# Garage door repair in Felton, DE

> Felton's railroad-era streets, newer subdivisions and nearby farms are a straight run down US-13 from our Dover office.

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Felton sits south of our Dover office by DE-10 and US-13, and Blue Hen Garage Doors repairs and installs garage doors there for houses, farms and pole buildings. A house door with a broken spring and a pole barn that needs a new door are both our kind of job.

Felton was established in 1856 as a whistle stop on the Delaware Railroad and named for Samuel M. Felton, president of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad. It is a small town in farm country: Kent County counted 770 farms on about 187,000 acres in the 2022 Census of Agriculture, and Felton's own zoning map carries layers for agricultural preservation and purchased development rights.

- County: Kent County, Delaware
- ZIP codes: 19943
- Permits: Town of Felton, then Kent County Inspections and Enforcement (https://felton.delaware.gov/building-permits). Felton issues a zoning Compliance Letter, and Kent County issues the official building permit. Call Felton Town Hall at (302) 284-9365 before starting work.

## Felton homes, outbuildings and pole barns

Felton's core is the old rail town. The Felton Historic District takes in 162 contributing buildings put up between 1856 and 1940, in Queen Anne and Delaware vernacular styles, and roughly one in eight Felton homes predates 1940 by Census estimates. On lots that old, a garage door may have been changed or modified more than once, so we weigh the door and size its springs to match rather than trusting the old setup.

Newer housing fills in around the old core. The town's zoning map labels Felton Heights, Felton Manor and Berrytown, and Roesville, a 55-and-over community in Felton, offers single-family homes with attached two-car garages; construction there began in 2008. About 35 percent of Felton's homes went up between 2000 and 2009, the largest share of any decade.

Then there are the farm buildings. Kent County's permit list names detached garages, pole buildings and agricultural buildings, and for Felton addresses the county issues the permit only after the town's compliance letter, so plan the paperwork before the building goes up.

## Felton's open ground and storm record

Felton sits in open farm country, so a garage or barn door facing a field takes the wind with little to block it. Federal storm records in Kent County's hazard plan show a thunderstorm in Felton on July 27, 1994 that did about $200,000 in damage, minutes after an F1 tornado touched down in Harrington, and hail close to an inch in July 2003. A door that flexes in gusts strains its struts, rollers and track brackets, so check those after a big blow, and ask about a wind-load rated door if the building faces open ground.

## Services

- [Pole barn garage doors](https://www.bluehengaragedoors.com/pole-barn-garage-doors): Pole barns and farm buildings around Felton get doors sized to the opening in steel or aluminum, and Haas offers certified wind-load options up to 140 mph for buildings on open ground.
- [Garage door tune-ups and maintenance](https://www.bluehengaragedoors.com/garage-door-maintenance): Roesville's single-family homes have attached two-car garages, so whether yours has one wide door or two single ones, a maintenance visit covers balance, rollers, hinges, cables and a reverse test.
- [Garage door cable repair](https://www.bluehengaragedoors.com/garage-door-cable-repair): Around Felton, the same fix applies to a house garage and a barn door: a door that hangs slack on one side gets new lift cables and reset drums so it rises level.

## Neighborhoods and nearby areas

Felton Historic District, Felton Heights, Felton Manor, Berrytown, Roesville, Coombe Historic District

## Questions

### How does the two-step permit process work in Felton?

The town goes first, then the county. Felton issues a Compliance Letter confirming the project meets its zoning; for buildings, the Planning and Zoning Committee recommends and Town Council decides, while the Town Manager can sign off on accessory projects such as sheds and decks. You then take that letter to Kent County, which issues the official building permit. Felton Town Hall is at (302) 284-9365.

### Do you put doors on pole barns and farm buildings near Felton?

Yes. We install and repair pole barn and farm building doors across Kent County, and our installs on record include a white pole barn with brown carriage doors and a gray metal building with two tall black doors. Kent County's permit list includes pole buildings and agricultural buildings, so sort out permits for a new building before the door goes on.

## 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.