Your new garage door in Bonita Springs, tracked all the way to the final inspection
Replacing a door is our largest job, and it's where homeowners most often end up waiting: for a quote, for a door they already paid toward, for an inspection nobody booked. Below is every step, what you receive at each one and when.
- Time at your house: One working day, once the city's permit and the door are both in hand
- Licensed in Florida: CGC15***47
Nothing goes quiet, from the quote to the final inspection
A new door takes weeks, and most of that time you're waiting on a factory and on the City. Here is every step, what lands in your hands and when.
A new door
Measured and quoted
- You get:
- A quote on paper that names the model, the state approval number it carries and the pressure rating your address requires
- When:
- after the measure visit, before you pay anything
We measure the opening, note the exposure of the house and work out the pressure the door has to carry. The quote names the exact model and its approval number, and you can check that number on the state's product approval site before you decide.
Deposit and factory order
- You get:
- A deposit receipt with its terms in writing, then the manufacturer's own order number, not one of ours
- When:
- the receipt when you pay; the order number the day the factory confirms
The terms on the receipt say what the deposit covers and what happens to it if the order can't go through. The order number is the factory's, so you can check with the manufacturer that your door is really on its list.
Ship date and permit
- You get:
- The ship date from the factory and your City of Bonita Springs permit number
- When:
- the day each one comes in
We file the permit with the City while the door is being built. When the factory sets a ship date, or moves it, you get a text that day. The permit number arrives the day the City issues it.
Installed and passed
- You get:
- The passed final inspection and the permit record, in your hands
- When:
- on install day, then the day the final inspection passes
The job isn't finished when the old door leaves your driveway. It's finished when the City's inspector passes the final inspection, and you have that record to keep with the house papers.
If a date slips, at the factory or at the City, we text you the new date the same day we learn it.
Signs your door is done
- No approval sticker can be found anywhere, which means nobody knows the wind the door was designed to take. Our impact door guide shows where the label should be.
- Several sections are dented or rusted through. If only one section is hurt, look at panel repair first.
- The door sat in Ian's surge, or a later one, and hasn't worked properly since.
- Springs and opener get fixed over and over, yet the door stays heavy to lift.
- Your association wants a different color or design, or you're getting ready to sell.
What each step leaves in your hands
The four panes on this page follow a new door from our first visit to the city's final inspection. Each one ends with something you keep, so you never have to call and ask where things stand. Here is the reasoning behind them.
- The measure visit. Width, height, headroom and side room get measured, we photograph the existing door along with any sticker on it, and we note how exposed the house is: a home looking straight at open water asks more of its door than one tucked a few blocks back.
- The written quote. One page with the model, the color, glass or no glass, the door's state product approval number, the design pressure required for your opening, and the deposit terms.
- The order. Once you approve, the door is ordered from the maker, and the maker's own order number comes to you as soon as the factory issues it.
- The permit. We apply to the City of Bonita Springs and text you the permit number when it's issued.
- Installation. One working day, Monday to Saturday. We take the old door down and haul it away, hang the new sections with their tracks and springs, and adjust the opener to the new door's weight.
- The final inspection. We book it and meet the inspector. The job is finished when the inspection passes, not when the door is hanging.
Your deposit, in writing
Before you pay anything, the deposit's conditions are on paper: what it covers, when the order is placed, the delivery date the factory gives, and what your options are if that date slips or the order can't be filled. Then comes the maker's own order number, not a number of ours, so you can confirm with the people building your door that it exists and when it ships.
The City of Bonita Springs permit
Bonita Springs runs its own building department, and its building FAQ says replacement exterior doors need a permit, garage doors included. The city's 2026 residential application has a Garage Door Replacement box and asks for the design wind speed, the risk category and the exposure at your address, with the contractor's signature notarized. Contractors working in the city have to be registered with it. On jobs over five thousand dollars, a recorded Notice of Commencement has to be on file before the first inspection.
We file through the city's online permit portal and text you the permit number. The city says it never asks for permit payments by email or wire transfer, which is worth knowing whoever you hire. Our Bonita Springs permit guide covers the rest.
Color, style and your HOA
Where there's an association, its architecture committee usually signs off before the permit is filed. Florida's HOA law (F.S. 720.3035) lets the association choose the color and the look, but it may not reject a reinforced garage door if the door follows the specifications it has adopted. We assemble the packet the committee wants: the maker's brochure page showing the model and its color, the approval documents, our license and our insurance certificate. Colors are easier to judge next to your actual stucco, in afternoon light, than on a screen, so the samples come to the house.
The last word is the inspector's
Inspectors look at more than the door: the label, the anchors into the frame and the finish around the opening. We leave the jambs sealed and the label where it can be read, and if the inspector flags anything, we fix it and book the reinspection. When it passes, you receive the inspection result, the permit number, pictures of the new door and its approval label, and the maker's warranty registration.
Permit
Always. The City of Bonita Springs requires a permit for any garage door replacement, even an identical size (its building FAQ names garage doors). We file it, book the inspections and hand you the permit number.
New garage door questions
Yes, every time. The City of Bonita Springs requires one for each garage door replacement, even an identical size, and its building FAQ names garage doors outright. We apply through the city's portal, attend the inspections and give you the permit number.
Not when the door follows the association's adopted specifications. Florida's HOA law, F.S. 720.3035, keeps an association from rejecting a reinforced garage door on that basis, though the HOA still controls the color and the look.
The answer is written down before you pay: when we order, the date the factory gives, and what you can choose if that date slips, including what happens to the deposit. You also get the maker's order number, which lets you ask the factory about the door directly.
A new garage door's price comes from its size, the design pressure required at your address, any glass, insulation, the finish, and whether the current opener is kept. That's why the number comes after we measure, on a written quote that names the model and its approval number.
Start with a photo
Point your phone at the door, or at the model label on the opener, and send the picture to (239) 880-9274. Calls and texts are answered at any hour, and you'll learn what it looks like, how long the fix should take and our first open slot.
One number for calls and texts. Your call gets answered, day or night.