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Overhead Door Brand Garage Doors in Denver
Here is the confusion this page exists to clear up. “Overhead door” is a generic term for any upward-acting garage door, and Overhead Door is also a specific manufacturer. When someone tells us they have an overhead door, roughly half the time they mean the brand and half the time they mean the category.
The reason both are true is that this company invented the thing. C.G. Johnson built the first upward-acting sectional door in 1921 and the first electric opener for it in 1926. The product became so dominant that the brand name turned into the word for the category, the way people say kleenex or thermos.
Call (720) 999-5723.
How to tell whether you actually have the brand
Three checks, all of which you can do from inside the garage in about a minute.
Look for the Red Ribbon. The company’s registered mark is a red ribbon device, and it appears on doors and openers built under the brand. On a door it is usually on an end stile or a lower section. On an opener it is on the motor housing.
Check the opener model name. Overhead Door residential openers have carried names like Odyssey, Destiny, Legacy, and Python. If your opener says one of those, you have the brand.
Look at the track and hardware labeling. Manufacturer marks are often stamped on the vertical track or on the spring anchor bracket.
If none of that turns anything up, you likely have a generic sectional door from another manufacturer, and that is completely fine. We service all of them. The distinction only matters for parts sourcing.
The corporate family, which explains a lot
Overhead Door Corporation owns Genie, acquired in 1994, and Wayne Dalton is also part of the corporation.
That matters practically more than it sounds:
- Some opener components cross over between Overhead Door and Genie lines, since they share engineering
- Overhead Door residential openers generally use the Intellicode rolling code system, the same as Genie, not Chamberlain’s Security+. A LiftMaster remote will not operate one
- The corporation distributes through a network of branded distributors as well as independent dealers, so an “Overhead Door Company of [City]” may be a corporate location rather than an independent business
The manufacturer’s site publishes current product lines if you want to compare against what you have.
Servicing older Overhead Door installations
Because the brand has been in the field for a century, we see a wider age range on these than on any other name. That produces a specific set of situations.
Openers without photo-eye sensors. Federal law required entrapment protection sensors on units manufactured after January 1, 1993. We still find pre-1993 Overhead Door openers in Denver garages, and they cannot be brought into compliance because they were not designed to accept sensors. This is the one case where we will tell you plainly that replacement is a safety matter, not a preference. The Door and Access Systems Manufacturers Association covers the requirement.
Discontinued opener boards. On a genuinely old unit, a failed logic board may not be sourceable. We check before quoting rather than after.
Original spring hardware. Springs on a door that old are far past any reasonable cycle rating. If we are already there for something else, it is worth having them assessed. See spring repair, from $159.
Wood doors from earlier eras. Plenty of original wood sectional doors survive in Denver’s older neighborhoods. They are often worth keeping, and they need hardware and spring service sized to their real weight, which is considerably more than a modern steel door.
Track systems that predate current standards. Older track and roller sizing is not always interchangeable with current parts.
Current Overhead Door products
The residential range covers steel, insulated steel, carriage house, and full-view glass, competing directly with Clopay, Amarr, and CHI. The same specification advice applies across all of them: check the steel gauge, prefer bonded polyurethane over polystyrene board, and specify the higher spring cycle rating at installation. Our brand comparison page walks through each.
New door installation starts at $899. Opener replacement runs $499 to $1,200 installed. See installation and replacement and opener replacement.
Frequently asked questions
Is Overhead Door the same as an overhead door?
Both. It is a registered brand and it is also the generic term for any upward-acting door, because the company invented the product in 1921 and the name became the category.
How do I identify my door’s manufacturer?
Check the end stiles, the vertical track, and the spring anchor bracket for a stamp or label, and check the opener’s motor housing for a model name. If you are stuck, call and describe what you see and we can usually narrow it down.
Is Overhead Door the same company as Genie?
Genie is a subsidiary of Overhead Door Corporation, acquired in 1994. Wayne Dalton is part of the same corporation. They operate as separate brands with their own product lines.
Can you get parts for a forty-year-old Overhead Door?
Mechanical hardware, springs, rollers, and cables are standard and readily available. Electronics on very old openers are the constraint, and we check availability before quoting.
Should I replace an old door that still works?
Not automatically. A sound older door with fresh springs and hardware can serve well for years. The exception is an opener without photo-eye sensors, which we will not leave in service.
Overhead Door service in Denver’s established neighborhoods
The oldest doors are in the oldest housing, which is where most of these calls come from: Arvada, Park Hill, Washington Park, and Virginia Village.
For spring work on older installations, see Park Hill, Washington Park, and Highlands and LoHi.
Not sure what you have? Call (720) 999-5723 and describe the label. We can usually tell you over the phone.