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New garage doors and openers for Vance homes near the plant

Moving into a new Vance house, or tired of the builder door already? Vance has grown fast around the Mercedes-Benz plant, and most of our work here is fitting new doors and openers to homes built in the last two decades.

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Straight answer

Vance quadrupled in population between 2000 and 2020, so most garages here are fairly new and the door work leans toward installs and upgrades. If you are replacing a builder door or adding an opener, we measure the opening, check the framing and headroom, and recommend a door and drive that suit how you use the garage.

Vance garages

Early starts, late returns and garages built for two cars

With a large employer right off the interstate, plenty of Vance drivers leave before sunrise or come home late. A garage door that opens at 5 in the morning needs a quiet opener and reliable remotes, and a garage that holds two cars and a workbench needs a door that seals well against summer heat. We install insulated garage doors and belt-drive openers that run quietly when the rest of the house is asleep.

Because so much of Vance was built recently, we also see the first failures on builder hardware: a spring that broke after several years of double daily trips, or a photo eye knocked loose by a trash can. Those are quick fixes, and a lube and safety check is a good habit once a door passes its fifth year.

Installing an insulated two-car garage door on a new Vance home
Insulated doors help garages that share a wall with living space.

Vance facts

How the plant reshaped Vance housing

Vance incorporated in 1972, lies mostly in southeastern Tuscaloosa County and reaches into Bibb County. It grew from 500 residents in 2000 to 2,092 in 2020, and its housing units rose from 592 to 860 between 2010 and 2020. US 11 runs through the center of town, and I-59 serves it at Exit 89 beside the Mercedes-Benz plant. That plant employs about 5,800 people, and Mercedes-Benz plans to invest $4 billion there by 2030, which points to continued building and more new garages to fit.

2,092Residents in 2020, up from 500 in 2000Source
860Vance housing units, 2020Source
5,800People employed at the plantSource
Exit 89I-59 interchange beside the plantSource
Smart opener controls inside a newer Vance garage
Phone control is handy for early starts.

Common questions

Questions from Vance homeowners

New garage door or opener in Vance?

Call any hour, tell us the opening size and what you want the door to do, and we will set up the measure.

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Based out of our Berry service office, we cover Tuscaloosa, Northport and the counties around them. Call any hour and tell us the address; we will say plainly whether it falls inside our area.

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Tuscaloosa, Northport and West Alabama (see the full area)
Head office
2929 Old Norcross Rd, Tucker, GA 30084
Service office
18591 Highway 15 East, Berry, AL 35546
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