Garage Door Repair in Fort Myers and Lee County
Springs rusted through by salt air, a track bent in the last storm, an opener that quit when the power did. Repairs and product-approved replacement doors for Fort Myers and 8 Lee County communities from Cape Coral to Bonita Springs.
Based in Fort Myers. Cape Coral, Estero, Lehigh Acres and the rest of Lee County. Monday to Saturday, 7am to 7pm.
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Garage door work for Gulf Coast houses
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 a Lee County garage door has to stand up to
The garage door is usually the largest opening in a Fort Myers house, and in a hurricane it is the one that gives first. When it blows in, the garage fills with pressure and pushes up on the roof from underneath. That is the reason every replacement door in Lee County carries a Florida product approval, and the reason the design pressure on its label has to match the house and the exposure. The county sits outside the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, which the Florida Building Code keeps to Miami-Dade and Broward. Ian still came ashore on Cayo Costa in 2022 as a Category 4 with 150 mph winds.
Salt and wet air do the slow damage
Fort Myers garage doors go through about 120 days a year at 90 degrees or more, 57 inches of rain with two thirds of it falling from June through September, morning humidity near 90 percent, salt air near the Gulf and the canals, and a hurricane season that runs June 1 to November 30, with Ian coming ashore in Lee County as a Category 4 in 2022. None of that freezes a spring. It rusts one. Coils, cable ends at the bottom bracket and steel rollers corrode first along the Gulf and the Cape Coral canals, and a rusted spring breaks on an ordinary cycle in July as readily as in January. Grinding rollers and a door that shudders in the track come first. A rusted spring gets replaced and the door rebalanced, $200 to $400.
Storm season, outages and snowbird doors
Lee County almost never freezes, so springs here wear out on cycles and rust rather than on cold snaps. Calls bunch up after named storms and long power outages from June through November, when doors come off track and openers stop working, and again in winter when seasonal owners come back to a door that sat shut all summer. After a storm, look along the track for a bend and at the hinges for loose bolts before you run the opener. A door that sat shut all summer while its owners were up north gets the same check, plus a test of the opener force, because nobody ran it all summer.
The permit comes with the door
Cape Coral writes the garage door permit over the counter to a licensed contractor, with the door's Florida product approval number on the application, and inspects the door once it is up. The county's own permit guide asks for the same number. Fort Myers, Bonita Springs, Estero and Fort Myers Beach run their own building departments, and yours gets a call before the door is ordered. In Estero's gated and golf communities the architectural committee signs off before any of that.
Fort Myers is home base. If a storm left the door bowed in or hanging off one track, keep it closed, keep the car and everyone out from under it, and call (239) 688-7816.
Areas we serve around Fort Myers
Each city in Lee County runs its own permit counter, and the doors range from canal homes on their third door to 2000s builder doors in Lehigh Acres. Pick your town.
Frequently asked questions
Does a new garage door in Lee County have to be wind-rated?
Yes, in practice. A replacement door here goes in with a Florida product approval, and Cape Coral and the county both want that approval number on the permit. The rating that matters is the design pressure on the label, which depends on the wind speed the house is built for, its exposure and the size of the opening. A 16 foot door on an open canal lot needs more than a single door on a sheltered street. Lee County is not in the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, so a Miami-Dade approval is accepted but not required.
Do I need a permit to replace my garage door in Cape Coral or Fort Myers?
In Cape Coral, yes: the city issues it over the counter to a licensed contractor or an owner-builder, the product approval number goes on the application, and an inspector checks the installed door. Unincorporated Lee County asks for the same approval number. Fort Myers, Bonita Springs, Estero and Fort Myers Beach have their own building departments, and we confirm with the right one before ordering.
My door made it through the storm. Should someone look at it?
Yes, before the next one. A door that took a gust can have a bent track, sprung hinges or a strut pulled loose without looking any different from inside the garage. Run it once by hand with the opener disconnected. If it binds, drifts down from half height or rubs one side, leave it closed and call (239) 688-7816.
Why are my springs rusty when the house is only a few years old?
Salt air and humidity. Near the Gulf and the canals the coil, the cable ends and the bottom bracket rust long before the spring reaches its cycle count. Lubricating the springs and hinges slows it down. Once the coil is pitted, replacement is cheaper than the opener damage a broken spring causes.
What does garage door repair cost in Fort Myers?
A service call with diagnosis is $75, and it comes off the repair if you go ahead. Springs are $200 to $400 with the door rebalanced, cables or rollers $120 to $250, a new opener installed $350 to $650, one replacement section $250 to $800. A new product-approved door usually runs $1,200 to $3,500, and a wide door rated for a high design pressure can land above that.
A door bowed in by wind or hanging off one track should stay closed. Call (239) 688-7816 and leave it where it is.