Garage Door Service in Somerville, MA

Shared triple-decker garages are common and we work on them constantly. Usually one of the three units takes the lead on the garage door (whoever uses it most), but if it's a condo association, we provide estimates that work with how your association handles common-area repairs. We come early or evening to avoid blocking the rear driveway during work hours, which matters when three families share access.

We dispatch from Woburn, so most Somerville calls see a truck within 60 to 75 minutes during business hours. Faster for the north Somerville (Ten Hills, Powderhouse) which is closer to us. After-hours emergency calls usually dispatch within 2 hours.

Schedule a full maintenance visit before anything fails. Most Somerville triple-decker garages still have the original mid-century door, single spring, and probably a 1970s or 1980s opener. We can tell you in 30 minutes whether the door has another five years in it (and what maintenance to do) or whether you should plan for replacement. Replacing one door on a triple-decker garage usually runs $1,400 to $2,200 for a basic insulated steel door installed.

Yes, and we recommend it. In Somerville triple-deckers, the garage is almost always directly under at least one bedroom. A belt-drive opener with proper isolation hardware reduces noise to almost inaudible. Pair it with nylon rollers and you can run the door at 11pm without waking the second-floor tenant. This is one of our most common upgrades in Somerville.

Bottom seal failure is common in older Somerville garages, especially against the older asphalt rear driveways that aren't perfectly level. Three things to check: bottom seal (cheap fix, $80-150), track alignment (we can adjust this), and limit switches on the opener (we calibrate these). Once the door is sealing all the way to concrete, the wildlife problem goes away. Quick visit, usually under an hour.

Permits are required for structural work (new openings, framing changes) but not for like-for-like door replacement, which is what most of our jobs are. If you're widening an opening or adding a new garage door where one didn't exist, you need a building permit. We handle the permit process for you when needed. Just a replacement door? No permit required.

Yes. Even if you don't use the garage for parking, the door still seals the garage from weather, weather seals still rot, springs still age, and a falling door can damage whatever's underneath (often expensive bikes, lawn equipment, or stored furniture). Annual maintenance is cheap insurance regardless of how you use the garage.

Yes. Many Somerville detached garages have very low headroom - less than 8 inches between the top of the door opening and the ceiling. Standard openers need 12 inches. We use low-headroom rail kits and sometimes jackshaft (side-mount) openers to fit in these older garages. If you have a tight-clearance situation, we have the parts and the experience to work with it.