Richfield, Edina
Richfield homes mostly went up around 1959, older than the service area's 1975 median. See what that means for a new door install, from the crew based in Edina.
Watch-outs
Richfield's housing stock centers on 1959, well ahead of the 1957-2005 range we see across the wider service area, where the typical build lands closer to 1975.
That matters for an install because a house framed in the late 1950s usually has a narrower rough opening, a shorter headroom clearance above the door, and framing that was never squared to modern door widths. We run into jamb sets that are out of plumb by enough to throw off a new track, and openings sized for an 8-foot door when the homeowner wants the wider 9-foot double that today's doors ship in standard.
The other factor is the cold. This area sits in a severe cold climate band, and a door that's 60-plus years old was likely installed before insulated sections and sealed bottom brackets were standard. Swapping in a new door without addressing the jamb seal or the header flashing just moves the draft somewhere else.
We've also seen older concrete aprons that have heaved slightly over the decades, enough that a new door's bottom seal won't sit flush without packing or a threshold strip. None of this means the job is harder across the board - it means the measuring and the framing check matter more here than they would on a house built in the 1990s.
Booking
We cover Richfield out of Edina, about 4 miles up the road, so there's no separate branch or local crew here - it's the same team that handles the rest of the service area.
When you call, tell us the rough age of the house if you know it; a lot of Richfield homes we quote are original 1959-era construction, and that one detail changes what we bring on the truck before we've even seen the opening.
We'll ask for the door's current width and whether you're dealing with a single bay or a double, since older openings here often run narrower than what's sold off the shelf now.
If the opening needs reframing, we say so up front rather than forcing a door into a space it doesn't fit - that's a second visit and extra material, and we'd rather tell you that on the phone than find out mid-install. We don't carry a same-day guarantee for installs specifically, since custom-width orders take longer to arrive than stock sizes. We'll give you a real timeline once we know what the opening needs.
On the truck
For a cold-climate install like Richfield's, we stock insulated steel sections rated for the severe winters this area gets, along with sealed bottom astragal and weatherstripping sized for older, slightly irregular jambs. We carry torsion springs in a range of wire sizes because a door replacing a 1959-era original is often heavier or lighter than its predecessor, and the spring has to match the new door, not the old one.
We keep standard 8-foot and 9-foot track and rail stock on the truck for most jobs, but if your opening needs a nonstandard width because of the house's original framing, that section ships from the manufacturer and isn't something we carry as a walk-in part. We'll tell you that lead time before we order it, not after.
We also carry low-headroom track kits, which come up more often on older Richfield houses where the ceiling clearance above the opening is tighter than modern code assumes. If your garage has exposed rafters or a finished ceiling that limits that clearance, this is usually the fix, not a shorter door.
Our process
The visit starts with measuring the rough opening against the new door's actual dimensions, not just the old door's size, since the two aren't always the same once you account for jamb settling over 60-plus years.
We check the header for square and the jambs for plumb before anything goes in, because an insulated door installed against an out-of-square frame will bind or leave a gap the weatherstripping can't close.
We size the torsion spring to the new door's actual weight, set the track to match the ceiling clearance we measured, and seal the perimeter with weatherstripping rated for the cold band this area sits in. If the concrete apron has heaved, we'll pack or shim the threshold rather than let the door's bottom seal ride on a gap.
One limitation worth saying plainly: if the framing is bowed enough that a standard door won't seat without carpentry work, that's outside a garage door install and we'll say so rather than force a fit that won't hold up through a winter.
Questions
Openings framed in 1959 often run narrower or have less headroom than current standard sizes assume. A stock 8-foot door may not seat right without shimming, and a 9-foot double might not fit the opening at all without reframing. We measure your actual opening before ordering, so you're not stuck returning the wrong size.
No. We run out of Edina, about 4 miles away, and cover Richfield from there along with the rest of the area. There's no separate depot or crew stationed in town - it's the same installers for every job in the service area.
Stock 8-foot and 9-foot doors are usually quick since we carry common sections on the truck. A nonstandard width, which comes up more in older Richfield openings, ships from the manufacturer and takes longer. We'll give you a real number once we've measured your opening, not before.
It helps more than people expect, especially replacing a 1959-era original that predates sealed bottom brackets and insulated panels. This area sits in a severe cold climate band, so the seal around the perimeter matters as much as the panel insulation itself - we address both during install.
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Edina Garage Door Pros repairs and installs garage doors, springs and openers in Edina, MN and the surrounding area.
