7-TIME TIMES NEWS READER'S CHOICE BEST GARAGE DOOR COMPANY
The Times News is printed in Lehighton. Every year, Times News readers vote for the best local businesses in Carbon County — and for seven years in a row, they have voted Palmerton Garage Door II LLC the best garage door company. The readers voting are largely Lehighton homeowners. The company they keep choosing is five miles up the road in Palmerton. That is not an accident.
Ryan Bruch has been working in Lehighton since before the current housing stock on the Mahoning Valley corridor was built. The neighborhoods along North 1st Street and the older sections backing the Mahoning Creek are full of 1950s–1980s construction, and a lot of those original torsion springs have been running continuously for 40-plus years. At that age, a spring failure is not an if — it is a when, usually on the coldest morning of the year. Five miles is a short run.
What We Do in Lehighton
Broken spring replacement — Lehighton's older housing stock runs both torsion and extension spring setups depending on the era of construction. Extension springs are common on homes backing the creek corridor where garage headroom was tighter in the original build. Both require the right wire gauge and coil count for the door weight — an undersized spring will fail again quickly.
New garage door installation — If you are replacing a door from the 1970s or 1980s, the width and header clearance may differ from modern standard sizes. Ryan measures the opening before ordering anything. Haas Door and Hormann residential doors for insulation, appearance, and durability.
Garage door openers — Replacement and new installation. If the motor is straining on a heavy insulated door, the opener may be undersized for the current door weight — this is a common situation on Lehighton homes where an older lightweight door was replaced with an insulated steel panel without upgrading the opener.
Commercial overhead doors — Lehighton is the county seat; there are commercial properties along the SR 209 corridor and industrial buildings that need overhead door service. We handle commercial accounts.
Why Lehighton Homeowners Call Ryan
Five miles is what separates Ryan's shop in Palmerton from Lehighton. The nearest franchise competitor — Precision Overhead Garage Door — is based in Scranton and has specifically created a Carbon County phone line to target this market. The people answering that phone are not in Carbon County. Ryan is.
The Lehighton Area School District athletic complex on Beaver Run Road has commercial overhead doors. The industrial corridor along Carbon Street has roll-up service doors. And the residential neighborhoods from the old downtown to the newer subdivisions off SR 443 each have their own door profile and service history. A company that has been working here for over 30 years knows the difference.
Practical Info
Permit authority: Lehighton Borough (Carbon County). Structural modifications to garage openings require a building permit through Lehighton Borough. Standard door-for-door replacement on existing openings generally does not.
Distance from shop: About 10 minutes from Palmerton via SR 248.
Phone: (610) 826-2400
Nearby Areas We Also Serve
- Palmerton — 5 miles west
- Jim Thorpe — 9 miles south on SR 209
- Nesquehoning — 11 miles southwest
- Weatherly — 13 miles south on SR 93
Palmerton Garage Door II LLC
3785 Forest Inn Rd · Palmerton, PA 18071
(610) 826-2400 · ryan@palmertongarage.com
Call for hours, or stop by the showroom on Forest Inn Road.