Delta Garage Door Installation: Ladner, Tsawwassen, North Delta

Ladner and Tsawwassen are drier and sunnier than much of the Lower Mainland, but they sit open to wind off the water. Homes in Beach Grove, Boundary Bay, English Bluff and parts of Tsawwassen also live with salt air, which rusts springs, cables and track hardware through the year.

When we replace a door here, every piece of the old hardware goes: door, springs and tracks. The new door goes up on fresh track, with new springs set to its weight. That gives you a clean start instead of a new door on corroded parts.

Wind is the other issue. It pushes rain under a worn bottom seal and into the garage. A new door comes with a new seal fitted to your floor, which is often the first thing owners notice after the install.

Delta's housing splits in two. Ladner and Tsawwassen have many ranchers and two-storey homes on flat land, a lot of them with older doors and openers that have done their time. North Delta, Sunshine Hills, Annieville and Scottsdale are mostly 1960s to 1980s split-levels and basement-entry homes on hillside lots.

On a split-level, the garage often sits under the living room or a bedroom. An insulated door there keeps the room above warmer and cuts the noise of the door running. For a detached garage used for storage, an uninsulated door is usually enough.

Most Delta homes are not in a strata, so you can usually choose the style you like. Newer townhouses in Ladner and Tsawwassen are the exception: check with the strata first.

1. Visit and measure. We look at the opening, the floor, the old hardware and the opener.
2. Repair or replace. If your door is sound and parts are still made, we tell you a repair is the better buy.
3. Quote. Price depends on size, style, insulation, windows, hardware and whether the opener stays. You get it on site.
4. Install. Usually one visit of about half a day. The old door leaves with us.
5. Test. We balance the door, set the opener and run it several times before we go.

We book Mon–Sat, 7am–7pm.