Garage door repair in Urbandale
Mid-century ranches in the east, newer homes to the northwest.
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Garage doors in Urbandale
Mid-century ranches on the east side, newer homes to the northwest, and plenty of road salt in between.
About Urbandale
Urbandale was incorporated on April 16, 1917, partly so it could run its own school district instead of joining Johnston’s. Residents had already raised $2,000 for a two-room schoolhouse, ready by 1916. In its early years it was a streetcar suburb of Des Moines with four coal mines nearby. Today it spans Polk and Dallas counties, counted 45,580 people in 2020, and ranks as Iowa’s 12th largest city. Interstates 35 and 80 and Iowa Highway 141 meet in the northwest part of town, and western Urbandale has grown along with the rest of Dallas County, Iowa’s fastest growing county from 2010 to 2020.
Source: Urbandale, Iowa on Wikipedia, with 2020 U.S. Census figures.
The short version
Urbandale’s garages span several eras. On the east side, around Douglas Avenue and 70th Street, many homes are ranches from the middle of the last century, some with single-car garages that were widened later. Toward the northwest, along 100th Street and beyond, homes are newer, with wider doors and heavier openers.
On older Urbandale garages, extension springs that run along the side tracks are still common. They work, but without safety cables threaded through them a broken spring can whip loose. If your door has side springs and no cable running through the middle of each one, ask about adding safety cables or converting to a torsion system during the next repair.
Near Living History Farms and Interstate 80
Homes close to Hickman Road and the interstate get plenty of road salt carried in on tires each winter. That brine lands on the lower section of the door and the bottom rollers. Rinsing the bottom of the door and the lower track on a mild winter day, and keeping the rollers lubricated, adds years to them.
Common requests here
- Extension spring safety cables or torsion conversion
- Replacing rusted bottom sections and seals
- Opener replacement on older chain drives
- Insulated door upgrades on widened garages
Areas covered in Urbandale
- Old Urbandale near 70th Street
- Douglas Avenue corridor
- Meredith Drive area
- Walnut Creek area
- Living History Farms and Hickman Road
- Northwest Urbandale toward Johnston
What it costs in Urbandale
Garage door prices here follow the wider Des Moines market. National cost guides put replacing both torsion springs at about $150 to $350 and a typical repair visit in a similar range, while a new installed door runs from about $700 for a basic single door to $3,500 or more for a double. See each service page for its own ranges, and ask the provider for the full price before work starts.
Questions from Urbandale
My Urbandale garage has springs along the side tracks. Is that a problem?
Not by itself. Extension springs are an older design that still works, but each spring should have a safety cable running through it so it can’t fly loose if it breaks. A pro can add cables or quote a conversion to torsion springs.
How soon can someone get to Urbandale?
It depends on the provider’s schedule that day. Ask for the earliest visit and its price when you call. Same-day visits aren’t guaranteed.
Who actually does the work?
An independent local garage door company. This website takes your request and passes it to a provider who serves your area. We don’t do the repair ourselves, and the provider gives you the price and does the work.
Get a quote in Urbandale
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