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New Garage Door Installation in Fruita, CO

The door is past repair, or it is the one thing on the front of the house that still looks like the year it was built. Either way, this is the purchase people put off, because nobody knows what a fair number is supposed to look like.

There is no way to comparison-shop a garage door from your driveway. Sizes are custom, insulation is a number nobody explains, and quotes tend to arrive as one figure with no parts list behind it.

So this page is the parts list. What actually gets replaced, what the published ranges are, and the two things about this town that should change what you order.

Who shows up
A Kooler Garage Doors service truck parked at a new-construction home, the new dark garage door already hung behind it.
A truck at a new build with the door already hung. It got measured against the actual opening on site, not off a plan sheet — which is why it fits a rough opening nobody framed to the eighth of an inch.

Two things about this town change the spec

The first is the seal, because wind off the Monument is what will age this door fastest. Out here the bottom seal is not a detail at the end of the quote. It is the part that decides whether the floor stays dry through a storm and whether grit gets into the track and the roller bearings. The upgraded warranty rungs carry a thick EPDM bottom seal for exactly that reason, and it is worth asking about before you sign anything.

The second is height. A lot of garages around here were built to swallow a trailer or an RV, which means an eight-foot-tall opening instead of the standard seven. That changes the track, the spring spec, and sometimes the opener. On the published book an eight-foot opening adds roughly $166 to $375 per tier over the seven-foot version, which is a real number rather than a surprise at the end.

Both get settled at your house with a tape measure, before anything gets ordered.

What a Kooler install actually replaces

Old door out. New tracks, springs, cables, and rollers in. Opener mounted and matched. Door balanced and tuned.

The old door leaves on our truck, and the cardboard goes with it.

A door swap that reuses the old track and the old springs is not an install. It is a panel change with a new invoice on it. Springs on a new door have to be sized to the new door's weight, and the track has to be square to the opening, or a door you just paid for starts wearing wrong on day one.

Before the truck leaves, the door runs with you standing in the garage. Open, close, auto-reverse tested against an obstruction, keypad set, app paired if there is one. Questions get answered while your Kraftsman is still there, not over the phone on Thursday.

The published ranges

Single-car doors installed run $1,717 to $3,033. Non-insulated at the bottom, economic insulated in the middle, then the Kooler 138 and the Kooler 200. Double-car doors run $2,676 to $5,650 across the same ladder.

Every Kooler door includes the Kore rung at no cost: quality parts, a correct install, and the guarantee. Krew adds fifteen-thousand-cycle springs and the thick EPDM bottom seal. Kommand steps to twenty-five-thousand-cycle springs and long-stem rollers on sealed 6200Z bearings. Krown carries the Kpex Spring — rated past fifty thousand cycles — plus reinforced track and premium hardware throughout.

Full-view glass and custom wood are built to order, outside the published book, and quoted on site.

What is included

On-site spec: material, color, insulation, window package, hardware.

New tracks, springs, cables, and rollers, not only a panel swap.

Old door and all packaging hauled away the same day.

Opening re-trimmed and re-sealed as needed.

A walk-through of the finished door before the truck leaves.

Kraftsman's Guarantee on the install, and it never expires.

If it goes wrong

Kraftsman's Guarantee. Labor and parts, never expires. Not ninety days and not a year and a day. If something we installed fails, the next visit is on us.

Common questions

New Garage Door Installation in Fruita — what homeowners ask.

Is an insulated door worth it if the garage is not heated? +
Usually yes, and not mainly for temperature. An insulated door is a stiffer door. The layered section resists wind load and flexes less on a gusty afternoon, which is what keeps the panel straight and the door tracking true over the years. The temperature difference in an attached garage is a bonus rather than the whole argument.
My opening is eight feet tall for the trailer. Does that cost more? +
It does, and the amount is published rather than improvised: roughly $166 to $375 per tier over the same door at seven feet. The track and the spring spec change along with it. If the opener is being replaced in the same visit, the height and the door's weight decide which one gets spec'd.
How long am I without a garage door? +
Hours, not days. A single-car install runs three to four hours, a double runs four to six, and custom or oversized work can take most of a day. The old door comes off and the new one goes on in the same visit, so you are never left with an open hole overnight.
Do I get to choose the bottom seal? +
Yes, and out here it is worth choosing. The base rung carries a standard seal and the upgraded rungs carry a thick EPDM bottom seal that stays flexible longer in sun and wind. Ask your Kraftsman to set both profiles side by side before you pick. It is a small line on the quote and it is the first part the weather goes after.

Book online in Fruita — usually same-day or next-day

Pick a time that works. We confirm in minutes and your Kraftsman calls ahead before he heads your way.

Or call 970-660-3456

The booking window opens on top of this page — pick a slot and you're set.