Leavenworth's Garage Door Experts

Historic Brick, Tight Garages, and the Fort Next Door

Leavenworth is one of the oldest cities in Kansas, and it shows in the garages. Many homes in the downtown historic district and along the corridors near Fort Leavenworth were built in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Some of these garages were originally carriage houses that have been converted over the decades, and the openings are rarely standard dimensions. We measure everything on site because nothing about a Leavenworth historic garage is off the shelf.

The combination of old brick, limestone foundations, and decades of freeze-thaw cycles means the openings have shifted and settled in ways that make standard track installation difficult. We custom shim brackets, adjust track angles, and sometimes fabricate mounting solutions on the spot to make a modern door work in a space that was never designed for one. On the service side, we deal with a lot of rusted-out hardware, ancient one-piece tilt doors that homeowners want to finally convert to sectional, and extension springs that have been hanging there since before most of us were born.

Leavenworth, KS: The Local FAQs

• Q: Can you install a modern sectional door on my old Leavenworth home with a non-standard opening?
• A: In most cases, yes. Non-standard openings are the norm in Leavenworth, not the exception. We measure on site, order doors to fit, and custom-mount the track and hardware to work with your specific structure.
• Q: I still have a one-piece swing-up garage door. Can you convert it to a sectional?
• A: Yes. We handle one-piece to sectional conversions regularly in Leavenworth. The old one-piece track comes out, new vertical and horizontal tracks go in, and you get a modern sectional door with a proper torsion spring system.
• Q: The brick around my garage opening is crumbling. Can you still mount a new door?
• A: It depends on the severity. If the structural framing behind the brick is solid, we can mount to that. If the masonry damage has compromised the header or jambs, we will let you know what needs to be addressed by a mason before we can safely install.