The short version: in 2026, a basic insulated steel sectional garage door runs $1,200 to $2,000 installed for a single-car opening. A double-car insulated steel door runs $1,800 to $3,200 installed. Carriage-house and wood-look designs run $2,500 to $4,500, and full-view aluminum and glass doors run $3,500 to $6,000 and up. Those prices include the door, new tracks and springs, hardware, and labor. They do not include a new opener. Here is how the number moves inside those ranges, and what a coastal address adds that inland cost guides never mention.
What a New Garage Door Costs Installed
- Single-car insulated steel (8 to 9 ft): $1,200 to $2,000 installed. The workhorse. Most repaint-friendly, most color options, shortest lead times.
- Double-car insulated steel (16 ft): $1,800 to $3,200 installed. Twice the width does not mean twice the price, but heavier doors need heavier springs and sometimes a stronger opener.
- Carriage-house and wood-look steel: $2,500 to $4,500 installed. Steel construction with overlay boards or embossed wood grain. The coastal favorite, because real wood and salt air are a bad marriage.
- Full-view aluminum and glass: $3,500 to $6,000 and up installed. Anodized frames with tempered or insulated glass panels. Popular on St. Simons and Sea Island builds.
Every number above is the installed price. If a quote you are comparing looks $500 cheaper, check whether it includes new tracks, new springs sized to the door, haul-away of the old door, or sales tax. A door-only price is not an installation price.
Garage Door Prices by Size
Residential doors come in a short list of standard sizes. Widths of 8, 9, 10, 12, 16, and 18 feet, heights of 7 and 8 feet. Everything else is a custom order with a longer lead time and a higher price. The table below is for an insulated steel door with new tracks, springs, and hardware, installed on an existing opening. Carriage-house and glass doors scale up from these numbers the same way they do in the list above. Our garage door styles page shows what each one looks like on a coastal home.
| Door size | What it usually fits | Insulated steel, installed |
|---|---|---|
| 8x7 | Single car, many pre-2000 homes | $1,200 to $1,900 |
| 9x7 | Single car, most newer builds | $1,200 to $2,000 |
| 10x7 | Wide single, trucks and golf carts | $1,400 to $2,200 |
| 16x7 | Double car, the most common door we install | $1,800 to $3,200 |
| 18x7 | Wide double, three-car garages with one big bay | $2,000 to $3,500 |
| Any width, 8 ft tall | Lifted trucks, boats on trailers, newer builds | Add $150 to $300 to the 7 ft price |
Two things people ask about size. First, two single doors cost more than one double. A pair of 9x7 doors needs two sets of springs, two sets of track, and two openers, so budget about 1.4 times the single-door price, not two times. Second, a 10-foot or 18-foot door is not just a wider 9 or 16. The extra width means heavier sections, a thicker torsion spring, and often a strut per section to keep it flat, which is why the wide sizes step up more than the two extra feet suggest.
What the Labor Costs
Labor on a standard install is typically $300 to $600 for a single door on an existing, sound opening, and more for a double or for a door that needs the jambs reframed. That is three to five hours for a single and four to six for a double with two techs. It covers taking the old door and hardware down, hauling it off, hanging new vertical and horizontal track, setting the sections, winding springs sized to the door, hooking up and re-tuning the opener, and the balance and safety test at the end. Our quotes list the door and the labor on the same page rather than as two separate numbers, because a labor-only price from a box store usually leaves out the springs, the track, and the haul-away, and those come back as adders on install day.
Insulated vs. Non-Insulated: What the R-Value Costs
Steel doors come in three builds. A single-layer door is one sheet of steel with no insulation. A double-layer door backs that sheet with polystyrene foam board, usually R-6 to R-9. A triple-layer door sandwiches injected polyurethane between two steel skins, usually R-12 to R-18, and is the stiffest and quietest of the three. Stepping from single-layer to an insulated door typically adds $200 to $500 on a single and more on a double. On the coast we install insulated doors almost exclusively, for three reasons that have nothing to do with the thermostat. The foam core makes the door rigid enough to carry a wind rating. It stops the drumming a single-layer door makes in a thunderstorm. And an attached garage under a bedroom stays livable in August.
What a Written Garage Door Estimate Should Include
If you are comparing two quotes, make sure both answer every line below. A quote that skips one is cheaper on paper and more expensive on the invoice.
- Door model, gauge, and R-value. Brand and series, steel thickness, and the insulation build.
- Size and track radius. Width, height, and whether your headroom takes standard 15-inch track or needs a low-headroom kit.
- Wind-load rating. The design pressure the door is engineered for, and whether struts are included to reach it.
- Springs. New springs sized to the new door weight, with the cycle rating written down.
- Opener. Included or not, and if your current opener is being kept, that it is rated for the new door weight.
- Haul-away and disposal of the old door and hardware.
- Permit where the jurisdiction requires one, and who pulls it.
- Warranty terms on the door, the finish, and the workmanship.
- Tax, in or out.
On permits: Florida treats a garage door replacement as a building-envelope change under the Florida Building Code, so a permit and a rated door are required on our Nassau, Duval, and Clay County jobs. Georgia coastal counties vary. We pull whatever the jurisdiction requires and put the fee on the quote so it is never a surprise.
Commercial and Rolling Steel Doors
Commercial sectional and rolling steel doors do not fit a residential price table. The price depends on the opening size, the slat gauge, the wind rating, the fire rating if any, and the operator, and we price them on a site visit. If that is what you are pricing, start on our commercial garage door services page or, for fire-rated openings, rolling and fire doors.
The Six Things That Move the Price
1. Size. Standard single (8x7, 9x7) and double (16x7) openings price off the shelf. Odd widths, 8-foot-tall openings for lifted trucks, and golf-cart doors are custom orders.
2. Insulation. Non-insulated single-layer doors exist, but on the coast the price gap to a polystyrene or polyurethane insulated door is a few hundred dollars, and the insulated door is quieter, stiffer, and keeps an attached garage livable in August. Most of what we install is R-9 to R-18.
3. Wind-load rating. The big one nobody budgets for. More below.
4. Springs. A new door should always get new springs sized to its exact weight. Reusing old springs on a heavier insulated door is how openers die young. Spring hardware is included in a proper install quote. If you are only replacing springs on a door you are keeping, see our garage door spring repair page for those prices.
5. The opener. Not included in the door price. A standard belt-drive LiftMaster runs $450 to $650 installed, and heavy-duty models for double doors run $700 to $1,100. Full details on our garage door opener installation page, and the price breakdown by drive type is in our garage door opener installation cost guide. If your current opener is under 10 years old and rated for the new door's weight, keep it.
6. Disposal and prep. Hauling the old door, reframing rot at the jambs, and moving photo-eye wiring add labor. Coastal homes with termite or moisture damage at the opening find out at measure time, not on install day. That is what the in-home measure is for.
Wind-Load Ratings: The Coastal Line Item
Inland cost guides skip this entirely. Glynn County and the rest of the Georgia coast sit in a high-wind design zone, and Northeast Florida enforces the Florida Building Code's wind-borne debris rules. A wind-rated door carries heavier gauge steel, more struts, beefier tracks, and engineered end stiles. That typically adds $300 to $800 over the same door in a standard build, and on the Florida side of our service area it is not optional. Two things to know:
- Your homeowner's insurance may discount for a documented wind-rated door. Ask your agent before you buy, not after.
- A garage door is the largest opening in your house. When one fails in a storm, the pressure spike is what takes the roof. This is the last place to save $400.
We stock and install rated doors year-round. See wind-load and hurricane-rated doors for how the ratings work.
Repair or Replace?
Not every ugly door is a dead door. A bent panel on a current-production model can often be swapped alone. Our garage door panel replacement page covers when that works. The general rule: one damaged panel on a door under 10 years old, repair it. Structural rust, cracked stiles, multiple panels, or a discontinued model, put the money toward a new door. Broken springs and worn rollers are standard repairs, not replacement triggers.
How To Get a Real Number
Online ranges get you to the neighborhood. The actual number needs a tape measure on your opening, because headroom, side room, and track radius decide what fits. Our process: measure at your home, pick the door and options from CHI, Clopay, or Amarr samples you can hold, and get a written quote before any work is scheduled. The quote is the invoice. No adders on install day. If you want to see full-size doors first, our Brunswick showroom on Rose Drive has them on display, and financing is available on new door installs.
Start on our garage door installation page, or call (912) 209-4079. We install from Savannah to Jacksonville out of Brunswick, usually within the week for in-stock doors.