I feel like I just got taken for a ride - I had a new garage door opener installed (1-car bay), complete with new track (old one was a little rusty and slightly bent). The springs and pulleys also had to be replaced as they were worn out from 24 years of use. Took the guy a good 2 to 2-1/2 hours. Tax included, it was $795. Does that sound right?
OT: Replacing garage door opener
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Well, a unit will run $150-$300, springs $30-$50, pulleys $10-15, tracks, rail, brackets, etc. - plus labor charge - depending upon how much was replaced and the cost of those items, looks like it could be an acceptable price. Did he had a breakdown of the items he supplied?
If he had to replace most of the parts of the door as well as a new opener I guess you got your money's worth. The question is did he have to replace the spring, pulleys, cable for the door. He may as well have put in a new insulated door since he did all that work.
For the record, installing a garage door opener is something that you can do by yourself if you're even the least bit handy. Depending on the cost of everything (how good of a garage door opener, HP, etc), yes, you were taken. I wouldn't have paid more than $500 including everything if someone were to do it for me. And that includes a $250 motor.
I guess it's in the ballpark then. I don't know about the pulleys, but I inspected the rail and springs and they were definitely worn. The rail had been bent years ago when the chain jammed and I had (more or less) straightened it out. The door is in fine condition, so that didn't need replacing.
He didn't breakdown the invoice to all the individual parts, but the opener was 185 or thereabouts. He then charged labor for installation of the opener and the springs/pulleys/labor was another line item. Lastly of course there was Trenton's cut.
He didn't breakdown the invoice to all the individual parts, but the opener was 185 or thereabouts. He then charged labor for installation of the opener and the springs/pulleys/labor was another line item. Lastly of course there was Trenton's cut.
For an insulated door without an automatic opener that sounds about right. I paid $2400 for two in 2011, then had to replace them after debris from Sandy knocked one down and damaged the other. I supposedly got a 15% "Hurricane Sandy Discount' from Sears but surprise surprise surprise it was about the same cost lol.
Back in the Winter one of the handles broke. Sears wanted $220 to replace a lot more than the handle which they claimed was necessary. Told them no thanks and bought the $6 piece myself. A friend and I replaced it in 5 minutes.
You have two rails, right? One on either side. You're not talking about the rail that comes with the garage door opener right?
If you had just moved into a new house & were simply putting up a new opener - it could have been a lot less - but a 24 year old set-up that had parts that needed to be replaced & some that needed to be straightened - well, that becomes a different story. New springs = good idea ... and assume ( hope) they put the safety cables in them - when one of those springs lets loose it can be very dangerous and/or do some real damage.
