Garage Door Panel Replacement

Plan on $250–$800 for a single steel section installed, depending on the door's size, insulation level, and how the panel has to be sourced. Multiple sections run $550–$1,400. Once damage spreads past two sections on an older door, a new door often costs about the same and resets the whole system's age — we'll show you both numbers.

Honestly: a factory-fresh panel next to a door that's spent fifteen years in coastal sun and salt air will read slightly brighter at first. The gap fades noticeably within a season as the new panel weathers. Where the mismatch would be stark, we'll tell you before ordering — sometimes a repaint of the full door or a different approach serves you better.

Depends where the hit landed. A cosmetic dent in the panel face is usually fine to operate. A crease at a hinge line or panel edge is not — the door flexes at every joint as it curves through the track, and a compromised section can fold. We can assess it quickly, brace it if needed, and keep the door usable while the replacement section ships.

Often yes, and it's a common request in the older Sunset and Richmond housing stock where wood doors meet decades of fog. Bottom sections rot first because they sit in splash and seal contact. We can fabricate or source a matching wood section, and we'll also fix the drainage or seal problem that rotted it — otherwise the new panel goes the same way.

In-production panels from major manufacturers typically arrive in one to two weeks; the installation itself takes two to four hours including hinge transfer, alignment, and a balance check, since a new section changes the door's weight slightly. Discontinued panels are the wildcard — we'll know within a couple of days whether one can be sourced.