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Garage Door Replacement Cost in 2026: What Is Actually Published
Garage door replacement cost from published retail door and opener prices. Pick the door below, then set your own labor line.
Bidding the whole job? Turn a photo into an itemized estimate in about 6 seconds.
Build as labelled by the retailer on the product page. The raised panel doors are 2 layer steel rated R 6.3.
Defaults to the $26.79 BLS median wage. Use your own burdened rate.
Retail door and opener prices, read September 11, 2026, at one regional retail chain in the central United States. Store prices vary. Labor is not included.
How much does garage door replacement cost?
Nobody with a price you can check posts an installed number, so build yours: the door at retail, the hardware kit, and your hours at a wage you can defend.
At Sutherlands, a regional home improvement chain that posts its prices, an 8×7 non insulated door is $419. Raised panel steel runs $588 in that opening, $628 in a 9×7, and $1,129 in a 16×7.
What does garage door installation cost by size and build?
Price it as two lines. A single garage door cost with installation starts at the published door: a 9×7 insulated steel door is $739, a 16×7 raised panel $1,129. The install side is not published anywhere, so that line is your hours at your own burdened rate.
| Door | Size | Build | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holmes non insulated | 8×7 | Single layer | $419 |
| Holmes non insulated | 9×7 | Single layer steel | $479 |
| Holmes Clopay Silver Series raised panel | 8×7 | 2 layer steel, R 6.3 | $588 |
| Holmes Clopay Silver Series raised panel | 9×7 | 2 layer steel, R 6.3 | $628 |
| Holmes insulated steel and steel | 9×7 | Insulated | $739 |
| Holmes Clopay Silver Series raised panel | 16×7 | 2 layer steel, R 6.3 | $1,129 |
Sutherlands retail prices, read September 11, 2026. Prices vary by store. The 9×7 non insulated and 9×7 insulated doors showed out of stock on that read.
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Why the cost of garage door installation is not published
Sellers that install doors quote the job, they do not post a rate. The pages that do post installed numbers are dealer marketing guides that say, in their own words, the prices are not quotes.
What does garage door opener installation cost?
Opener hardware is $219.99 for a chain drive and $229.99 for a belt drive. No seller we can check posts a swap labor figure either, so put your own hours on the line at the $26.79 median mechanical door repairer wage plus your burden and margin. The labor line is yours to set, not a published number.
A 3/4 horsepower smart unit is $239.99 there. Wall mount jackshaft units are not posted anywhere we can check, so quote that one off your supplier sheet.
What labor rate sits under the number?
BLS tracks this work as mechanical door repairers, a category whose definition includes garage door mechanics. The May 2025 median is $26.79 an hour, middle band $22.41 to $31.56, 90th percentile $37.63. Annual mean pay is $57,540 across 27,120 workers.
Those are wages paid, not rates billed. Burden, truck, insurance, and margin ride on top, which is why the calculator asks for your rate.
How to bid a garage door replacement
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Measure the opening and the clearances
Width, height, headroom, backroom. Low headroom changes the track kit.
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Pull the retail door price, then the hardware
Springs, cables, rollers, hinges, and track are their own lines. A bare door price is not a bid.
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Add the opener and your hours as separate lines
So the customer can take either one or leave it.
Where the rest of the job costs live
Our construction calculators hub holds the unit math for the trades, and gutter replacement cost prices the other exterior line.
Estimating a garage door replacement cost
SimplyWise Cost Estimator turns a job site photo into an itemized estimate in about 6 seconds. Material, labor, and fee lines stay editable, so the door, the hardware kit, and the opener each get a line. The client then signs a branded quote to approve. It is $29.99/mo or $239.99/yr, about $20/mo on annual, after a 7-day free trial.
Sources
Sutherlands door prices, September 11, 2026
- 8×7 Non-Insulated, SKU 8418352, $419.
- 9×7 White Steel Non-Insulated, SKU 8418360, $479.
- 8×7 Silver Series raised panel, SKU 387381, $588.
- 9×7 Silver Series raised panel, SKU 387407, $628.
- 9×7 Insulated Steel/Steel, SKU 8418477, $739.
- 16×7 Silver Series raised panel, SKU 387423, $1,129.
Sutherlands opener prices, September 11, 2026
- 60-Watt Chain Drive with Remote, SKU 3843695, $219.99.
- StealthDrive 750 belt drive, SKU 3789864, $229.99.
- 3/4-Horsepower Smart Opener, SKU 3790003, $239.99.
Specs and wages
- Clopay insulation guide, R values 6.3, 6.5, 18.4, 20.4, September 11, 2026.
- BLS OEWS May 2025, SOC 49-9011 Mechanical Door Repairers, September 11, 2026.
- SimplyWise Cost Estimator, App Store, September 11, 2026.
Not used
- Dealer cost guides carrying a not a quote disclaimer, reviewed and rejected September 11, 2026. Aggregator guides and vendor blogs, never price authorities.
Garage door replacement cost, asked and answered
The price
How much does garage door replacement cost in 2026?
At retail a door is $419 for an 8×7 non insulated one, $739 for a 9×7 insulated one, and $1,129 for a 16×7 raised panel. No seller we can check publishes an installed price, so add your hardware and hours.
What does garage door installation cost on top of the door?
Nobody with a price you can check publishes that number. Price it yourself: removal time, track, springs, cables, hinges, rollers, and your hours at your burdened rate.
Openers
What does garage door opener installation cost?
Opener hardware at Sutherlands is $219.99 chain drive, $229.99 belt drive, $239.99 for a 3/4 horsepower smart unit. No installed opener price is published, so the labor line is yours to set off your own hours. Wall mount jackshaft units are not posted there.
Is an insulated door worth quoting over a single layer door?
Clopay publishes R values from 6.3 on a steel door up to 20.4 on a 5 layer door. No retailer posts a matched pair of insulated and uninsulated doors in the same size and line, so price the upgrade off your own supplier sheet and sell it on the attached garage, not on the detached shed.
Turn a door size into a bid that holds margin.
Snap a photo, get an itemized estimate with editable lines. Free to try, then $29.99/mo or $239.99/yr after a 7-day trial.