Garage Door Repair in Riverside and Avondale, Jacksonville

Riverside and Avondale, Jacksonville

Your Local Garage Door Team in Riverside and Avondale

Garage doors in Riverside and Avondale are nothing like the ones in the suburbs. Many homes here date back to the early 1900s, and their garages were built for the cars of the 1920s. That usually means a detached garage behind the house, often off an alley, with a single car opening that may not be a standard size.

Over the years, a lot of those garages have been patched, converted and updated in different ways. We see old wood doors that have gotten heavy and soft, swing doors swapped for roll up doors, and openers added to doors that were never built for one. We take the time to measure, check the framing, and recommend a fix that fits the garage and the look of the home.

Garage Door Repairs We Handle in Riverside and Avondale

Broken spring repair is the call we get most in Riverside and Avondale, just like everywhere else we work. We also do a lot of new garage door installation here, replacing worn out wood doors with carriage style doors that fit the neighborhood, along with garage door opener installation and repair on detached garages, off track doors, and cable and roller replacement.

What We See Most Often Here

• Detached single car garages, often reached from an alley
• Openings that aren’t a standard size, or framing that’s out of square
• Old wood doors that are heavy, rotted, or hard to lift
• Doors with no opener, or an opener added to a door never built for one

Working on Historic Garages

Riverside and Avondale are part of a city historic district, so depending on your home and the door you choose, you may need approval before making changes to the outside. It’s worth checking before you order. Either way, we can help you pick a carriage style door that keeps the classic look of the home while giving you a door that’s lighter, insulated, and easy to open.

Built After the Great Fire

Riverside’s biggest growth came after the Great Fire of 1901, which destroyed most of downtown Jacksonville and sent many families west to build new homes along the river. Through the next two decades, Riverside filled in with everything from grand riverfront houses to modest bungalows. Avondale came next. In the early 1920s, during the Florida land boom, Telfair Stockton’s Avondale Company laid out the neighborhood as an upscale extension of Riverside, and many of its homes were built with detached garages for the automobiles that were quickly becoming part of everyday life. Today the two neighborhoods make up one of the largest historic districts in the country, and plenty of those original garages are still standing.