We'll match it and make it new.
Single-panel and multi-panel replacement across the Atlanta metro — color, style, gauge, and brand matched to your existing door (Amarr, C.H.I., Wayne Dalton). On-site assessment, insurance-claim photos, and an itemized written estimate before any panel is ordered. Quoted in writing before any work starts. Lifetime workmanship on labor. Family-owned since 1979, dispatching from Douglasville and Alpharetta with W-2 Metro techs only — no subcontractors.
Metro matches your existing door's color, style, gauge, and brand (Amarr, C.H.I., Wayne Dalton), files insurance-claim photos and an itemized written estimate, then installs the new section. Single-panel and multi-panel options are quoted in writing before anything is ordered. Lifetime workmanship on labor; manufacturer warranty passes through on the panel. Family-owned, never subcontracted, dispatching from two Atlanta-metro locations since 1979.
If a vehicle backed into the door, hail hit it, or wind/storm dented it, most homeowner policies cover the repair. We hand you on-site damage photos, a parts-and-labor breakdown, and an itemized written estimate formatted for your adjuster — no chasing paperwork later.
We pull your door's exact model, color, gauge, and panel profile (Amarr, C.H.I., Wayne Dalton) and order direct from the manufacturer. On a door under 10 years old with an in-production color, the new panel is a true match. On older or discontinued colors, we walk you through the trade-offs honestly before you commit.
Every panel replacement is covered by The Metro Promise — lifetime workmanship on the install plus a 90-day make-it-right guarantee. The Amarr, C.H.I., or Wayne Dalton manufacturer warranty on the panel itself passes through to you. If something we installed isn't right, we come back.
Which is the good news. Most damage hits one or two sections (almost always the bottom), and those sections can be swapped without replacing the whole door — if the color, gauge, and brand are still in production.
How a sectional door is constructed. A standard residential garage door is 4–5 horizontal sections (panels) stacked and connected by hinges between each section. Each section is typically a steel skin (24-gauge or 25-gauge) with either a hollow back, a vinyl-backed insulation layer, or a full polyurethane-foam core sandwiched between two skins. The bottom section has the rubber weather-seal; the top section has the strut. Damage to one section doesn't compromise the others — the hinges allow each section to be unbolted, lifted out, and replaced independently.
Why the bottom panel is almost always the damaged one. Roughly 70% of panel calls we run in the Atlanta metro are backed-into-by-vehicle damage on the bottom section. The rest split between hail and storm impact (top section, often after a tree-limb strike), water/rust damage on the bottom from poor driveway drainage, and the occasional kid-on-bike or basketball-related dent. Insurance typically covers all of these under your homeowner property-damage clause once the deductible is met.
Match: color, style, gauge, brand. A successful single-panel swap depends on four matches. Brand (Amarr, C.H.I., Wayne Dalton — they don't interchange). Style (raised-panel, flush, ribbed, carriage-house). Gauge (24 vs. 25 vs. insulated). Color (the hardest — manufacturers retire colors every 5–10 years). On a door under 10 years old in an in-production color, all four match cleanly and the replaced section is invisible from the curb. On older doors, the cosmetic compromise is the conversation: accept a slight variance, repaint the whole door, or jump to a full door replacement.
When a full door replacement is the better call. Honest math: if three or more panels are damaged, or the damage is on a 12+ year old door, or the original color is discontinued and a perfect match isn't available, the cost of multi-panel replacement plus labor often gets close enough to a full new door that the new door wins on value — and you'd otherwise be installing new panels onto an aging door with old hinges, old rollers, and old hardware. We model both options in writing on the assessment so you can see the math, not just take our word for it.
Our process. Visit one (assessment): on-site walk-around, damage photos for insurance, weight check, model and color verification, written estimate with both single-panel and full-door options. Visit two (install, after the panel arrives): unhitch the door from the opener, remove the affected section by unbolting hinges from the sections above and below, lift in the new panel, re-bolt hinges, replace any damaged rollers in that section, re-attach the opener, balance-check, and demonstrate. From arrival to handoff on the install visit: typically 60–90 minutes single-panel, 2–3 hours multi-panel.
If any of these match your door right now, leave it as-is and call (770) 526-1214 — we'll come out, photograph the damage for your insurance, and write up an itemized estimate with both single-panel and full-door options before anything is ordered.
Bumper or trailer hitch into the bottom section is the single most common cause we see. If the door still operates, you can use it carefully — but a creased steel skin will keep weakening, and a punctured panel breaks the weather seal. Get it photographed for insurance now, ordered, and swapped before water and pests find the gap.
North Atlanta storms (especially the spring and late-summer hail seasons) and the occasional tree-limb strike most often hit the top section, which is the only one fully exposed when the door is closed. We provide damage photos and an itemized estimate formatted for your homeowner adjuster — bring it in for the claim, then we order and install once the panel is approved.
Driveways that pitch toward the garage, missing or torn weather seals, and salt residue (rare in Atlanta but real after winter storms) push moisture against the bottom section. Once the steel skin rusts through, the panel has to be replaced — repainting only buys cosmetic months. We swap the section, install a fresh weather seal, and check the threshold drainage so it doesn't repeat.
A panel hit usually scuffs adjacent rollers, bends a hinge, or rips the bottom weather seal. While we're on-site for the panel assessment, we'll quote anything else worth catching in the same visit — your call on what to approve.
If three or more panels are damaged, the door is 12+ years old, or the original color is discontinued, a full new door often comes within a few hundred dollars of multi-panel work — and resets every component.
Bumper impacts often scuff the rollers in the affected section. While we have the panel out, swapping in nylon high-cycle rollers takes minutes and quiets the whole door.
Springs, cables, rollers, panels, openers — all repairs we handle, all in one place.
Hard impacts can stress the lift cables on the affected side, especially if the door was operated after the hit. Worth a check whenever a panel comes out.
22-point inspection catches weather-seal failure, hinge fatigue, and rust starting on the bottom section before it becomes a panel-replacement bill.
GreenSky financing through Synovus Bank. 0% APR options available on qualifying installations — useful if you're crossing into multi-panel or full-door territory.
Background reading on garage door mechanics from our team's field notes.
We match every panel to the existing door's brand, color, gauge, and style. Every job is photographed for your records and the insurance file.
When Metro answers the phone, a Metro tech shows up. Never a subcontractor. Trained in our Douglasville shop on color matching, manufacturer model identification, and section installation. W-2 employees in branded Metro trucks.
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Panel pricing varies by door brand, color, gauge, and whether the section is insulated — so we don't publish a flat rate. What we guarantee: a written estimate (with both single-panel and full-door options) before any panel is ordered, parts and labor itemized in a format your adjuster can read, and the install backed for life.
Single-panel option, multi-panel option, and full-door option priced side by side before any panel is ordered. The number on your written estimate is the number on your invoice.
Every Metro technician is a W-2 employee. Never a subcontractor. Trained in our Douglasville shop on color matching, manufacturer model identification, and section installation. Branded trucks. The name on the door matches the name on the paycheck.
Lifetime workmanship on the install + 90-day make-it-right. If something we installed isn't right, we come back. The Amarr, C.H.I., or Wayne Dalton manufacturer warranty on the panel itself passes through.
What you see is what you pay — same price across the metro, backed for life.
"My wife backed into the bottom panel and we needed insurance to cover it. Brandon came out the same week, photographed the damage from every angle, and emailed us a written estimate that our State Farm adjuster accepted with zero pushback. The new panel arrived in five days, install was 90 minutes, color is a perfect match. Couldn't have been easier."
"Hail storm dimpled the top section of our 8-year-old door. Metro had the model and color matched in one visit, and Jake gave us the math on single-panel vs. full-door honestly — single panel was the right call for us. Filed the claim with the photos he provided. New section in about a week, looks like nothing ever happened."
"Two of our four panels were dented from a fallen tree limb. Metro showed up, walked us through both options on paper — patch the two panels or replace the whole door. Once labor was added in the full door came out very close to the multi-panel option, so we went new. They didn't push, they just laid out the math. Door installed two weeks later, perfect."
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 →
West and South Atlanta calls dispatch from our Douglasville HQ; intown East Atlanta + Buckhead + Brookhaven calls dispatch from our Alpharetta location. Closest crew, closest truck, same standard.
Outside our Phase 1 cities? Call (770) 526-1214 — we serve 100+ Atlanta-metro neighborhoods.
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