's 2012 to 2016 count, so a dented top section is a routine job here, not a reason to replace a door that still runs straight. A discontinued style is different: the section may have to be ordered or the whole door replaced, and you get both prices before anything is ordered.
Do I need a permit to replace my garage door in McKinney, Allen or Frisco?
Allen's permit rules exempt a replacement door that leaves the structural opening as it was, though garage doors are not named outright. Frisco asks for a permit on anything altered or repaired. Wylie lists window replacements and foundation repair as permit work and does not list garage doors. McKinney and Plano we confirm by phone before the door is ordered. A new or widened opening, header work or a commercial door usually needs a permit in any of them, and we pull it.
When do springs break in Collin County?
Springs across Collin County break most often on the first cold mornings of winter, when steel that fatigued through a summer of 100 degree garages contracts overnight. The McKinney airport normals put about 50 nights a year at or below freezing, and a hard freeze like February 2021 sets off a run of spring calls. Weather aside, a door that cycles six or eight times a day uses up a 10,000 cycle spring in a few years, which is why a high-cycle spring is offered on a busy door.
Will my HOA have to approve a new door?
In the master-planned subdivisions, nearly always. The architectural committee wants the style, color and window layout in writing before the door goes in. We give you the spec sheet and a photo of the door for the submission and hold the order until the approval comes back, so there is nothing to undo later.
How much does garage door repair cost in McKinney?
The service call with diagnosis is $75 and comes off the repair when you go ahead. Springs are $200 to $400 with the door rebalanced, cables or rollers $120 to $250, an opener installed $350 to $650, a replacement section $250 to $800 and a new door $1,200 to $3,500. The oversized third door on a Prosper or Fairview estate lot sits at the top of the spring range because it takes longer springs.
A door hanging crooked on one cable is unsafe to run. Leave it where it is and call (972) 433-7805. Everything else gets the next open slot.