Garage Door Quote Template: A Fill-In Version With Every Line Item Customers Ask About

What a garage door quote template must include

Garage door customers compare on three things: how fast you can come, what the total is, and whether the price is the same one they will see on the invoice. A quote that names the spring size, the cycle rating and the opener model answers the second and third before they are asked. These are the sections that belong on every quote:

1. Customer and job details: name, address, phone, the door size (for example 16x7 double or 9x7 single), door material and whether it is a repair or a replacement.
2. What you found: one or two plain sentences, such as "Left torsion spring broken; rollers worn; cables frayed at the bottom bracket." Attach a photo when you can.
3. Parts, each on its own line: springs (wire size, length, cycle rating, pair or single), cables, rollers (nylon or steel, count), hinges, bottom seal, opener (brand, drive type, horsepower), remotes and keypads.
4. Labor: flat rate per repair type, or hours times your rate, never both on the same line.
5. Service or trip fee and whether it is waived when the customer goes ahead.
6. Haul-away and disposal for replaced doors and openers.
7. Warranty: parts and labor separately, in months or years.
8. Options: good, better, best. On springs that is often a standard spring versus a high-cycle spring with a longer warranty.
9. Terms: deposit for special-order doors, how long the price holds, payment methods, and a line to accept.

The fill-in garage door quote template

Copy this into your estimating app or a document. The bracketed items are what you fill in on site.

[Company name] · [License number if your state requires one] · [Phone]
QUOTE #[number]   Date: [date]   Valid for: [14] days

Customer: [name] · [address] · [mobile]
Door: [width x height], [steel / wood / insulated], [single / double], [opener brand and model]

What we found: [1-2 sentences + photo]

OPTION A: Repair
  Torsion springs, pair, [wire size x length], [10,000]-cycle ..... $[ ]
  Cables, pair ...................................................... $[ ]
  Rollers, [nylon], [10] .......................................... $[ ]
  Labor and safety inspection ...................................... $[ ]
  Service call (waived if you go ahead today) ...................... $[ ]
  Total ............................................................ $[ ]
  Warranty: parts [ ] years, labor [ ] days

OPTION B: Repair with high-cycle springs ([25,000]-cycle) ........... $[ ]
  Warranty: parts [ ] years, labor [ ] days

OPTION C: New door
  [Make, model, color, insulation R-value, windows] ................. $[ ]
  Installation, track and hardware ................................. $[ ]
  Removal and haul-away of old door ................................ $[ ]
  Total ............................................................ $[ ]
  Deposit to order: $[ ] ([50]%)   Lead time: [ ] weeks

To accept: reply YES with A, B or C, or sign below.
Payment: [card / ACH / check] on completion. Deposit non-refundable once ordered.
Signature: ____________________  Date: __________

Worked example: a broken-spring repair quote

These are stated assumptions for a typical double door, not market averages; use your own price book. For reference, This Old House's cost guide (updated June 2025) puts spring replacement for homeowners at roughly $98 to $371 depending on spring type, so check your own numbers against what customers may have read.

Why the spread works: a $70 step from A to B is easy to say yes to when the customer sees "5 years" next to it, and it raises the average ticket without a hard sell. In our experience owners who send two options in writing close more spring calls than those who quote one price out loud and wait.

Five mistakes that cost garage door jobs

• Quoting a range and invoicing the top of it. A customer who heard "$300 to $500" and pays $500 leaves the review about the price, not the repair.
• Leaving the trip fee out. If you charge one, it belongs on the quote with the condition for waiving it.
• One line called "parts." It looks padded. Itemize.
• No expiry date. Door and spring prices move; a quote with no "valid for" line gets accepted months later at old prices.
• Sending it tomorrow. For a stuck door the customer wants an answer today; the company that texts a written quote first usually gets the job. Our free garage door pricing calculator helps you price it on the phone, and how to get garage door leads covers where those calls come from.

Where Unmanually helps

Unmanually is a 24/7 AI Office Manager for garage door companies that you run by voice. The AI Office Manager answers the "my door won't open" call, asks the questions on this template (door size, what broke, opener model), books the visit, and once you say the numbers from the driveway it writes the quote with your options, texts it, and follows up until the customer picks one. See what it does for garage door companies.