The ticket
Pick the job and the opening. Suggested parts and hours fill in as a starting point and stay put once you edit them — your supplier invoice beats our ballpark.
Parts
High-cycle springs, wind-load hardware, and decorative windows belong in hardware or the spring line — they are not free upgrades on a replacement that already looked tight.
Labor, travel, and margin
After-hours multiplies shop labor only. Travel still costs the loaded wage for the drive plus the miles — evenings do not make the van cheaper.
Hand the customer a proposal
The price above is for you. This is the page you print or save as a PDF and give to the customer — your details, their details, the scope, the deposit split, and a line for them to sign. Your business details are saved on this device so you only type them once; the customer’s details are never saved.
Everything on the printed page is text you typed or a number this calculator worked out. It contains no warranty, lien, or cancellation wording — those depend on your jurisdiction and your contract, and this tool is not the place to invent them.
Your bid
- Parts
- Shop labor
- Travel (drive + miles)
- Overhead
- Total cost
- Profit
- Effective hourly rate
- Price per sq ft of door
- Walk-away price
Where the price goes
Transparent arithmetic from your own inputs. The starting part and hour figures are common ballpark numbers, not a manufacturer list, a code requirement, or a guarantee — replace them with your supplier invoice and a timed job.
Common questions
What does this garage door estimate include?
The ticket price adds up parts — door/slab, spring kit, opener unit, hardware, disposal, and permit — plus shop labor on site, travel (both the drive-time labor and vehicle cost per mile), overhead, and your target margin. Job type decides which parts lines actually apply: a spring-only ticket zeroes out the door and opener cost unless you enter one anyway.
Why does travel get its own line instead of being folded into overhead?
A short shop job forty minutes each way is a different ticket from the same job around the corner, and a flat overhead percentage hides that. Travel is priced as loaded wage for the drive time plus a per-mile vehicle cost, and the tool flags “travel eats job” when travel is at least 35% of a spring-only ticket, or exceeds shop labor on any job — the exact trap a $189 special forty minutes out falls into.
Why is a double door not just two single doors?
Job type sets separate suggested labor hours for single versus double openings (the split is at 10 ft of width), because a double door’s extra track, larger panel, and heavier spring kit take more shop time per opening than doubling a single-door job would suggest — suggested hours, spring cost, and door cost all key off which class the width falls into.
Why do suggested parts and hours change when I pick a different job type or door?
Changing job type, door size, construction, or opener re-applies each preset's suggested figure to every field you haven't hand-edited yet — so switching from “door + new opener” to “broken-spring service” zeroes the door and opener cost automatically. Once you edit a field yourself, later preset changes leave it alone.
Is my data uploaded anywhere?
No account and no network requests — the calculator runs entirely in your browser. This calculator does not save your ticket inputs between visits, but a share link encodes only the inputs you choose into the address bar and is never sent to us; only your business name and contact details for the printed proposal are kept in this browser's local storage, and “Forget my business details” clears them.
Does this cover wind load, permits, or spring safety?
No. Hours and part costs are ballpark shop figures you can edit, not a building-code or engineering determination, a wind-load calculation, or a permit approval. High-cycle springs and wind-load hardware are cost lines you choose to add, not something the tool checks your opening needs — and spring and opener work carries real injury risk that belongs to a qualified installer, not this arithmetic.