Where We Work in Seattle and Nearby Cities
Our office is on Stone Way North, between Fremont and Wallingford. These are the neighborhoods and cities we serve most, each with its own page.
Seattle Neighborhoods
Fremont (home base)
Small detached garages off alleys with single 8-foot doors, plus townhome garages where the opener hangs a few inches from a finished ceiling.
0.3 miles · Fremont services →
Seattle neighborhoodWallingford
Single-car garages, some detached at the back of the lot and some dug into the slope under the house, with a lot of one-piece and early sectional doors still in service.
0.8 miles · Wallingford services →
Seattle neighborhoodBallard
Alley garages with single doors, attached two-car garages on the mid-century view homes, and narrow tuck-under doors on the new rowhouses.
2.7 miles · Ballard services →
Seattle neighborhoodGreen Lake
Tuck-under basement garages on the sloped lots and small detached garages at the rear, many with doors that were added long after the house was built.
2.1 miles · Green Lake services →
Seattle neighborhoodPhinney Ridge
Garages cut into the hillside under the house, often at the bottom of a steep driveway, plus detached alley garages on the flatter ridge-top blocks.
1.8 miles · Phinney Ridge services →
Seattle neighborhoodMaple Leaf
Attached and basement garages with single doors, many fitted with an opener in the 1980s or 1990s that has never been replaced.
3.4 miles · Maple Leaf services →
Seattle neighborhoodQueen Anne
Street-level garages dug into retaining walls below the house, often with heavy wooden doors and very little headroom inside.
1.2 miles · Queen Anne services →
Seattle neighborhoodMagnolia
Tuck-under garages beneath Tudor and mid-century houses, and attached two-car garages on the newer view homes.
2.7 miles · Magnolia services →
Seattle neighborhoodCapitol Hill
Converted carriage houses and detached alley garages, sometimes with swing-style or carriage-look doors, plus tuck-under garages on the sloping streets.
2.1 miles · Capitol Hill services →
Seattle neighborhoodRavenna
Basement and tuck-under garages with single doors, and some original wooden doors that have been repaired many times.
2.5 miles · Ravenna services →
Seattle neighborhoodWedgwood
Attached single and double garages, a good number still on their original 1950s or 1960s door frames, with later doors fitted to them.
3.6 miles · Wedgwood services →
Seattle neighborhoodNorthgate
Attached single and double garages with a lot of builder-grade steel doors from the 1990s and 2000s, plus newer townhome garages.
4.0 miles · Northgate services →
Seattle neighborhoodWest Seattle
Everything from salt-worn doors on beach houses to tuck-under townhome garages and attached ramblers' garages.
6.2 miles · West Seattle services →
Seattle neighborhoodBeacon Hill
Basement garages under the house at the bottom of steep driveways, plus attached garages on the newer homes.
6.0 miles · Beacon Hill services →
Nearby Cities
Shoreline
Attached one- and two-car garages, many with doors and openers from the 1990s that are due for replacement.
7.2 miles · Shoreline services →
CityLake Forest Park
Attached garages at the end of long, sloping driveways, with a lot of wooden and wood-look doors chosen to suit the setting.
7.8 miles · Lake Forest Park services →
CityEdmonds
Attached two-car garages on split-levels and view homes, many facing the water, plus small detached garages near downtown.
11.1 miles · Edmonds services →
CityLynnwood
Attached two-car garages with 16-foot doors, many on their second or third opener.
11.8 miles · Lynnwood services →
CityKenmore
Attached two-car garages, often at the bottom or top of a steep driveway, with doors that see a lot of wet weather.
8.6 miles · Kenmore services →
CityBothell
Insulated steel doors in matching pairs or a double and a single, often under HOA rules about color and style.
10.0 miles · Bothell services →
CityKirkland
Two- and three-car attached garages, with modern carriage-style and full-view glass doors on the new homes.
6.6 miles · Kirkland services →
CityBellevue
Two- and three-car garages, with heavy custom and modern doors on new builds and original-era doors on the older homes.
7.2 miles · Bellevue services →
CityRedmond
Insulated steel doors in two- and three-car garages, frequently under HOA rules, many with smart openers.
10.4 miles · Redmond services →
CityMercer Island
Two- and three-car garages with a high share of wood, wood-composite and custom carriage doors.
7.9 miles · Mercer Island services →
CityRenton
Small single doors on the older Highlands houses and attached two-car garages in the subdivisions.
13.1 miles · Renton services →
CityBurien
Attached single and double garages on the ramblers, and tight garages on the narrow waterfront lanes.
12.5 miles · Burien services →
How We Cover the Area
Distance shapes the schedule more than the name on the map. The neighborhoods around our Stone Way office, from Fremont and Wallingford to Green Lake, Phinney Ridge and Ballard, are the quickest to reach, and same-day visits are most often possible there. Cities across the lake and at the north and south ends of our area are scheduled in grouped time windows, and we confirm the arrival time the day before.
What changes from one part of the area to the next is the garage itself. Older Seattle neighborhoods have small alley garages and basement garages cut into steep lots, often with low headroom. The neighborhoods on the Sound and the bluffs deal with salt air that rusts springs and cables. The post-war north end and the nearby cities have attached garages from the 1950s onward, and the Eastside has newer two- and three-car garages, often under HOA rules.
The weather matters everywhere. Long, wet winters keep unheated garages damp from fall to spring, so springs rust, bottom brackets corrode and rubber seals harden. Cold snaps, more common in the north end and on the Eastside, are when tired springs finally break, which is why spring calls rise in December and January.
If your neighborhood or city is not listed, call anyway. We travel beyond these areas for many jobs, and we will tell you honestly whether we can reach you within a reasonable window.
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