Parts We Carry
For doors from the 1974 build window, we stock steel panel sections sized to the common widths used across the service area's 1960s-70s stock - the panel heights and rib patterns that show up again and again on these original doors. We carry matching end stiles, hinges, and the roller brackets that bolt to them, since a replacement panel that doesn't match the original hinge spacing will bind on the track no matter how well it's installed. What we don't carry on the truck is a match for every discontinued color or embossing pattern - some of the original woodgrain finishes from that era simply aren't made anymore, and we'll tell you that up front rather than promise a seamless match we can't deliver.
How We Fix It
We pull the damaged section without touching the spring or the opener unless something else is actually wrong - most panel jobs are isolated to the one section. The hinges and roller brackets come off the old panel and go onto the new one, matched to the existing hole pattern so the door tracks the way it did before the dent. We check the track alignment on both sides, because a bent panel on a 1970s-era door often means the track itself got knocked a few degrees out, and a new panel bolted to a crooked track will fail again within a year. Once the section is set, we run the door through a full cycle and check balance before we leave.
The Cost of This Job
We don't have a posted price for panel replacement here - every job depends on how many sections are damaged, whether the hinges and track survived the impact, and whether we can match the existing panel profile or need to source something close. What we can tell you is that a single-panel repair on a sound 1970s-era door is almost always cheaper than full door replacement, and that's usually the right call when the rest of the door is tracking straight and the spring is original but intact. We travel the 11 miles from Spring Valley for this work, and that distance is a fact of the service area, not a markup - we quote the job itself, not the drive.
