Atlanta garage door spring replacement.

Two springs in, tension right, done today.

That bang from the garage was a torsion spring letting go. A Metro truck carries standard 10,000-cycle and high-cycle 25,000-rated springs for same-day replacement across Atlanta, from Cascade and West End to Kirkwood, Grant Park, and Old Fourth Ward. Both springs replaced in one visit, sized to your door's weight, never guessed. Quoted in writing, backed by lifetime workmanship, family-owned since 1979.

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1,200+ reviews Family-owned since 1979

Metro Garage Doors branded service van, Atlanta, GA same-day garage door repair and historic bungalow door installation, since 1979

★★★★★ 4.9 Google Rating 1,200+ reviews · 2 locations

5-Star Dealer Factory-certified installer

ProVantage Dealer Authorized installer

Platinum Dealer Factory-certified installer

Family-Owned Serving Atlanta since 1979

Licensed Bonded · $2M Insured

Broken spring in Atlanta? Both springs, one visit, sized to the door.

Metro replaces garage door springs across Atlanta same-day, always in pairs, always sized to the door's actual weight. West and Southwest Atlanta dispatch from our Douglasville HQ, about 20 to 30 minutes on I-20; intown, Buckhead, and Brookhaven dispatch from Alpharetta. Standard and 25,000-cycle high-cycle springs ride on every truck. Family-owned since 1979, W-2 techs, never subcontracted.

Bungalow specialty

Atlanta's historic bungalow neighborhoods don't accept generic builder-grade doors. Detached carriage houses, single-bay attached garages, narrow openings, low headroom, we measure in person, recommend by architecture, and stock the recessed-panel and carriage-style hardware most installers special-order.

Two locations, since 1979

Douglasville HQ handles West & SW Atlanta (West End, Cascade, Westview, Greenbriar, Vine City, Adamsville) on daily I-20 routes. Alpharetta location at Park Woods Commons handles intown (Old Fourth Ward, Inman Park, Kirkwood, Grant Park, East Atlanta Village) plus Buckhead, Midtown, and Brookhaven. Both locations same vintage, same crew training, same pricing.

Real Metro techs

When Metro answers the phone, a Metro tech shows up, never a subcontractor. Every tech is W-2, drives a branded truck, and trained in our Douglasville shop. The name on the door matches the name on the paycheck.

Real Atlanta Coverage

Atlanta is at least six different cities. We treat each one differently.

"Atlanta" can mean a 1908 Craftsman bungalow in Inman Park or a 24-foot custom carriage-style in Buckhead. The right work is dramatically different. We've been doing every category since 1979, and we'll tell you honestly which neighborhoods we run daily routes through and which we schedule for route days.

Historic intown bungalow belt (30307, 30312, 30315, 30316, 30317). The big specialty. Old Fourth Ward, Inman Park, Kirkwood, Edgewood, East Atlanta Village, Reynoldstown, Cabbagetown, Grant Park, most homes here date 1900 to 1940, with detached single-bay carriage houses or attached single-bay garages. Tight headroom, narrow openings, sometimes shared driveway access. The right door is recessed-panel or carriage-style, carriage-style 21 or Gallery in solid black or bronze, or Wayne Dalton 9700 Series for stained-wood looks. We measure on-site (mandatory for these), handle exposed-hinge hardware, and use side-mount jackshaft openers (LiftMaster 8500W) where center-rail openers won't fit the ceiling. Most generic Atlanta installers can't fit their truck through the gate.

West and Southwest Atlanta (30310, 30311, 30314, 30318, 30331). Our highest-volume Atlanta zone. West End, Westview, Sylvan Hills, Cascade, Cascade Heights, Greenbriar, Adamsville, West Midtown, Howell Mill, and the Vine City / Castleberry Hill area. Mix of 1950s–1980s ranches and traditionals plus newer townhouse and condo infill in the Westside and Atlantic Station-adjacent neighborhoods. Standard repair profile: spring failures, opener end-of-life, occasional full door + opener replacements. Daily morning route from our Douglasville shop, ~20–30 minutes east on I-20.

Buckhead, Druid Hills, Brookhaven, and the established northern neighborhoods (30305, 30306, 30307, 30319, 30326, 30327). Large estate homes, custom carriage-style, wood-look composite, and Gallery work. Drive time is real (40–50 minutes from our shop), so we schedule on a North Atlanta route day for non-emergency work to keep travel waste low and pricing fair. Emergency repairs (broken springs, stuck doors) get same-day service regardless, the truck just takes longer to get there.

Modern infill and new construction across all of intown Atlanta, particularly the Westside, Old Fourth Ward, Kirkwood townhomes, and East Atlanta, frequently want flush-panel modern doors. modern aluminum-glass and Modern Steel collection in matte black or anodized aluminum frames are our most common modern installs. We do the architectural matching the same way as bungalows: in person, by what the house actually needs.

30307 / 30312 / 30315 / 30316 / 30317 Historic bungalow belt, Old Fourth Ward, Inman Park, Kirkwood, Grant Park, East Atlanta, Edgewood 30310 / 30311 / 30314 West End · Cascade · Greenbriar · Vine City 30318 / 30331 Westside · West Midtown · Adamsville · Greenbriar 30305 / 30306 / 30319 / 30326 / 30327 Buckhead · Brookhaven · Virginia-Highland · Druid Hills (scheduled route)

Common Atlanta Calls

The spring failures we see from Cascade to Cabbagetown.

Springs are cycle-rated parts, they fail on schedule, not by accident. If yours is showing any of these signs, call (770) 526-1214 before the door drops.

"Heard a gunshot sound in the garage last night, now the opener won't lift the door."

The signature broken torsion spring

That bang was the wire fatiguing through and releasing its stored tension. The 1950s to 1980s ranches in Cascade, Westview, and Sylvan Hills (30310, 30311) are our steadiest source of these calls, many still run builder-spec 10,000-cycle springs. Block the door, don't lift it, and call. Douglasville runs West and Southwest Atlanta every morning, most spring calls land inside 2 to 3 hours.

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"Door feels heavier every week and comes down harder than it used to."

A spring losing tension before it snaps

Springs lose winding force in their last 5 to 10 percent of cycle life, the door drags, the opener strains, the close gets fast. We catch this constantly in Grant Park, Reynoldstown, and Cabbagetown (30312, 30315), where narrow 1900 to 1940 single-bay doors work their hardware harder than a modern double. Replacing now is the same job as replacing after the bang, minus the stuck-car morning.

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"Old detached garage still has those long stretchy springs along the tracks."

An extension to torsion conversion candidate

Plenty of pre-war garages in Old Fourth Ward, Inman Park, and Edgewood (30307) still run extension springs, the long coils that stretch along the horizontal tracks and fail without containment. We convert these to a modern torsion setup, safer, smoother, easier on narrow carriage-house framing. It is a standard visit for us, we have been working these garages since 1979.

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Services in Atlanta

Bungalows, modern infill, estates, repair, same Metro standard.

Repair, replacement, openers, springs, commercial, all in-house, all from the same Douglasville shop, all backed by The Metro Promise.

Recent Atlanta Jobs

Doors we've put back on Atlanta homes.

A few of the recent calls across intown and West Atlanta. Every door we touch is one we'd put back on our own house.

Carriage-style door on 1917 Inman Park bungalow, Atlanta GA 30307

Historic Bungalow

carriage-style black on 1917 Craftsman, Inman Park, 30307

Modern flush-panel install on Westside Atlanta new build, 30318

Modern Infill

modern aluminum-glass matte black, Westside, 30318

Spring Replacement

Both torsion springs replaced, Cascade, 30311

LiftMaster 8500W jackshaft install on Kirkwood bungalow, Atlanta GA 30317

Jackshaft Opener

LiftMaster 8500W side-mount on low-headroom carriage house, Kirkwood, 30317

Real Metro Techs

Atlanta calls handled by the same crew, every time.

When Metro answers the phone, a Metro tech shows up. Never a subcontractor. Trained in our Douglasville shop, factory-certified on carriage-style and wood-look composite, working everything from 1917 bungalows to 2026 Westside flush-panel modern.

Jake Wilson, Metro garage door installation lead serving Atlanta, GA

Jake WilsonSenior Service Tech · 8 years

Brandon Horne, Metro garage door service technician serving Atlanta, GA

Brandon HorneService Tech

Dewayne Hunter, Metro garage door service technician serving Atlanta, GA

Dewayne HunterService Tech

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Pricing You Can Trust

Every job quoted in writing.

Atlanta jobs run from a Cascade ranch spring swap to a custom carriage-style on an Inman Park 1908 estate. We don't publish flat-rate prices because the work is too varied. What we do guarantee: an upfront written number before any work begins, the same hourly rate every day, and a repair backed for life.

Quoted in writing

Every Atlanta job priced before we start, in writing. The number on your estimate is the number on your invoice, no surprise change orders, no add-ons after the fact.

Real Metro techs every visit

Every Metro technician is a W-2 employee. Never a subcontractor. Trained in our Douglasville shop, dispatched in branded Metro trucks. The name on the door matches the name on the paycheck.

Backed for life

Every repair is covered by The Metro Promise, lifetime workmanship plus a 90-day make-it-right guarantee. If our work fails, we come back at no charge.

What you see is what you pay, same price every Atlanta neighborhood, backed for life.

What Atlanta Says

Reviews from across intown.

★★★★★

"1917 bungalow off Edgewood Ave, needed a single carriage-style door for the detached carriage house. Two installers told us they couldn't fit the truck through the gate. Metro showed up with the right hardware and the right approach: side-mount jackshaft opener, recessed-panel carriage-style in solid black, exposed iron hinges. The whole install took half a day and looks like the carriage house was built around the door. Real craftsmen."

Verified Google Review · Inman Park, 30307Apr 2026

★★★★★

"Spring snapped on a Tuesday morning at our Cascade house. Called Metro at 8, Brandon was at our driveway by 10:30, both springs replaced and gone by noon. Honest, fast, no Atlanta premium. Will absolutely call again."

Verified Google Review · Cascade, 30311Mar 2026

★★★★★

"Westside new build needed flush-panel modern doors, most local installers either didn't carry modern aluminum-glass or wanted to upcharge into a custom order. Metro had it sourced and installed in three weeks at the price they quoted up front. Plus a LiftMaster 8550W myQ jackshaft so the ceiling stays clear. Worth the drive from Douglasville."

Verified Google Review · Westside, 30318Feb 2026

Based on 1,200+ reviews across both Metro locations, 4.9★ on Google, A+ on BBB, 4.9★ on HomeAdvisor, 4.9★ on Thumbtack · Read all reviews →

Two Locations Serving Atlanta Since 1979

One Metro, two dispatch points. Coverage by neighborhood, not by mile-marker.

Metro has had two locations in operation since 1979, Douglasville HQ for West and Southwest Atlanta, Alpharetta for intown bungalow neighborhoods plus Buckhead and Brookhaven. The dispatch decision happens automatically when you call (770) 526-1214, closest crew, closest truck.

Two Metro Locations · Both Since 1979 Douglasville HQ: 12871 Veterans Memorial Hwy, Douglasville, GA 30134, West & SW Atlanta dispatch + Showroom
Alpharetta: 11539 Park Woods Cir (Park Woods Commons), Alpharetta, GA 30005, Intown East Atlanta + Buckhead + Brookhaven dispatch
Both open 24 hours · Same crew training, same pricing
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Just outside Atlanta? Call (770) 526-1214, we serve 100+ Atlanta-metro neighborhoods.

Atlanta FAQ

Spring questions we hear across Atlanta.

Don't see your question? Call us, we love nerding out on doors.

One spring snapped, is the other one fine?

The unbroken spring has the same age, the same cycle count, and the same Georgia humidity as the one that just failed, it is usually days or weeks behind. Replacing both in one visit costs less than two service calls and keeps the door from running on mismatched tension in between, which binds the door and wears the opener. Labor is essentially the same either way.

Are high-cycle springs worth it for an Atlanta house?

Often, yes. Standard springs are rated 10,000 cycles, roughly 10 to 15 years at typical use. High-cycle 25,000-rated springs last about 2.5x longer for a small per-spring premium, and the labor is already paid for. Heavy-cycle households, multiple drivers in and out all day in Kirkwood or East Atlanta Village, burn through standard springs in 5 to 7 years, which makes the upgrade math easy. Both ride on every truck.

How fast can you replace a broken spring in Atlanta?

Same-day across Atlanta when you call before noon. Cascade, West End, and the Westside dispatch from Douglasville on daily I-20 routes, usually 2 to 3 hours out. The intown bungalow belt dispatches from our Alpharetta location. Buckhead, Druid Hills, and Brookhaven normally sit on a scheduled route day, but a broken spring is an emergency, we prioritize it same-day regardless of ZIP.

Is replacing a garage door spring a DIY job?

Please don't. A wound torsion spring stores roughly 200 pounds of tension, and if the winding bar slips it releases explosively, DIY winding accidents send people to the ER every year. Sizing is the other trap: springs must match the door's weight within a few pounds, and a wrong-size spring slowly tears up the door, rollers, and opener while voiding manufacturer warranties. This is one job worth handing to a pro.

How long does a spring replacement take, and will it fit a tight carriage house?

Typically 60 to 90 minutes for a single door, 90 to 120 for a double, from arrival to balance test. Tight-headroom detached garages in Inman Park, Cabbagetown, and Old Fourth Ward take no special drama, we work narrow jambs and low ceilings weekly, and the balance test at the end, the door holding itself at mid-travel, is the same standard everywhere.

How much does spring replacement cost in Atlanta?

It depends on the door's size and weight, the spring cycle rating you pick, and whether an older single-bay in Grant Park or Edgewood needs a conversion or odd sizing. What never changes: every job is quoted in writing before any work begins, the number on your estimate is the number on your invoice, and the labor carries lifetime workmanship under The Metro Promise.

Spring snapped this morning?
Sleep on a fixed door tonight.

Call for same-day spring replacement anywhere in Atlanta, both springs sized to your door, quoted in writing before we wind a thing, and backed for life by The Metro Promise.

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Atlanta garage door spring replacement.

Broken spring in Atlanta? Both springs, one visit, sized to the door.

Bungalow specialty

Two locations, since 1979

Real Metro techs

Atlanta is at least six different cities. We treat each one differently.

The spring failures we see from Cascade to Cabbagetown.

Bungalows, modern infill, estates, repair, same Metro standard.

Bungalow & Carriage House Doors

Atlanta Same-Day Repair

Jackshaft Opener Installs

Modern Flush-Panel

Commercial Doors

Financing Available

Doors we've put back on Atlanta homes.

carriage-style black on 1917 Craftsman, Inman Park, 30307

modern aluminum-glass matte black, Westside, 30318

Both torsion springs replaced, Cascade, 30311

LiftMaster 8500W side-mount on low-headroom carriage house, Kirkwood, 30317

Atlanta calls handled by the same crew, every time.

Every job quoted in writing.

Quoted in writing

Real Metro techs every visit

Backed for life

Reviews from across intown.

One Metro, two dispatch points. Coverage by neighborhood, not by mile-marker.

Atlanta neighborhoods by dispatching location

Garage door services in Atlanta

Nearby cities we also serve

Spring questions we hear across Atlanta.

Spring snapped this morning?Sleep on a fixed door tonight.

Spring snapped this morning?
Sleep on a fixed door tonight.