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New Door Installation

New Door Installation

New garage door installation in Winnipeg. 16x7 and 9x7 insulated steel doors in stock, most installed within a week of your free on-site quote. Old door removed and hauled away, new door installed in one day, 1-year workmanship warranty.

In stock now

In stock now, installed within a week

Most installed within a week of your quote. No month-long wait.

  • 16' x 7'

    Double door

    Insulated steel, the standard size for a two-car garage.

  • 9' x 7'

    Single door

    Insulated steel, the standard size for a one-car bay.

Need a custom size, colour, or windows? Ordered doors run 4 to 6 weeks. We confirm your install date when we quote.

What This Covers

A new garage door is one of the highest-return upgrades a home gets, ranked at the top of the annual Cost vs Value Report for return on investment most years it's run. Curb appeal, insulation, security, and noise all improve at once. The trick with new garage door installation in Winnipeg is matching the door to the house and to prairie conditions, not just picking the cheapest option from a catalogue.

We start with a site visit: measurements, condition of the existing frame, how the garage is actually used (heated, attached, workshop, storage), and what matters to you on looks, R-value, noise, and budget. From that we put together a written quote that itemizes the door, hardware, insulation type and rating, glass and window options, opener if you need one, removal and disposal of the old door, and labor. Nothing pencilled in as 'to be determined later.'

Most residential installs run a single day. We remove the old door and tracks, check the framing and trim, install the new tracks and torsion shaft, hang and balance the door, integrate it with your opener (or install a new one if it's part of the job), and run a full safety test before we leave. Our primary door line is Richards-Wilcox insulated steel residential doors, with Garex and Steel-Craft available on request. Insulated steel doors are the most popular here, given the climate. We keep 16x7 double and 9x7 single insulated steel doors in stock, so most in-stock installs happen within a week of the quote. Every install is backed by a 1-year workmanship warranty.

Doors We Install

Insulated steel residential doors sized for Winnipeg winters. Every quote is itemized, your old door is removed and hauled away, and the install is backed by a 1-year workmanship warranty.

Primary line

Richards-Wilcox

Our primary line: insulated steel residential doors built for prairie winters. This is the door we keep in stock and install most.

  • Any solid colour at no extra charge
  • Any panel style at no extra charge
  • Woodtone finishes and plank designs quoted separately
  • Standard options typically 2 to 4 weeks from deposit; custom colour or panel style 4 to 6 weeks

On request

Garex

Available on request. Lead times vary by model and are confirmed on the quote.

On request

Steel-Craft

Available on request. Lead times vary by model and are confirmed on the quote.

Signs You Need This Service

  • Old door is rusted, dented, or beyond reasonable repair
  • Garage is freezing because the current door has no insulation or the seals have failed
  • Wood door is splitting, cracking, or needs constant refinishing
  • Building a new home or adding a detached garage or shop
  • Resale prep where the door is the biggest single visual element on most houses
  • Door is loud, slow, and feels every year of its age

How It Works

  1. Step 1: Site visit: we measure, look at the existing frame and opener, and talk through how you use the garage

  2. Step 2: Written itemized quote covering door, hardware, insulation, glass, opener if needed, removal and disposal, and labor

  3. Step 3: Door and hardware confirmed once you approve. In-stock 16x7 and 9x7 doors are most often installed within a week of the quote. Ordered Richards-Wilcox doors in standard options typically run 2 to 4 weeks from deposit, custom colour or panel style 4 to 6 weeks. We confirm your install date when we quote

  4. Step 4: Install day: remove old door, check framing, install new tracks and torsion shaft, hang and balance the door, integrate with the opener

  5. Step 5: Full safety test and a walkthrough of the new door before we leave, including what to expect through the first season

Common Questions

What kind of insulation do I actually need?

For an unheated detached garage, basic insulation (R-6 or lower) is fine, and a non-insulated steel door works if you're just keeping rain and rodents out. For an attached garage sharing a wall with the house, the usual manufacturer guideline is at least R-10, with R-12 or higher if you're tired of paying to heat the back hall every winter. For a heated garage, finished shop, or home gym, R-16 is the practical residential target (R-18 exists but is the ceiling, not the norm). One honest detail most installers don't volunteer: the gain from R-16 over R-12 is smaller than the spec sheet implies, since R-value is the reciprocal of heat flow and the curve flattens fast. The bigger uplift usually comes from the bottom seal, the joints between sections, and the side weatherstripping, which can hold back more cold air than a few extra R-points on the panel itself. Our R-value guide goes deeper on what the numbers mean.

Is polystyrene or polyurethane insulation better?

Polyurethane, for any door above about R-9. Polystyrene is foam board cut to fit between the steel skins, so gaps at the edges and middle joints reduce the door's real-world R-value below the rated number. Polyurethane is sprayed in liquid, expands, and bonds to both steel skins, which roughly doubles the R-value at the same thickness and stiffens the panel against twisting. Every insulated door we install above R-12 is polyurethane; the polystyrene options we stock are aimed at the unheated-detached segment where the higher R-bands don't really apply.

How long from quote to install?

If you need one of the sizes we keep in stock (16x7 double or 9x7 single insulated steel), most installs happen within a week of the quote, sometimes sooner. Ordered Richards-Wilcox doors in standard options typically run 2 to 4 weeks from deposit. A custom colour or panel style runs 4 to 6 weeks. Garex and Steel-Craft lead times vary by model. Whichever route you take, we confirm your install date when we quote so you can plan around it.

Which door brands do you install?

Our primary line is Richards-Wilcox insulated steel residential doors. On Richards-Wilcox doors, any solid colour and any panel style come at no extra charge; woodtone finishes and plank designs are quoted separately. Garex and Steel-Craft doors are available on request, with lead times that vary by model and get confirmed on the quote.

Steel, wood, or aluminum: what's the right choice for Winnipeg?

Steel for most people. Insulated steel handles our temperature swings well, doesn't warp or rot, doesn't need repainting, and modern wood-look steel doors (steel skins with embossed grain over a polyurethane core) read as real wood from the curb without the maintenance penalty. Real wood looks beautiful new but needs regular refinishing to survive Manitoba winters; plan for a maintenance schedule if you go that route. Aluminum and glass panels are striking on modern homes but insulate poorly for this climate, so they fit unheated detached garages and showroom-style applications rather than attached or heated builds.

Do I need a new opener too?

Not always. If your current opener is in good shape, has the right horsepower for the new door's weight, and is on reasonably current technology, we reuse it. Insulated doors are heavier than what most older openers were sized for, though, so if it's at end of life or undersized we'll quote a replacement separately. The decision stays yours.

What about the old door?

Your old door is removed and hauled away as part of the install unless you'd rather keep it. We leave the garage cleaner than we found it.

Is the installation covered by a warranty?

Yes. Every new door we install comes with a 1-year workmanship warranty on the installation itself, on top of the manufacturer's warranty on the door. If something we did isn't right, we come back and fix it.

Guides for this repair

Plain steps for what you can safely do yourself, and the signs that mean it's time to call.

Where we provide new door installation

Same-day service across Winnipeg, plus the surrounding communities we cover within about an hour of our south Winnipeg base.

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