Overland Park, KS · Garage Door Service
Mission homes mostly date to 1973, and original doors are past their service life. We install new doors from our Overland Park shop, 10 miles out. See what fits your opening.
Most of the calls we get from Mission are about a door that's original to the house, or close to it. With a median build year of 1973, a lot of these doors are 50 years old, and the ones that were replaced once already were probably swapped in the 1990s or early 2000s - so they're due again too.
A standard single-door swap, once we're on site with the right size in the truck, runs a few hours: old door and track out, new door hung, opener reconnected and balanced. Double doors take longer, especially if the header or jamb needs any correction, which is common on houses this age where the framing has settled a little over five decades.
We travel to Mission from our Overland Park shop, about 10 miles out. We're not a branch office in town, so the schedule depends on the day's route, not a walk-in counter. If your opener is original too, plan on that conversation happening the same visit - a 50-year-old door usually means a tired opener, and we'd rather tell you now than have you calling again in six months.
We don't stock every size on the truck for a same-day job; nonstandard openings sometimes mean a short order lead time before install day.
Because Mission's stock skews to houses built through the 1970s, we carry the door sizes and track profiles that era actually used - including narrower headroom clearances than you'd find on a 2000s build, which changes which torsion spring setup fits above the opening.
We install steel doors in single and double layer, insulated and non-insulated, plus torsion springs sized to the door weight and cycle count you want, not a generic one-size spring. Rollers, cable, and standard lift hardware are stocked to match. If your opening is original and non-standard - some houses from this period used dimensions builders don't use now - we order to match rather than force a stock size into a bad fit.
We don't carry every specialty designer line on the truck; those come in as special order, and we'll tell you the lead time up front instead of guessing.
We don't quote a number here without seeing the door, the opening, and whether the track or header needs work - too many variables in a house this age to give an honest figure sight unseen. What we can tell you is what drives the number up or down: door material and insulation level, single versus double, spring type, and whether the existing track and jamb are square or need shimming and repair, which shows up more often in homes built before the 1980s.
Mission's median household income sits at $74,396, and we price the same door the same way whether the job is in Mission or anywhere else we cover - the estimate reflects the door and the opening, not the zip code.
A torsion spring holds enough tension to break a bone or worse if it's released wrong, and on a door as old as the typical Mission install, the spring has likely never been replaced - meaning nobody alive has serviced this particular one. That's not a job to learn on your own driveway.
Swapping a full door and track system is a two-person job minimum, and getting the header height and jamb plumb right the first time matters more on houses this age, where original framing has shifted slightly over 50 years. Get it wrong and the door binds or won't seal, and you're paying twice.
Where DIY makes sense: swapping weatherstripping, replacing rollers on a door that's otherwise fine, or repainting a steel door that still tracks true. Those don't involve stored spring tension and don't require matching an opening to code.
Kansas winters put real stress on a 50-year-old door. Mission sits in the same cold-moderate climate band as the rest of the area we cover, and steel doors from the 1970s often weren't insulated to begin with - meaning the panel itself has been flexing with temperature swings for decades, which is where you start seeing warped sections, gaps at the bottom seal, and springs that finally give out after one too many cold mornings.
The other pattern we see: openers bolted onto original hardware that was never upgraded when the opener went in years ago. The door and the opener end up mismatched in weight and balance, so the opener strains and the door doesn't lift evenly. On a house built in 1973, that mismatch has usually been building for a long time before it fails outright.
About 10 miles from our Overland Park location. We don't have a branch in Mission itself, so install day is scheduled as part of our route rather than a same-day walk-in.
Usually, yes, but some openings from that period use dimensions builders don't use anymore. We measure before ordering rather than assuming a stock size will drop in clean.
Not always, but if your opener is original to a 1973-era house, it's likely mismatched to a new door's weight and balance. We'll check it during the same visit and tell you honestly if it's worth keeping.
If the door itself is straight and sealing well, yes - a spring swap alone can make sense. We won't push a full replacement on a door that doesn't need one.
Call now or request a free quote - same-day service on most repairs, upfront written pricing.
