New Garage Doors in Orléans — Free In-Home Consultation

When it's time for a new garage door

A new garage door is one of the highest-ROI exterior upgrades for an east-end Ottawa home — frequently cited as the single best resale return in Remodeling magazine's annual cost-vs-value report. But beyond resale, the everyday reasons our Orléans customers replace doors are practical:

• Original door is rotting or rusting. 25-year-old Fallingbrook and Convent Glen doors from the early 90s — often non-insulated single-skin steel — start showing rust streaks along the bottom panel where road salt has wicked up.
• Heat loss is brutal. A non-insulated door in an attached garage with living space above loses substantial heat all winter. Upgrading to R-16 insulated changes the winter feel of the upstairs rooms noticeably.
• Curb appeal. A new door is the biggest visible change you can make to a home's exterior short of repainting.
• Damage beyond panel repair. A bottom panel damaged by a vehicle, or multiple panels dented by hockey nets, often costs more in panel-by-panel repair than a new door.
• You're modernizing. The carriage-house look that was popular in mid-2000s Notting Hill builds is being replaced with cleaner modern-flush and full-view aluminum/glass doors in 2025.

Styles we install most in Orléans

Traditional raised-panel (the Orléans default)

Three rows of raised rectangles, usually with a top row of windows. The most common door style we install across every Orléans neighborhood. Available in dozens of colors — white, almond, sandstone, brown, charcoal — and matches the broadest range of homes. Garaga's Standard+ and Steel-Craft's Esteem series are our most-installed products in Avalon and Cardinal Creek.

Modern flush

Smooth, panel-free face with optional horizontal scoring. Increasingly the default in new builds along Mer Bleue Road and Tenth Line Road. Looks especially good on contemporary stucco-and-stone exteriors. We install Garaga's Vog series and Steel-Craft's Esteem Flush.

Carriage-house

Modern doors styled to look like old swing-out carriage doors — top-row windows, decorative hardware (handles and hinges), and X-brace overlays. Very popular in mid-2000s Fallingbrook custom builds and on homes with stone-and-brick fronts. Steel-Craft's Carriage line and Clopay's Coachman series are our most common picks.

Full-view aluminum & glass

Aluminum frame with frosted, clear, or tinted glass panels. Striking on modern Orléans builds, also functional for owners who want maximum daylight in the garage workshop. Most often spec'd for contemporary infill builds and the newer Avalon east-side modern builds.

Insulation: what R-value do you actually need?

For an attached-garage Orléans home, we strongly recommend R-16 minimum. If you have living space directly above the garage (extremely common in Avalon and Notting Hill master-bedroom-over-garage layouts), step up to R-22 — you'll feel the difference in the bedroom every winter morning.

Colors and finishes

Garaga and Steel-Craft both offer 8-12 standard colors plus custom paint matching. The five most-installed colors in Orléans:

• Black — the dominant modern choice on dark-trim 2018-onward Avalon builds
• Charcoal — flexible, hides road dirt well, popular in Trail's End
• Iron Ore / Slate — modern but softer than black, common in Mer Bleue Road builds
• White — classic, especially in older Convent Glen and Fallingbrook homes
• Brown — traditional, matches brick-front 1990s Orléans Wood and Convent Glen homes

We bring physical color samples to your driveway so you see them in natural east-end light, not screen colors.

Our installation process

1. Free in-home consultation. We measure, photograph, and bring color samples. Usually 30-45 minutes.
2. Written quote. Itemized, no surprises. Valid 30 days.
3. Order & build. Doors are typically built to spec at the factory and arrive in 2-4 weeks.
4. Installation day. Old door and tracks removed and hauled away. New door, tracks, springs, cables, and rollers installed. Opener reconnected or replaced.
5. Test & tune. Door balance set, opener force-limited, safety sensors aligned.
6. 3-year service warranty from us, plus manufacturer warranty (often 10-15 years on panels, lifetime on hardware).

Related services in Orléans

A new door install often pairs with a new opener if the existing unit is 12+ years old, and we may flag spring sizing changes since new doors weigh differently than old ones. Need it fast? Our emergency response covers cases where the existing door is unsecured. We service every Orléans neighborhood — Avalon, Fallingbrook, and Convent Glen included.