# Garage door repair in Denton, MD > Denton's Pattern Book recommends single-width garage doors up to 8 feet wide, in paneled styles that suit the house. Page: https://www.bluehengaragedoors.com/denton-maryland Blue Hen Garage Doors repairs and installs garage doors in Denton, the Caroline County seat on the Choptank River, and on the farms around it. That means broken springs and cables, openers and photo eyes, bottom seals, doors off track and new steel or aluminum doors, Haas included. Call (302) 735-0046, Monday to Friday, 8am to 4:30pm. Denton was established in 1781 as Eden Town and incorporated in 1802. Census figures from 2010 in the town's 2020 comprehensive plan put 20 percent of its homes at 1939 or earlier and 57 percent before 1970, and then came a burst: 588 homes went up from 2000 through 2020, about 50 a year until 2010 and eight a year after. - County: Caroline County, Maryland - ZIP codes: 21629 - Permits: Town of Denton Planning and Codes (https://dentonmaryland.com/departments/planning-codes/applications-permits/). Planning and Codes at 4 North Second Street issues building permits and handles inspections inside town limits, and work in the Denton Historic District needs a certificate of approval first. Ask at (410) 479-3625 before replacing a door. ## Denton homes, from alley garages to the streets east of MD-404 Denton's first neighborhoods run between Third Street and Fifth Avenue and from High Street to Franklin Street, on lots mostly 45 to 55 feet wide. The town's Pattern Book says garages there are infrequent and, when present, sit at the rear of the lot off an alley. On Fifth Avenue, home to the most stately houses, driveways on corner and other wider lots lead back to outbuildings. For garages anywhere in town, the book recommends single-width doors up to 8 feet wide in paneled styles that match the house, and says large double-width doors are out of scale with Denton houses. The older blocks lie west of MD-404. East of it are newer developments such as Savannah Overlook and Mallard Landing, and the plan lists lots still open in platted subdivisions such as Fearins Crossing and Parkview Estates. Town-wide, home building peaked in 2006, so doors from that wave have close to 20 years of daily lifts on their springs. About 70 percent of Denton's homes are single-family detached, by the plan's count of state tax records. ## The tidal Choptank, a small floodplain and the 1995 tornado The Choptank is tidal at Denton. The town's plan says the water quality garden at Crouse Park takes in river water daily, and Crouse Park Lane closes about six times a year for four to five hours when the wind holds the tide in at the boat ramp. The mapped 100-year floodplain is small, about 161 acres holding 29 structures, among them 16 detached homes, mostly southeast of town off Sunset Drive and South Second Street. Wind is the other concern. On May 18, 1995, an F2 tornado crossed from near Cordova in Talbot County, destroying two chicken houses and a two-story barn, and lifted in Martinak State Park just south of Denton after snapping more than 100 trees. On the barns and sheds around Denton, solid struts and track brackets help a wide door ride out a gust. ## Services - [Pole barn garage doors](https://www.bluehengaragedoors.com/pole-barn-garage-doors): Caroline County farms held more than 11 million broilers at the end of 2022, and livestock and poultry bring in nearly three-quarters of farm sales. For a heated farm shop near Denton, insulated Haas doors are rated by third-party tested U-factor, down to 0.081, where lower is better. - [New garage door installation](https://www.bluehengaragedoors.com/garage-door-installation): For an in-town house, Denton's Pattern Book favors a single-width paneled door up to 8 feet wide over a big double door. Inside the Denton Historic District, the Historic and Architectural Review Commission, or Planning and Codes staff for some in-kind work, must approve the project before the building permit. - [Garage door spring repair](https://www.bluehengaragedoors.com/garage-door-spring-repair): Denton added about 50 homes a year in the 2000s, peaking in 2006, so springs on those original doors have carried close to 20 years of lifts. If one snaps, keep the door closed and call; we fit a spring sized to the door's weight and check the balance. - [Garage door seal replacement](https://www.bluehengaragedoors.com/garage-door-seal-replacement): On the low lots off Sunset Drive and South Second Street, a worn bottom seal is the first thing to let in water and debris. We replace bottom seals and weatherstripping and look over the bottom brackets and rollers for rust at the same visit. ## Neighborhoods and nearby areas Denton Historic District, Fifth Avenue, South Second Street, Camp Road, West Denton, Savannah Overlook, Mallard Landing, Fearins Crossing, Parkview Estates ## Questions ### Who issues building permits in Denton? The town does. Denton's Planning and Codes department at 4 North Second Street issues permits and runs building inspections, which you book with 36 hours' notice at (410) 479-3625. Its permit form covers accessory buildings, exterior work and rehab, and has a box for historical review. Electrical and plumbing contractors pull their own town permits and call the Middle Department Inspection Agency for those inspections. ### What garage door style does Denton's Pattern Book recommend? Single-width, paneled doors. The Pattern Book recommends single garage doors up to 8 feet wide in paneled styles that suit the house, and says large double-width doors are not in keeping with the scale of Denton houses. If you add an attached garage, it suggests one car wide, set back from the front of the house. In the historic district, along Market Street from First to Ninth Street, the review commission approves exterior work. ### Is my garage in Denton's floodplain? Probably not, unless you live near the river southeast of town. The 2020 plan counts about 161 acres of 100-year floodplain in Denton, with 16 detached homes in it, most off Sunset Drive and South Second Street. If your garage sits low near the Choptank, check the address on FEMA's flood map before replacing the door, and keep any flood vents in its walls clear. ## Contact Blue Hen Garage Doors, 110 Lafferty Ln, Suite F, Dover, DE 19901. Phone (302) 735-0046. Email Dalton@bluehengaragedoors.com. Office hours: Monday to Friday, 8am to 4:30pm.