Fort Myers Beach garage doors, over the Matanzas
Estero Island is still rebuilding after Ian, when the surge reached 10 to 15 feet above the ground here. A garage door on the island comes with more rules than anywhere else we work, and we know them before we cross the bridge.
ZIP 33931
How the truck gets to Fort Myers Beach
Fort Myers Beach is on Estero Island. The truck crosses the Matanzas Pass Bridge.
Getting onto the island depends on traffic at the Matanzas Pass Bridge and on San Carlos Boulevard, and in winter season that traffic sets the pace more than the distance does.
Dario from Fort Myers Garage Doors N More is heading to Fort Myers Beach in truck 2.
Dario is on the Matanzas Pass Bridge, headed onto the island. Next text when he parks.
The Town, and the 50 percent rule
Fort Myers Beach is its own town with its own permitting office, and a replacement door goes through the Town. The Town also logs repair and improvement costs on each building, even small jobs, because of FEMA's 50 percent rule: in the flood zone, once repairs and improvements add up to half the building's market value, the whole building has to meet current flood rules. Keep the written price and the invoice for every door job. San Carlos Island shares the 33931 ZIP but is unincorporated Lee County, so its permits go through the county.
A garage door is not a flood vent
FEMA doesn't count a garage door as a flood opening, open or closed, because someone has to open it. A garage below flood level can only be used for parking, storage and access. If your door has certified flood vents built in, the replacement needs them too, or the enclosure can fall out of compliance. We look for them before we order a new door.
Shops and restaurants on the island
If you run a restaurant or a shop on the island, a roll-up door that jams at opening time can cost you the day. We repair roll-up doors and commercial sectional doors too, and most of those repairs take 1 to 3 hours on site.
Most-called services here
Tell us what the door is doing
A person answers, day or night. Describe the door or text a photo, and you'll hear what it probably is, how long the fix takes and when a truck can get to you.