The first thing you have to consider when you are going to replace your garage door rollers is the type of garage door that you have. If you have just a basic steel residential garage door 7 foot high then you going to require about 10 rollers or could be 12 rollers. if you have a wood garage door that has 5 panels there’s an extra two rollers there so you have to consider first how many rollers that you will need to determine a cost range. Garage door rollers typically come in a bag of 10. This kind of garage door application with 10 to 12 rulers should not cost you any more than $150 including parts and labor. If you have a 7 foot high door and it is a Carriage house custom wood garage door that is much heavier than your basic residential door then you will need a little bit sturdier roller that can handle the extra weight this might cost you a few extra dollars but not much.

commercial grade engineering and manufacture

If you live on a farm or ranch and have one or several storage buildings for farm equipment or animals that uses an overhead sectional rollup garage door and is sometimes 10 to 20 feet high then what you would want to do is count the rollers that you have now and be prepared to pay about 200 to 250 dollars including parts and labor. This would also apply to a commercial garage door in the same way because a garage door on a farm or ranch that is that tall and wide would most likely be of a commercial grade engineering and manufacture. Also sometimes you can find a solid one piece garage door that has track and two rollers on the top left and right hand side of the garage door this type of one piece flip of door with track and rollers at the top is used for low headroom applications and they are still out there and is only two rollers required for this application so the Cost should be no more than 75 to 100 dollars including parts and labor. When you have to replace the rollers on your garage door the best thing to do is to communicate with your garage door company that is doing the work that you would like to get the best roller that you can for your garage door application to ensure years of functionality without any major roller issues. The rollers on a garage door are absolutely the most important moving part of the garage door because it will not function without the rollers in any way it will function without other parts working or being broken but if it doesn’t have rollers properly rolling in the track it does not open or close it just simply does not work. When you have rollers installed make sure that the garage door tech properly lubes the rollers when he installs them and then you would need to lubricate them at least once a year after that to make sure they have proper lubrication. If you live in coastal regions where there is a lot of salt air then you would want to lubricate your rollers and track at least 3 to 4 times a year to stop any rusting.

quality garage door roller

A good quality garage door roller will have ball bearings engineered into them plastic wheel rollers they work just fine but they do deteriorate a lot faster and can break apart in some case. The plastic wheel rollers and the rollers with ball bearings that have nylon treads will also wear a lot faster than a garage door roller with a steel tread or wheel. The rollers with the steel wheel or tread will last longer than a roller with a plastic wheel or nylon tread because the metal does not wear off the radius of the wheel like the nylon or plastic wheels do because metal on Plastic ware is faster than metal on metal. Also if you were going to replace the rollers you should ask your garage door company that works on your garage door how much for a door tune-up because a door tune-up usually comes with a set of rollers and you can also replace other important part’s like cables.