Garage Door Panel
A sectional garage door is made of four or five separate panels, and a single damaged one can often be replaced on its own rather than buying a whole new door. It works when the door is recent enough that the panel can still be matched, and it stops working when the model is discontinued or when more than one or two sections are damaged. Replacement runs $250 to $800 installed.
Covered by Garage Door Panel & Section Replacement · from $250
The two questions that decide this are availability and count. If the manufacturer still makes your door in your colour and profile, a single panel swap is straightforward. If the model is discontinued, a close-but-not-exact panel will be visible from the street for as long as you own the house.
The count matters because of economics rather than possibility. One panel is nearly always worth replacing. Two is a judgement call. Three on a four panel door and you are close to the price of a new door that is under warranty, matches itself, and can be specified to a current wind rating.
That last point is worth weighing in Florida specifically. If your door predates the current code and you are already spending on it, replacing the whole door lets you get a rated one, which is a different conversation from a repair.
How to tell this part has failed
- A dent, crease or buckle in one section, usually from a vehicle
- Rust perforating a panel, most often along the bottom edge
- A section cracked or split around the hinge fixings
- Storm damage: a bowed or torn panel after high wind
- The door no longer closes flush because one section is out of shape
- Water or light coming through a hole in the steel
Why it fails in Florida
Vehicle impact is the commonest cause by a wide margin, and it is nearly always the bottom panel.
Rust from the bottom up. Water standing against the bottom edge, especially where a bottom seal has failed, works through the coating and then through the steel. Salt air makes it much faster.
Wind. A door not rated for the pressure at your address bows inward in a strong storm, and once a panel has bowed it does not go back.
Hinge fixings tearing out over time and splitting the steel around them, which starts as an oval screw hole and ends as a cracked panel.
Can you do this yourself
No, do not attempt this
Taking a section out means dismantling a door that is held in balance by springs under tension, and putting the new one in means getting it square with the sections above and below it. It also means matching the panel correctly in the first place, which needs the manufacturer, the model, the profile and the exact colour. This is a technician job from the measuring stage onward.
Starting prices for a standard single door. Your final price depends on the door, the model, the wind rating a replacement needs and what we find. You get a written quote before any work starts.
Have a technician bring this part
Leave your details and we call you back to confirm the part, the price and a time. The technician arrives with it on the truck.
Garage Door Panel
Not sold separately. Price shown is fitted, by a technician who brings the part.
(561) 897-9930Frequently Asked Questions
Will a replacement panel match the rest of my door?
If the model is current, yes. If it is discontinued, an exact match may not exist and a near match will be visible, especially on a door that has faded in Florida sun for a decade while the new panel has not. We check availability before quoting and we tell you honestly what the finished door will look like, because finding out afterwards is the worst version of this job.
When is a whole new door the better buy?
Three tests. More than two damaged sections, and you are approaching the cost of a new door anyway. A discontinued model where the match will be obvious. Or a door that predates the current wind code, where replacing the lot gets you a rated door and the insurance conversation that comes with it. We will run those three with you rather than defaulting to the bigger job.
Insurance is covering storm damage. Does that change anything?
It changes what is worth documenting. Photograph the damage before anything is touched, keep the claim number, and get the quote itemised by section so the adjuster can see what is being replaced and why. We are happy to itemise that way. What we will not do is inflate a storm repair, which is a thing that happens after every Florida storm and is the reason adjusters scrutinise these claims.
