Garage Door Services in Wilshire Square, Santa Ana

Wilshire Square is a City of Santa Ana recognized neighborhood of more than 600 homes south of downtown. Its first lots went on sale in the early 1920s with sidewalks, utilities and thousands of street trees, and building continued through the 1930s and 1940s, with a postwar phase of ranch homes. Tudor, Spanish Colonial, Mediterranean and Craftsman designs predominate, along streets lined with sycamore, jacaranda, cedar, deodar and palm.

Wilshire Square is not on the National Register and is not one of the city's designated historic districts, so no district Certificate of Appropriateness applies, but individual homes can be on the Santa Ana historic register. Any individual property in Santa Ana can be on the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties, and changes to a registered property must meet the Secretary of the Interior's Standards and need a Certificate of Appropriateness, so an older address is worth checking with the Planning Division at 714-647-5804 or HistoricPreservation@santa-ana.org before ordering. On a period home, a carriage-house faced sectional door usually suits the architecture, and those doors weigh more than they look, so springs are sized to the actual door.

The phase of the house tells you the garage. The 1920s and 1930s homes have some of the smallest and least standard openings in the city: detached garages at the back of the lot, alley access, single-car widths and original doors. Older detached garages often have narrow openings built for much smaller cars, low headroom, old framing and no opener or power, so adding an opener includes electrical work, and the framing is checked before a heavier door is hung. Where an original door survives, repair or a faithful replica is usually the best route, since panels for original profiles are not made. One-piece tilt-up doors still survive on some homes; they swing out as they lift, so changing to a sectional is a design decision rather than a swap. Wood doors gain and lose weight with moisture, throwing them out of balance and wearing out openers. Postwar homes have wider attached garages. The thick tree canopy drops leaves into tracks and onto sensors. Urgent Garage Doors answers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with a 30 to 60 minute response, carries common springs on the truck, and gives a written price before work begins. Residential openers installed since July 1 2019 must have battery backup under SB 969. We work under California license CSLB #1055150, classification C-61/D-28. Call (949) 529-7743.