Questions we are asked every week
Straight answers, with the source attached
The most common garage door repair in South Florida is a broken pair of torsion springs, and the market rate for that job runs from $250 to $450. Every figure on this page comes from a published survey with its source named, because the one thing missing from this trade is a company willing to put a number in writing before it turns up at your house.
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market price ranges published here, each with its source
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counties we serve sit in the high-velocity hurricane zone
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competitors surveyed in August published a single price
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Why these numbers carry a source
A survey of the four largest competitors in this market, made in August, found that not one of them publishes a price. What they publish instead is borrowed confidence: manufacturer logos, review counters, badges from directories. The effect on a homeowner is that the only way to learn what something costs is to have somebody stand in the driveway and say it, which is the moment when comparing has become impossible.
So the table above is market data rather than our quote, and each line names where it came from. A published range does two things a quote cannot: it tells you before you call whether the job is a two-hundred-dollar afternoon or a five-thousand-dollar project, and it gives you something to hold any contractor to, including us. If a figure we give you sits outside the range on this page, ask why, and the answer should be about your particular opening.
Which county you are in changes two answers
Miami-Dade and Broward fall under the high-velocity wind regime; Palm Beach does not. Where that regime applies, the door you hang has to come with an approval written for those wind conditions. Palm Beach is outside that zone and works under state approval instead. It is the same statewide code either way, but the paperwork that proves a door is allowed is not the same document, and a product legal in Boca Raton is not automatically legal in Hialeah.
The second thing your address decides is who reviews the permit. If your property sits in one of the incorporated municipalities, the city has its own building official and the file stays there. If it sits in unincorporated county — which covers a great deal of the western and southern belt — the county is the authority. Your folio number answers this in two digits, and getting it wrong does not produce a refusal, it produces silence.
| Work | Typical range | What moves the price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Torsion spring replacement (pair) | $250 – $450 | Higher than extension springs: winding bars are required and the job carries real injury risk. Always replaced in pairs. | Book this — Torsion spring replacement (pair) |
| Lift cable replacement (pair) | $225 – $375 | Always both sides: they were cut from one reel and have hauled the same load. Coastal addresses pay more for galvanized hardware, and it is worth it. | Book this — Lift cable replacement (pair) |
| Off-track realignment | $200 – $350 | Assumes the track itself is straight. A door pulled off by a vehicle usually bends the track, and that is a different repair. | Book this — Off-track realignment |
| Opener repair (board or capacitor) | $175 – $300 | Worth trying before a replacement. A great many openers written off as dead have taken a surge and need one component. | Book this — Opener repair (board or capacitor) |
| Garage door opener, supplied and installed | $380 – $1,400 | Unit $180–700, labor $150–450. Wall-mount units sit at the top of the range; chain drives at the bottom. | Book this — Garage door opener, supplied and installed |
| Annual tune-up and safety check | $100 – $240 | No local company publishes this one, so the figure is national. Twice a year is the right interval within sight of salt water. | Book this — Annual tune-up and safety check |
| New steel double door, not rated, installed | $1,400 – $2,500 | Legal only where nothing requires opening protection. Inside the hurricane zone this door does not pass review, whatever it costs. | Book this — New steel double door, not rated, installed |
| Hurricane-rated double door, builder grade, installed | $2,300 – $3,800 | The honest entry point for a rated door: stock width, flat or raised steel panel, no glazing. It passes review like any other rated door. | Book this — Hurricane-rated double door, builder grade, installed |
| HVHZ-approved single door, installed | $4,500 – $7,500 | Miami-Dade NOA doors run 15–25% above a standard impact-rated door because of the added test protocols. | Book this — HVHZ-approved single door, installed |
| HVHZ-approved double door, installed | $5,500 – $9,500 | The widest openings carry the highest design pressures, which is why a double costs more than twice a single's materials. | Book this — HVHZ-approved double door, installed |
Market rates observed, not our quoted prices — surveyed 2026-08-16. HomeBlue / Angi, HomeBlue (Miami), Well Built Florida, Garage Doors FL (Fort Lauderdale), HomeAdvisor, Access Impact, Fort Lauderdale Garage Pros, Angi, OfficeFinder 2026 guide
The nine garage door questions we are asked most
What is the average price to repair a garage door in South Florida?
Most garage door repairs in South Florida fall between $175 and $450, and the job we are called out for most sits at the top of that band.
- A torsion spring pair, $250 to $450
- Lift cables, $225 to $375
- An off-track realignment, $200 to $350
- An opener board or capacitor, $175 to $300
These are surveyed market ranges rather than our quotes, and the table on this page names the source of each one.
What is the most common garage door repair?
A broken torsion spring is the most common garage door repair by a wide margin.
- Rated by cycles wound and unwound, not by age
- A common one is built for about ten thousand
- It announces itself with a loud bang
Every door reaches this repair eventually, and a household using it several times a day reaches it more than once.
Is it cheaper to repair or to replace a garage door?
Repairing is cheaper while two conditions hold: the panels are structurally sound, and the profile is still manufactured so a single section can be bought.
- A mismatched section is visible from the street
- A rotted bottom rail cannot be made safe
- Full hardware renewal buys roughly another decade
How much does a hurricane-rated garage door cost, and is one required?
A replacement door in Miami-Dade or Broward has to answer the high-velocity requirements that govern its own opening, and in Palm Beach the same job runs through the state approval route.
- Builder-grade rated doubles, $2,300 to $3,800 installed
- Specified doors, $5,500 to $9,500
- The requirement lands on replacement work
Do you need a permit to replace a garage door in Florida?
A garage door replacement requires a permit, because removing what is there and hanging something else in its place alters the envelope of the building.
- The filing goes in under the installer's license
- Springs, cables, rollers and seals read as upkeep
- The reviewing jurisdiction sets the requirement
Whether the file goes to a city desk or to the county depends on whether your address is incorporated.
Can a handyman fix a garage door, or can I replace a spring myself?
A wound torsion spring holds enough stored energy to break bones, and it gives no warning before it lets go.
- The winding bars are purpose-made tools
- Permitted work is filed under a licensed contractor
- An insurer can decline to recognize the rest
How long does garage door work take?
Springs, cables, rollers and an opener are same-visit jobs, and we carry the parts for them.
- A full replacement is ordered to your measured opening
- And against the approval that fits it
- That lead time sets the date, not the fitting
We give the fitting date and the order date separately, because conflating them is how people are disappointed.
Will homeowners insurance pay for a broken garage door?
Sudden damage from a named event such as a storm is usually covered, since the garage door is part of the dwelling.
- A spring that ran out of cycles counts as wear
- No policy covers wear, at any price
- Cause decides it, never the size of the bill
Is it worth repairing a twenty-five-year-old garage door?
A twenty-five-year-old garage door is often worth repairing, and the deciding factor is what holds the door to the wall rather than the age of the panels.
- Panels of that vintage are frequently sound
- The moving parts are all current stock
- Corroded bottom brackets end the conversation
Winding a fresh spring above a fixing that has already let go loads a great deal of energy onto the one part that has proved it cannot carry it.
Sources
- Miami-Dade County — Product Control and Permitting
- Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation
- Florida Building Commission — Product Approval
Edited by Avidan Benichay · Updated
General information about garage doors in South Florida — not a diagnosis of your door, and not a quote. Code and prices vary by address and change over time. Terms of use
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- PricesThese are the prices the South Florida market charges in 2026, not our quotes — each line carries the company or the reference site it came from, and the date it was read.14priced lines, each with the source it came from
- Permits for door workChanging the door itself requires a building permit, filed with the approval number of the exact product going in and closed out by an inspection; repairing what is already there — springs, cables, rollers, hinges, an opener — does not.Replacementthe trigger — repairs to existing hardware are not
- Repair or replaceRepair whenever the panel itself is straight and what failed is a component — springs, cables, rollers, a hinge, an opener.3rdrepair on one door that signals replacement
Hurricane-rated doorsYes — in this county a replacement door has to be approved, and approved twice over: once for the pressure the wind exerts on your particular opening, and once for what happens when flying debris hits it.2counties in the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone: Miami-Dade and Broward- All guidesEverything below is written to be used without calling anybody, and that is deliberate: a reader who can name the failing part before we arrive gets a shorter visit and a more honest quote.43guides, sorted by what the reader is doing
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You describe what the door is doing
The noise it makes, how far it travels, whether the opener runs.
We test it on site
Springs, cables, balance, tracks, opener force and the safety reverse.
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