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Lester's Garage Doors Lester's Garage Doors was the first full-time specialty garage door company in Gainesville. We were founded in 1969 by Don Lester, at the request of the Gainesville builders, with the help of God and some dear friends. In the early days, Don and two of his growing sons, Steve and Richard Lester installed the garage doors out of the family station wagon, after school and on weekends. Each of his six children worked for Lester's Garage Doors, but Richard Lester and Janet Hoeft remained throughout all the years.
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When you call Lester's Garage Doors you can expect to receive excellent customer service from the first phone call to the completion of your job! Our staff and field technicians will treat you with fairness & respect at every encounter. Meet the best staff in the state! Fun Facts: At 10 years old, in 2005, I recall Eddie, Lester's owner, at my childhood home repairing my opener. Favorite Quote: Many men go fishing all their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after.
You can also check us out on GainesvilleWordOfMouth.com, YELP.com, or just ask your neighbor! Lester's did an amazing job at replacing our garage door which was old and stopped opening. It was stuck closed and started buckling outwardly. Our new one is so smooth and quiet. It looks great! Eddie was absolutely fantastic to work with and very professional.
Pay / Benefits: Starting rate of $19/hr. Some benefits and matching funds retirement plan (SIMPLE IRA) available after trial-period. Think you might be interested in joining our team? I herby agree that my data entered in the contact form will be stored electronically, and will be processed and used for the purpose of establishing contact. I am aware that I can revoke my consent at any time.
Lester's Garage Doors offers a variety of high quality garage doors & garage door openers. Check out our product offerings below, and call or email us when you're ready for an estimate. Before and after business hours, please call 352-372-6479 and follow the prompts, or send us an email.
Reviews (22)
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Bobby Barber
Mar 21, 2022
My first time using Lester's Garage Door. I was very impressed with the prompt reply from my initial inquiry. After setting up an appointment time I received a phone call from Bobby letting me know he was on the way. I live out of the Gainesville area and the out of town charges were explained to me in advance. Bobby arrived, he was very courteous from the start, and worked quickly and efficiently in the time he was here. Will definitely use this company again!
Donna Dyer
Feb 25, 2022
Have used Lester's for several years. They have installed a new opener and provided annual maintenance. Timely, friendly, knowledgeable. Very pleased; recommend highly.
Ms. Sun
Feb 19, 2022
My garage door spring broke. I called Lester's on Monday afternoon and Mark scheduled Wednesday afternoon. Bobby texted me on Wednesday morning to confirm his coming in the afternoon. He also texted me 15 minutes before he came to my house. He is very professional and skillful. It took him only 15-20 minutes to replace a new spring. I am so happy that I called Lester's. Thank you Bobby!
Craig Carty
Jan 14, 2022
Sadly they were much more interested in selling me a new door than replacing the spring that broke. I was quickly handed a brochure for a $3400 new door. I was also given some double talk about getting approval from the office to do the repair because of some tiny crack that had been there for over 15 years. I was then told the office denied doing the repair work.

When I later called the office there was NO record of such a request or call and the owner acted confused. They were all very nice and all that, but the whole thing was a very bad experience. I was also told something about a permit, however, there is no permit needed to replace a spring. I guess if you are looking for a sales call vs. a repair job and want to waste your time, then make the call. I was able to find another company to do the repair, for a lower cost. I don't like giving a bad review but felt this was needed.
Clayton Salome
Jan 11, 2022
Everyone from Mark, the Service Manager to Bobby our technician were amazing. Easy to schedule a service call. Bobby texted me the day of to let me know roughly the time he would arrive to my property and he actually was able to arrive early. I explained what I was hearing and seeing and he advised me on what it could be. He replaced to weather strips on both garage doors and advised me about the springs. This is a great company, professional, polite and everything in between. I will definitely call them whenever I need work on my garage doors.
Chris
Dec 22, 2021
Bobby came by to look at my old garage door. He thought it would have to be replaced because it looked like it was in rough shape. He got it back into working condition and then did some additional adjustments on it and now it works better than ever. Great service. Highly recommend this team.
Ken Duffield
Apr 10, 2021
I needed a broken spring replaced on my 11 year old garage door. I selected Lester's because of their excellent reviews. They earned one more from me. My call was returned promptly and service was scheduled for the next day. Bobbie showed up when he said he would, did the work quickly and professionally. The door has never worked as smoothly. Price was fair. Very good experience.
Bruce Jacob
Apr 08, 2021
I can't say enough good things about the company and our experience with everyone within it. I will start with - We did get extremely lucky with our door! We had our door installed in a week from when we ordered because of some rare and luck of the draw circumstances in our favor. From start to finish- easiest and best experience we've had with a company.

Our garage door was old and installed, let's just say differently. I called on a friday, sent some photos and measurements of our old door thru text. Said they would send me some door previews on Monday. We had the weekend to look online and build a door, so it made our process easier. Without us asking, the door estimate and preview photos were sent Mon morning just as they said they would.

They came out to the house the next day(Tues). to look over everything and make sure everything would be ordered correctly. Took our order on the spot. Lester's then contacted us on Wed. to let us know of the circumstances, and that our door could be installed the following Mon. The confidence they had in making sure our new door was going to be correct, work like it should and look nice, was a huge help.

And then they backed it up! Our installer Cameron made our door look and function great. Which is most certainly why I'm writing this. The new door is great. We will be recommending Lester's to everyone. Thank you so much Lester's Garage Doors!
Rick P.
Feb 13, 2021
The garage door installer arrived on time with a phone call a few minutes before. He removed the old door and installed the new one in about 2 hrs including the remote key pad. He was very personable but concentrated on the work to be done. He explained the permit procedure before leaving. Great job! He even provided me with the low can of lubricant to use in the future! Thanks for a job well done!
Dennis B.
Dec 03, 2020
Repair person arrived on time. Promptly fixed spring on garage door. Lubricated parts. Cleaned up when finished. Wore mask throughout. Great job. Highly recommend!
Pele W.
Jan 14, 2020
Out of the blue one afternoon my wife and I heard a loud THUMP that reverberated throughout the house. I went out and saw no fallen tree branch or anything else that could've caused such a noise, but then I tried opening the garage door and noticed the opener seized up after lifting it about a foot off the ground. Did some googling and discovered that the torsion spring (assists in opening and closing) above the door had snapped. Called Lester's as they'd last worked on our garage almost a decade ago when we replaced the original door that came with the house.

They accommodated our request for early one morning ASAP. Nick arrived and rapidly replaced the spring and also lubed up the door hinges to help the opener have an easier time. The only hassle was my own fault as I had to scramble to clear the clutter around the door so he could work. Door's fixed, all is well. Would definitely recommend!
S. B.
Dec 20, 2019
Lester's was recommended to me and I'm glad to have done business with them. Never a good time for a garage door to break. Spoke with Mark, Nick came out and our garage was back in service. Courteous and very efficient. Great experience!
William D.
Aug 30, 2019
So our double garage door spring broke Sunday and the door buckled. Called Lester's on Monday morning and they not only gave me a quote from a photo I texted but the owner came by and got our vehicle out. Two days later we had a new garage door. Very courteous and efficient employees too. We were so impressed we had them replace the single garage door also.
Dr. A.
Jun 21, 2019
Verified client. Had garage door springs replaced today. Mark arrived well within the house call time window, and efficiently performed the repair at a reasonable price. I would gladly use Lester's again and recommend.
Julianne E.
Dec 21, 2018
I had a great experience with Lester's garage doors I highly recommend them to anybody who needs a repair in their garage door in a timely manner they were very professional and the price was great.
Jos Esse
Apr 12, 2018
We needed to replace the garage door at short notice and it looked like we might have to wait for 2 weeks to get it replaced. Then an acquaintance sent us Eddie's number so we called him. He was able to determine the specifications needed for the door from the pictures he asked me to send to him. He sent the estimates and all the information needed for us to make a decision.

He came by on Monday morning, and we had a beautiful, working garage door the next day. Eddie is very professional, courteous and personable. He listens to what the customer wants, makes suggestions, and works with the customer's schedule. Ed Drevermann, Eddie's coworker assigned to do the work was also very friendly and professional. He tidied up after him and we now have a garage that is sturdier, opens quietly, and neatly installed. I would recommend Eddie anytime.
Andy H.
Feb 13, 2018
I called Lester's Garage Doors after hours on a Thursday and received a call back promptly the next morning at 7am. An appointment was set the following Monday to add a brace to the upper panel of a garage door that sagged badly when opened. Lester's Garage Doors is courteous and professional. Received a call Monday 7am to remind of that day's appointment and received another call from the service technician in the early afternoon before he departed for our home.

The technician arrived with the needed hardware, and the job was done inside 30 minutes. The savings in time and worry was well worth what I paid for the job. I highly recommend Lester's Garage Doors and would use them again any time!
Ryan C.
Apr 08, 2017
Excellent service, professional work, and flexibility working around my schedule. After a poor-quality installation from a big box store, they were able to jump in and get everything perfect for a fair price.
Peeico P.
May 05, 2016
If you are having troubles with your garage door opener and are even marginally handy, do not call these people, unless you like tossing away $80 a pop. All you need is a ladder, a couple screw drivers and the willingness to spend 15-20 mins on the phone trouble shooting with the manufacturer. I made the mistake of calling Lester 's 1st because of the glowing online reviews.

Their tech showed up 30 mins late, no apology, and had a bad attitude. The guy couldn't even bother ringing the door bell. He calls me on the phone to tell me "he is waiting in my driveway." WT Hell! Nice person I am I let him in, should have sent him home right there and then, and proceeds to test the capacitor and motor. Tells me is the motor and calls the manufacturer on "my behalf", hangs up and tells me "I need to call them myself and to call his shop again to make an appointment to install the new unit, for another $40, when I get one in." Pow! 20 minutes, $80 bucks. Nice. Turns out Genie doesn't trust these guys and "prefers for the owner to call and troubleshoot the unit themselves." I ended up doing just that and determined the motor was still under warranty (love Genie), and they would send me a replacement unit.

My cost, $ 15 for shipping. They also said to call them back so they could walk me through the installation. Four days later I get the replacement unit, it even came with a new wall opener and called them up. 30 mins later it all works like a charm. Total time spent, 1 hour. They even coached me through reprogramming the outside keypad. Moral of the story, call the manufacturer first. You'll save money, spare yourself the attitude/agravation and will learn something new.
B.
Aug 10, 2015
Called to have them replace a panel and beam on my garage door. Very quickly and thoroughly diagnosed what was needed and fixed the door quickly. Price was good. I highly recommend these guys.
Lori J.
Nov 13, 2014
I just had Lester's Garage Doors out to replace our old doors and install new garage door openers. Eddie and Ed did a fantastic job start to finish. This is the kind of company that really goes above and beyond. Our old garage doors were a mess, the sensors barely worked. Eddie had the sensors replaced right away, so our door would function, while we waited for our new doors to come in after ordering.

They even made sure my car's opener worked with the new opener before they left. I cannot say enough good things about them. They really know what they are doing, and get the job done right. I highly recommend this company.
Gator D.
Aug 08, 2014
Fix our garage door! We were trapped when the main coil snapped. Almost pulled my back trying to lift it on my own. Called to have it repaired and they showed up within an hour! Mark was here early, did the job in lightning speed and even helped tighten up and lube up our current door. I didn't even know our garage door could sound so quiet! He even helped us track down the correct weather strip for our door and walked me through how to do it myself if I wanted to.

He found some other things on the door that could use improvement and did that at no extra cost. He went ABOVE AND BEYOND what we asked him to do. It was so good of a service that my wife and I dug through the house to find enough dollar bills to give him a tip. I've never been so delighted after any service. it was that good! Would certainly use them again and would specifically ask for Mark!