Rutherford County · about 32 min from Arno Road
Garage door repair in Murfreesboro, TN Where Clay went to college.
Murfreesboro has more than tripled since 1990, so most of its garage doors date from the 2000s and 2010s. We repair storm damage, springs and openers there and hang new doors, about 32 minutes from our base.
Quickest is a call: (615) 810-6415
April 10, 2009
That day an EF4 tornado tore along the edge of Murfreesboro, killing two people, injuring 41 and destroying 117 homes. After a storm like that, the first thing most homeowners want to know is whether insurance pays for the garage door.
Usually it does, and the order of operations is simple. Call your agent and get an adjuster scheduled. We’ll write a free estimate for repairing the damaged parts and another for replacing the whole door, and the adjuster works from those. Once the claim is approved, we do the work, you pay us at the time of service, and you send the paid invoice to your insurer for reimbursement. Ask them up front how long that tends to take.
How fast has Murfreesboro grown?
It more than tripled in thirty years. The city had 44,922 people in 1990, 108,755 in 2010 and 152,769 in 2020. Census estimates for 2024 put 30% of its homes in the 2010s, 24% in the 2000s, 13% in the 1990s, 11% in the 1980s and 7% since 2020.
That puts the typical Murfreesboro garage door at somewhere between seven and twenty-six years old. The door itself often has years left. What fails first is the hardware: a spring snaps, a cable frays and jumps off its drum, an opener’s circuit board quits after a lightning storm. Those are all repairs, and we walk through each one on our garage door repair page.
Clay’s years at MTSU
Murfreesboro isn’t a strange town to us. Clay went to Middle Tennessee State University here after high school, and in 2020 he and his father became co-owners, with Clay handling the daily work. He grew up helping his father on jobs, so he arrived on campus already knowing his way around a garage door. You can read more about him and Chad on the About page.
Beyond the campus, the city’s best-known places are Stones River National Battlefield and Cannonsburgh Village. We drive in from College Grove, about 22 miles and roughly 32 minutes without traffic, into Rutherford County.
What about a door that’s simply old?
The 11% of Murfreesboro homes from the 1980s are another matter. A door that age, if it’s original, may have panels that can no longer be matched and no insulation at all. When repairs stop making sense, garage door replacement lays out the choices, from insulated steel to wood.
A dented panel on a door that age, from a car or a ball or a hailstorm, can still often be straightened and strutted to buy time while you decide. That’s cheaper than either replacing the panel or the door.
Answers
Murfreesboro garage door questions
How does an insurance claim for a storm-damaged garage door work in Murfreesboro?
Call your agent and have an adjuster look first. We’ll write a free estimate to repair the damaged parts and another to replace the door, and the adjuster decides. You pay us when the work is done, then send the paid invoice to your insurer, who reimburses you for the covered amount.
In what decade were most Murfreesboro homes built?
The 2010s, at about 30%, followed by the 2000s at 24%, according to Census estimates for 2024. Another 13% are from the 1990s and 11% from the 1980s. So the typical Murfreesboro garage door is under twenty-six years old, and its springs and opener usually give out before the panels do.
Did Clay Caro go to school in Murfreesboro?
Yes. Clay, who co-owns Kingdom Doors with his father Chad, studied at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro. He grew up helping on his father’s jobs, became co-owner in 2020, and now drives in from College Grove, about 32 minutes away, to work in the city where he studied.
What usually breaks on a 2000s garage door in Murfreesboro?
The hardware, long before the door. On a Murfreesboro house from the 2000s, expect a torsion spring to snap, a cable to fray off its drum, or an opener’s circuit board to fail after a lightning strike. Each is a repair, and lightning damage to an opener is usually covered by homeowner’s insurance.