The DIY Question
A new garage door install is not a weekend project, and the part that gets people hurt is the torsion spring, not the panels. On a 16x7 double door - the common size in a neighborhood built around 2001 - the spring is wound to lift a door that can weigh well over 100 pounds, and winding bars under that kind of tension have put people in the hospital. Setting the track plumb and getting the cable drums balanced matters too; a door that's even a little off can walk off the track within a few months. If you've done garage doors before and just want a second set of hands on the heavy lifting, that's a different conversation than someone pulling their first door off the hinges. We're honest that this isn't a job we'd talk a homeowner into doing solo, even with online instructions in hand.
How Long You Are Without the Door
For a standard steel door in a size that matches what's already in your opening - common for houses built around 2001 - we can usually pull the old door and hang the new one in the same visit once we're on site. Where it slows down is if you're changing size, going from a single builder-grade door to something wider, or want a style that isn't a stock size; those get ordered and that lead time is set by the manufacturer, not by us, so we can't promise a date until the order's placed. Between the drive from Fuquay-Varina and the swap itself, plan for most of a day with the opening uncovered. We'll tarp it if weather's a factor - this area sits in a cold, moderate climate band, so a door open overnight in January isn't something we leave hanging.
What Is on the Truck
For Lillington jobs we load for what we actually find here: torsion springs sized for the 16x7 double openings that are standard in houses built around 2001, steel sections in the stock widths, and track long enough for the deeper garages that era of construction tends to use. We also carry standard-lift drums and cable, since original builder hardware from houses of that age is usually still on its first spring and first opener, both of which are at or past the point where replacement makes more sense than another repair. What we don't carry are custom wood doors or odd European sizes - those get special-ordered, and we'll tell you that up front rather than make you wait on a truck that was never going to have it.
