What you'll need
- Door size (single car, double car, or RV/oversized)
- Frame material (steel, aluminum, wood, fiberglass, vinyl)
- Insulation level (none, polystyrene, or polyurethane)
- Style (traditional, carriage house, contemporary, or custom)
What you'll get
- Total installed cost range — Door unit + labor + add-ons
- ROI analysis — ~90–97% resale value returned
- Energy savings estimate — Annual savings from insulation
- Per-door breakdown — Cost by component
Garage door cost overview
Steel is the budget material at both sizes; insulated, custom-panel, and wood doors cost the most regardless of size because of the door unit itself, not the opening. This page's calculator breaks material out further (steel, aluminum, wood, fiberglass, vinyl) with its own style and insulation multipliers. A new opener adds $220–$540 extra when installed alongside a new door.
"Replacement" and "installation" — the same job here
A "garage door replacement" and a "garage door installation" price the same way on this page — swapping the door panel, track, and springs for new ones. The distinction that actually changes the price is repair vs. full swap: if the door itself is sound and only the opener, springs, or a cable failed, the Garage Door Repair Cost Estimator is the cheaper, narrower tool for that job.
Just replacing the opener, not the door?
This calculator prices a door and its opener together. If the door itself still opens and closes fine and only the opener motor died, you don't need a new door — an opener-only replacement runs $220–$550 installed, sourced to the same dataset behind the Garage Door Repair Cost Estimator's own opener-replacement figure. That's cheaper than any full door job on this page because there's no door panel, track, or spring work — just the motor unit, rail, and wiring, plus reprogramming remotes and any keypad.
The $220–$540 opener figure in this page's own cost overview above is a different number for a different scenario — an opener added while a new door is already being installed, sharing that visit's labor call, not billed as its own separate service.
Which opening are you actually pricing?
This page prices the garage opening specifically — a wider, heavier door on springs and a track, not a standard entry or interior door. If the door you're quoting is a front, back, or interior door instead, use the door installation calculator — the hardware, sizing, and labor are priced differently. And if the swap opens up the surrounding wall — a wider rough opening, a reframed jamb — the drywall installation & repair calculator prices the framing and finish work that follows.
This calculator prices a garage door as a base unit that material and style multiply, not add — steel at 1.0×, aluminum 1.1×, fiberglass 1.4×, vinyl 1.05×, wood 2.2×, and traditional 1.0×, contemporary 1.15×, carriage 1.3×, custom 1.8× on top of that. A single steel traditional door with polyurethane insulation and a new opener runs $1,080–$1,770 installed; the same door in custom wood runs $3,762–$6,336.
How this calculator prices a door
The starting point is a base price range set by door size and insulation level, then multiplied by a material factor and a style factor before labor and any add-ons are added on top.
Why material and style multiply instead of add
Because both factors are multipliers on the same base price, choosing an expensive material and an elaborate style compounds rather than stacks. Swapping the same double 16×8 polyurethane-insulated door from steel/traditional to wood/custom:
| Configuration | Material × | Style × | Door cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steel, traditional | 1.0 | 1.0 | $950–$1,600 |
| Wood, custom | 2.2 | 1.8 | $3,762–$6,336 |
Computed from this calculator's own doorBase, matMult, and styleMult constants: door cost = base × material multiplier × style multiplier.
That's roughly a 4x jump on the door alone, driven entirely by two multipliers of 2.2 and 1.8 acting on the same base — neither factor looks dramatic in isolation, but together they change the door line from under $1,600 to over $6,300 before labor is even added.
What insulation buys, and an honest note on the ROI figure
This calculator's energy-savings estimate is category-based, not derived from a specific R-value calculation: no insulation returns $0 in savings, polystyrene-insulated doors are estimated at $60–$120/year, and polyurethane-insulated doors at $100–$200/year, reflecting polyurethane's better performance as a foam-in-place insulator versus polystyrene panels.
On the resale-value side, this calculator reports an ROI range as 90–97% of the installed cost recouped at resale. That figure is this calculator's own internal assumption, not a specific published percentage — garage door replacement is consistently cited across industry cost-versus-value surveys as one of the higher-recouping exterior projects, but the editions of that survey disagree with each other by wide margins and no single verified source backs a precise percentage, so none is presented here as fact.
Who installs it
Garage door installation isn't its own tracked BLS occupation; on a mixed-scope crew it most often falls under Carpenters, with a national mean wage of $31.55/hr ($65,630/yr) as of May 2025 — though many garage door companies employ dedicated installation techs rather than general carpenters, and BLS does not publish a separate wage series for that specialty.
What this estimate excludes, and reading a quote against it
This price is the door, labor, and whichever add-ons you selected — opener, old-door removal, window panels, keypad. It does not include electrical work if your garage lacks a dedicated outlet for a new opener, structural repair to a damaged frame or header, or a new circuit if you're upgrading to a smart opener that needs its own power.
If a quote is well above this range on an otherwise standard single or double steel door, ask what material and style multiplier it implies — a bid that's 3–4x this calculator's steel/traditional number is usually pricing wood or a heavily customized carriage-style door, not a straightforward replacement.
Methodology
Door cost, labor, ROI, and energy-savings category figures are this calculator's own doorBase, matMult, styleMult, laborLow/laborHigh, roiLow/roiHigh, and energySavings constants. Wage data is BLS OEWS May 2025.
Sources
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — OEWS Profile, Carpenters (47-2031), May 2025 — accessed 2026-09-05
Methodology & sources
The cost figures on this page are generated from a single, sourced cost-data file (Installed by door size/type; opener adds $220–$540. National average estimate for 2026 (~$1,400 average).). A garage door opener adds $220–$540 (smart openers more). Insulated and custom/wood doors cost the most; tracks, springs, and old-door removal add cost. Last verified July 2026.
- HomeGuide — Garage Door Installation Cost (2026) — retrieved 2026-07-13
- Angi — Garage Door Replacement Cost (2026) — retrieved 2026-07-13
- This Old House — Garage Door Cost (2026) — retrieved 2026-07-13
About this calculator
How much does a new garage door cost installed?
A single-car (9×7) steel garage door costs $600–$1,500 installed. A double-car (16×8) steel door runs $1,000–$2,500 installed, and insulated, custom, or wood doors run $2,000–$3,500. Prices vary by material (steel, wood, fiberglass), insulation level, and style. Adding a new opener costs $220–$540 more.
Is an insulated garage door worth it?
Yes — an insulated garage door (polyurethane foam, R-12 to R-18) reduces heat transfer, lowers energy bills by $60–$200/year in attached garages, and reduces noise. The insulation upgrade is a small share of the total door price and typically pays back within a few years on an attached, conditioned garage. Polyurethane outperforms polystyrene significantly.
What is the ROI of a new garage door?
Garage door replacement is consistently among the highest-recouping exterior projects at resale — it appears at or near the top of the annual cost-vs-value rankings year after year. The published percentage itself is not quoted here: the editions disagree with one another by wide margins and the primary source could not be verified, and an unverifiable number in a rich result is worse than none.
How long does it take to install a garage door?
Professional installation of a single-car garage door takes 3–5 hours. A double-car door takes 4–6 hours. Adding a new opener adds 1–2 hours. Most installations are completed in a single day.
Can I install a garage door myself?
While technically possible, garage door installation is not recommended as a DIY project for most homeowners. Spring tension and cable systems can cause serious injury if mishandled. The labor included in an installed-door quote is a worthwhile safety investment.
How do I get a garage door replacement estimate?
Use the calculator above for a free garage door replacement estimate by size, material, and style — single-car steel runs $600–$1,500 installed, double-car steel $1,000–$2,500, and insulated, custom, or wood doors $2,000–$3,500. It's the same estimate a contractor would build from a phone quote, without giving out your number to get it.
How much does it cost to replace just the garage door opener, not the door?
An opener-only swap runs $220–$550 installed — cheaper than any full door job on this page because there's no door panel, track, or spring work involved, just the motor unit, rail, and wiring. This calculator prices the door and opener together as one project; if your door itself is fine and only the opener failed, the Garage Door Repair Cost Estimator's opener-replacement figure is the narrower, more accurate tool for that job.