# Garage door repair in Hockessin, DE

> From old farmsteads to 1990s subdivisions near the Pennsylvania line: garage door repair and new Haas doors in Hockessin.

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Blue Hen Garage Doors repairs and installs garage doors in Hockessin from our Dover office, by way of DE-1, DE-7 (Limestone Road) and DE-41 (Lancaster Pike).

Hockessin sits within about a mile of the Pennsylvania line, on the east bank of Mill Creek. It is unincorporated, so there is no town hall, and permits come from New Castle County. Its housing runs from farms listed on the National Register to detached houses built from the 1960s through the 1990s.

- County: New Castle County, Delaware
- ZIP codes: 19707
- Permits: New Castle County Department of Land Use (https://www.newcastlede.gov/landuse). Hockessin has no municipal government, so building permits come from New Castle County's Land Use office at 87 Reads Way in New Castle (302-395-5400). Ask them before you enlarge a garage opening or build a detached garage.

## Hockessin homes: farmsteads, then 1960s to 1990s subdivisions

Hockessin dates to 1688, and its farm past is on record: the A. Armstrong Farm, T. Pierson Farm, Springer Farm and the Cox/Phillips/Mitchell Agricultural Complex are on the National Register, and mushroom farms still operate in the area. Most homes came later. By Census estimates, more than four in five were built from the 1960s through the 1990s, about 84 percent are detached houses, and owners occupy about 90 percent.

Hockessin Hills, Hockessin Greene, Meeting House Hill, Westridge, Wellington Hills and Hockessin Valley Falls are a few of the many named communities here. On a detached house, the garage door is a big part of what you see from the street, so style, windows and color matter as much as the springs. A carriage-house design on a steel or aluminum Haas door can suit a farmhouse look, the way the white carriage doors we installed suit a cedar-shake detached garage.

## Older openers and a wet, cold climate

Two things wear on Hockessin doors: age and weather. With most houses built from the 1960s through the 1990s, some garages still run openers made before January 1, 1993, when the federal safety standard for residential openers took effect; it requires secondary entrapment protection such as photo eyes or edge sensors. The weather adds to it. NOAA's 1991 to 2020 normals for its Wilmington Porter station, about 8 miles east, average about 50 inches of precipitation a year and about 17 days when the high stays at or below freezing.

## Services

- [Garage door opener installation](https://www.bluehengaragedoors.com/garage-door-opener-installation): If your opener has no photo eyes or will not reverse when the door meets resistance, replacing it is the safety fix; we install new openers and set the force and travel limits for your door.
- [Haas garage doors](https://www.bluehengaragedoors.com/haas-garage-doors): We help Hockessin owners design Haas steel or aluminum doors to suit the house: carriage-house or raised panels, window layouts, hardware, color and insulation.
- [Garage door spring repair](https://www.bluehengaragedoors.com/garage-door-spring-repair): A broken torsion spring on a heavy insulated door leaves an older opener lifting dead weight, which can burn out the motor, so we replace springs and check the cables and drums.
- [Commercial garage doors](https://www.bluehengaragedoors.com/commercial-garage-doors): Mushroom farms and other businesses around Hockessin rely on overhead doors too, and we repair and install commercial doors for them.

## Neighborhoods and nearby areas

Hockessin Hills, Hockessin Greene, Hockessin Valley Falls, Hockessin Chase, Hockessin Station, Meeting House Hill, Quaker Hill, Wellington Hills, Westridge, Bon Ayre, Yorklyn Ridge, Skyline Orchard, Walker Farm Estates, Cokesbury Village

## Questions

### Should I replace an old garage door opener in Hockessin?

If it was made before January 1, 1993, yes. That is when the federal safety standard for residential openers took effect, and openers built to it use photo eyes or edge sensors and check them each time the door closes. Look for the date label on the motor head. With so many Hockessin houses dating from the 1960s and 1970s, it is worth checking even if the opener still runs.

### Can a new door suit an older farmhouse or barn?

Yes. Haas steel and aluminum doors come in carriage-house and raised-panel styles, with choices of windows, hardware and color, so a new door can suit an old farmhouse or barn while adding insulation. Two of our own installs show the range: black carriage doors on a white board-and-batten barn, and a wood-look carriage door on a navy new build. Estimates on new doors are free and next-day.

## 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.