I’m David, owner of David’s Urgent Garage Door in St. Louis Park. Every garage build, every siding job, every storm claim and a lot of remodels end with the same question: who’s doing the door? If the answer is “we’ll figure it out,” the homeowner calls three companies, the opening sits with a tarp on it, and your final payment waits. This page is for the contractors who’d rather have one number for that. It explains how I work as a sub, what I supply, and how to set up a trade account.
Who this is for
- Detached-garage builders and garage-package companies. Your crew frames and sheets it; I hang the door and opener the day the opening is ready.
- Home builders, remodelers and design-build firms. New garages, garage additions, ADU and garage-conversion projects that need a new or relocated door.
- Siding, roofing and storm-restoration contractors. Hail-damaged doors on insurance claims: I document the damage with photos, quote the replacement to match the claim scope, and install when your siding crew is done.
- Handyman companies. You get garage door calls you can’t take (springs, cables, openers). Hand them to me. I fix the door and leave your customer with you.
- Concrete, driveway and garage-floor coating crews. You’re standing in front of the door on every job. If it’s bent, dragging or won’t close, I’m the number to give the homeowner.
- Electricians and low-voltage installers who run the circuit but don’t hang openers.
How a trade job works
- Text me a photo of the opening and the rough width, height and headroom. For new construction, the framing drawing or the garage package spec is enough.
- You get a quote the same day, written, with the door model, insulation, windows, color options and the opener, so you can pass it straight to your customer or build it into your bid.
- We lock an install date that fits your schedule. I don’t need the whole site to myself: give me the opening, power for the opener and a few hours.
- I supply everything: the door (DoorLink for everyday jobs, Haas for insulated or premium), tracks and springs sized to the door, the LiftMaster opener, remotes, keypad, weather seal, and haul-away of the old door.
- Your customer gets a walk-through on the release cord, sensors and remotes, and my number for warranty questions, so they stop calling you about the door.
What a trade account includes
My cell, not a call center. Photo in, quote out, usually the same day.
Tell me when the opening is ready. I plan around your framing, siding or concrete, not the other way around.
Account pricing on door-plus-opener packages and multi-door projects. Ask when you set up the account.
Photos of the hail or impact damage, an itemized quote the adjuster can read, and a replacement that matches the claim.
I do the door and only the door. I don’t quote siding, concrete, electrical or anything else on your site.
W-9 and proof of insurance ($1M per occurrence / $2M aggregate general liability) for your sub file. Minnesota-based, owner-operated.
I can invoice your company as a sub, or invoice the homeowner directly and keep you out of the money. Your choice per job.
Door, hardware and opener warranty calls come to me, not to you.
What I supply and install
New sectional garage doors from 8×7 single-car to 18×8 double and multi-door rows: DoorLink and Haas steel doors, insulated and non-insulated, with window and color options; openers from LiftMaster including belt-drive, battery-backup and wall-mount (jackshaft) models for high ceilings and car lifts; torsion spring systems sized to the door; tracks, rollers, hinges, drums, weather seals; remotes, keypads and myQ. Repairs on existing doors too: springs, cables, off-track doors, panel replacement after a bumper or a hail storm, and opener repair. Light commercial sectional doors on shops and fleet garages are fine; rolling-steel curtain doors are the one thing I don’t do.
For garage builders: what I need from you
- Rough opening width and height (standard doors are 8, 9, 10, 12, 16 and 18 feet wide; 7 or 8 feet tall).
- Headroom above the opening (12 inches for a standard torsion setup; low-headroom kits for less) and side room (about 4 inches each side).
- A 120 V outlet within reach of the opener location on the ceiling, or on the wall beside the door for a wall-mount opener.
- Backing for the opener bracket and the track hangers, and the jambs flush so the door seals.
- Door color, windows yes/no, insulated yes/no. I can send the DoorLink and Haas color charts for your customer.
For storm and siding contractors: hail-damaged doors
Hail dents on a steel garage door are a line item on the same claim as the siding and the roof. I photograph the dents with a reference, write an itemized replacement quote (door, hardware, labor, haul-away, opener if the impact bent the rail), and schedule the install after your siding crew wraps the jambs. If the adjuster only approves a panel, I’ll tell you when a panel match is realistic and when the door is too old to match, so you don’t promise the homeowner something that can’t be delivered.
Service area
The whole Minneapolis–Saint Paul metro. Fastest in St. Louis Park, Edina, Minnetonka, Plymouth, Golden Valley, Hopkins, Maple Grove, Brooklyn Park, Bloomington, Minneapolis and St. Paul. Full list on the service area page.
FAQ
Can you install a door I bought, or do you have to supply it?
I’d rather supply it, because then the door, the springs and the opener are matched and the warranty is in one place. If your customer already bought a door, send me the model and size and I’ll tell you whether I’ll install it.
How fast can you get a door?
Standard white and almond steel doors in common sizes are usually available within days. Custom colors, windows and insulated Haas doors take longer, so for new builds send me the spec as soon as the garage is permitted and I’ll order ahead of the framing.
Do you work on insurance claims?
Yes. I provide damage photos and an itemized quote the adjuster can read, and I schedule the install around your siding and roofing crews.
Will you try to sell my customer anything else?
No. On your job I do the garage door and the opener. If the homeowner asks me about siding, concrete or electrical, I tell them to ask you.
Can you bill my company instead of the homeowner?
Either way, per job. As a sub I invoice your company; as a referral I invoice the homeowner and you stay out of the money.
Related: the partner program for property managers and HOAs, new garage door installation, commercial garage doors and the Garage Door Help Center.
Building detached garages in Richfield? The framing checklist I give builders: opening size, 15 inches of headroom, opener power and backing, and the City’s rules.
Good to know: I am a Minnesota-registered contractor, #IR790255. You can check any contractor on the State of Minnesota’s license and registration lookup. The state also publishes tips for hiring a contractor.