Garage door technicians across Austin and the towns on every side of it

Home base is Austin itself, every zip from the river to the far north and south ends. The suburbs along I-35, US 183, MoPac and US 290 each get their own page because the doors, the builders and the permit offices differ from town to town.

Quiet Austin neighbourhood street lined with one-story brick and limestone homes, each with a two-car garage door, live oaks and crepe myrtles along the curb

Inside the City of Austin

Every part of the city is covered. That means the 1950s and 60s ranch homes of Allandale, Crestview and Brentwood with their original wood doors and extension springs; the 70s and 80s brick homes of Northwest Hills, Great Hills and Oak Hill; the 90s and 2000s subdivisions along Slaughter Lane, Circle C, Avery Ranch and the Parmer corridor; and the newer builds in Mueller, Easton Park and the far southeast. Inside the city limits one rule is simple: the City's Development Services list of permit-exempt work includes replacing or installing an overhead garage door on a one- or two-family home or townhouse up to three stories.

Downtown, East Austin and Mueller
Allandale, Crestview and Brentwood
Hyde Park and North Loop
Northwest Hills and Great Hills
The Parmer and Tech Ridge corridor
Oak Hill and Westlake edge
Travis Heights and Bouldin
Circle C, Shady Hollow and Slaughter Lane
Southpark Meadows and Onion Creek
Easton Park and Del Valle edge
Barton Hills and Zilker
Windsor Park and University Hills

South Austin has its own page →

Town by town

Curving subdivision street of newer two-story stone-and-stucco homes with front-facing two-car garage doors in the northern Austin suburbs, bright Texas sky and young trees

Round Rock

Three waves of builder doors along I-35 and SH 45, most of them past their first spring. Williamson County, with a corner in Travis.

Round Rock →

Freshly installed charcoal insulated steel garage door with a row of square windows on a white limestone one-story home in Austin, Texas, standing-seam metal roof above

Cedar Park

Avery Ranch, Buttercup Creek and the 183A corridor: tall two-story homes, 8-foot doors and openers that have seen a decade of heat.

Cedar Park →

Garage door technician on a step ladder winding a torsion spring above the open two-car garage of a limestone-and-brick one-story home in Austin, Texas, a white service van in the driveway and a live oak shading the street

Georgetown

Sun City's golf-cart doors and high cycle counts on one side of town, the historic square and the newer Wolf Ranch builds on the other.

Georgetown →

Technician with the cover off a ceiling-mounted chain-drive garage door opener, replacing the green logic board with a screwdriver, work light clipped to the rail

Pflugerville

Fast-grown subdivisions off SH 130 and the Wells Branch edge, with a lot of same-age openers reaching the end of their boards together.

Pflugerville →

South Austin

78745 and 78748, Circle C, Shady Hollow and the Slaughter Lane corridor: inside the city, so the City's permit exemption applies.

South Austin →

A west-facing steel garage door in full Texas afternoon sun, heat shimmer rising off the driveway, the house's limestone wall and a faded thermometer on the garage trim

Dripping Springs

Hays County, Belterra and the acreage lots off 290 West: dust, long driveways and doors wide enough for a trailer.

Dripping Springs →

Gloved hands applying lubricant to a nylon roller and hinge on a galvanized garage door track during a tune-up, a rag and spray can resting on the step ladder

Leander

Crystal Falls, Travisso and the neighbourhoods around the rail station, among the youngest door inventories in the metro.

Leander →

Tan steel garage door with its bottom section buckled inward where a bumper hit it, on a two-story brick home with a stone-trimmed entry in a Central Texas subdivision

Bastrop

East of Austin on SH 71, in Bastrop County: Tahitian Village, the Colony, sandy soil and a lot of rebuilt homes with doors of the same vintage.

Bastrop →

Who makes the rules where you live

The question we get after "how much" is "do I need a permit". The honest answer depends on the address. Inside Austin, a door swap on a one- or two-family home is on the City's exempt list; repairs and opener installs aren't named either way, so ask the City if you want certainty. Everywhere else, the town or the county decides, and the technician will tell you to call that building department rather than guess for you.

Town	County	Whose rules	Our page
Austin	Travis (parts in Williamson and Hays)	City of Austin Development Services; door swap on a home is permit-exempt	Permit guide
Round Rock	Williamson (a corner in Travis)	City of Round Rock building department; ask before a new door	Round Rock
Cedar Park	Williamson (a sliver in Travis)	City of Cedar Park; ask before a new door	Cedar Park
Georgetown	Williamson	City of Georgetown; Sun City's own architectural rules on top	Georgetown
Pflugerville	Travis (parts in Williamson)	City of Pflugerville; ask before a new door	Pflugerville
South Austin	Travis	City of Austin; the exemption applies	South Austin
Dripping Springs	Hays	City of Dripping Springs inside the limits, Hays County outside them	Dripping Springs
Leander	Williamson (parts in Travis)	City of Leander; ask before a new door	Leander
Bastrop	Bastrop	City of Bastrop inside the limits, Bastrop County outside	Bastrop

Somewhere in between? Buda, Kyle, Hutto, Manor, Lakeway, Bee Cave and Elgin sit between the towns above. Call and say where you are; you'll get a plain yes or no on whether a technician can be there today.