Loading Dock & Overhead Door Repair in Irving, TX
For loading dock repair, dock door repair and commercial garage or overhead door repair in Irving, TX, call (385) 325-7138 about a stuck warehouse dock door, a failed leveler, or damaged loading-bay equipment. Distribution buildings, warehouses, fleet garages and commercial properties across the city.
Tell us which building and which bay.
Call to describe the problem—if the door is stuck open or the dock is down, say so first.
Independent service-request website. Calls may be shared with an independent commercial dock-and-door repair company. That provider confirms availability, scope, pricing, and service terms.
Facts checked: September 18, 2026. Irving sits in Dallas County, Texas.
Loading dock or overhead door repair in Irving: which door do you mean?
Irving's business location near DFW Airport makes the exact property and access point useful on a repair call (City of Irving). A warehouse or logistics property can have dock doors, grade-level vehicle doors and pedestrian entrances with different service needs.
Identify the receiving bay, drive-in door or interior equipment opening. The glass office entrance is a different scope even when it belongs to the same building.
| What you're describing | Is it covered here? | Where it goes |
|---|---|---|
| Dock door at a truck bay | Yes | Loading dock & dock door repair |
| Drive-in or service-bay door at grade | Yes | Commercial garage & overhead door repair |
| Steel deck in the dock floor | Yes | Dock leveler repair |
| Coiling slat or sheet curtain | Yes | Roll-up & rolling-steel door repair |
| Fast interior or cold-room door | Yes | High-speed & cold-storage door repair |
| Seals, bumpers, plates, dock lights | Yes | Dock equipment repair |
| Trailer restraint or dock lock | Yes | Trailer & vehicle restraint repair |
| Coiling door with a fire label | Yes | Rolling fire door repair |
| Planned door inspections | Yes | Commercial door maintenance |
| A new or replacement commercial door | Yes | Commercial door installation |
| Glass office entrance, automatic sliding door, walk-through door | No | A commercial locksmith or pedestrian-door company |
| Pedestrian-door lock, closer or push bar | No | A commercial locksmith |
| Roll-up door on a box truck or trailer | No | A truck body or trailer shop |
Say "the receiving bay" or "the drive-in door" rather than "the door at the front." That identifies the equipment without a model number.
Access is the other Irving detail. Mention any guard-gate check-in, badging, designated entrance or delivery window at your facility. The provider needs the property's actual access rules, not an assumption that every airport-area warehouse follows the same procedure.
If a bay is down right now
Lead with it. Address, bay number, and whether the building is exposed or a trailer is trapped.
Keep people and forklifts clear, stop cycling the operator, and don't use a forklift to lift or hold a door — OSHA's powered industrial truck rule says trucks are not to be used for opening or closing freight doors (29 CFR 1910.178(m)(6)). Then take the bay out of use through your facility's existing process.
You can call with one clear sentence.
Which office has authority in Irving?
For a facility within Irving's municipal permitting jurisdiction, start with Irving Building Inspections at 972-721-2371, 825 W. Irving Boulevard, second floor. The city directs commercial permit applications through its MyGovernmentOnline/MGO portal information.
On airport property? DFW Airport's Code, Construction and Survey Department handles its development and permitting process. Near the airport is not the same as on airport property; confirm the actual parcel's jurisdiction before applying.
The City of Irving also maintains a contractor registration process, separate from state trade licensing. Keep the distinction clear: a company can hold every state license it needs and still not be registered with the city, and registration is not a substitute for a trade license. Two different questions, two different answers. Ask a prospective provider about both.
On the state side, non-exempt electrical work in Texas must be performed by licensed people working through a licensed electrical contractor (TDLR), and TDLR's public license search is free. If a quote includes a new operator, new controls or a new circuit, that's the part to check.
Outside any city's limits, Dallas County is the authority — and it's narrower than a city. Dallas County has no zoning authority, and its unincorporated area is under ten percent of the county's land, mostly in the southeastern corner, well away from Irving. If you do have a facility out there, ask the County Fire Marshal about covered commercial work at 214-653-7970, with the Department of Unincorporated Area Services at 214-653-6565 (Dallas County planning and zoning). An Irving mailing address alone does not establish which jurisdiction applies.
Three things to ask before authorizing work in Irving: is this scope a repair or a replacement; who performs any electrical portion and under which license; and is the opening in a rated wall. We can point you at the office and the question. Whether a permit applies to your door is for the city and the provider to confirm — and no one telling you about a rule isn't the same as an exemption. Full rulebook on the metro homepage.
Commercial buildings only
Covered: loading-dock equipment and building-mounted commercial garage, overhead, sectional, rolling-steel, roll-up and high-speed doors at warehouses, distribution centers, plants, cold storage, food facilities, fleet garages, workshops and commercial self-storage.
Not covered: residential garage doors; boat docks and boat lifts; truck and trailer cargo doors; pedestrian storefront, automatic-entry, glass and hollow-metal walk-through doors and their locks and closers; parts-only orders; structural concrete, pit and slab work.
What happens after you call
- You call and describe it — address, building and bay, what the equipment is doing.
- Calls may be shared with an independent commercial dock-and-door repair company.
- The company that takes the work confirms scope, availability, price, schedule and its own terms with you directly.
Example of what to say: "The dock door at bay 12 at our warehouse in Irving won't close — I can give you the address and the gate procedure." Example wording, not a real job.
If you reach voicemail, leave the facility address, the door or dock number if known, what's wrong, and a callback number.
Hours, response time and availability are set by the independent repair company that takes the work.
What's useful to have ready
- Facility address and callback number
- Building and bay or door number
- What the equipment is doing
- Whether a trailer is at the dock
- Gate, badging or check-in requirements
- Delivery or work windows, if the site has them
Address and problem are enough. Everything else is optional.
What affects the price
We can't quote your exact repair from a web page. The price depends on the equipment, the fault, parts, and access. Here's what to ask before you authorize work.
Ask about the service-call or diagnostic charge and whether it comes off the repair; what the estimate covers and what counts as extra; how parts are handled if they aren't on the truck; and who signs off before additional work starts. On a secured site, also ask whether site access time is billed — it's a fair question and a fair answer either way.
Full cost-driver breakdown on the metro homepage.
Repair or replace? Ask whether compatible parts can restore the existing door's function and duty, or whether damage, obsolete components or a changed opening call for replacement. For an airport-area property, include the actual access window and any operator or opening changes in that comparison, not just the door price.
Elsewhere in the area
Irving is one of four town pages, alongside Arlington, Grand Prairie and Lancaster. More communities across all 11 counties are on the service area page. The independent provider confirms the facility address and availability.
Questions before you call
Does this cover the glass office entrance at our Irving building? No. Pedestrian storefront doors, automatic entries, glass doors and walk-through doors, along with their locks and closers, are outside this scope. This line is loading-dock equipment and building-mounted commercial garage, overhead and rolling doors. A commercial locksmith or pedestrian-door company handles the other kind.
Is city contractor registration the same as a state license? No, and it's worth knowing the difference. Irving's contractor registration is a city process. A state electrical license is issued by TDLR and covers the person doing non-exempt electrical work. A company may need both. Ask about both.
Our site has gate check-in and badging. Does that matter? Yes. Mention those requirements when you call so the provider can plan the correct entrance, permissions and work window. You do not need to arrange access before describing the fault.
Can I call about a dock plate without knowing the model? Yes. Say whether it's the loose portable plate or the built-in leveler if you know — that helps identify the equipment. Don't move or inspect a damaged plate to find out.
Get the Irving bay working again
Dock door stuck, leveler down, or a roll-up jammed — call and describe it.
Independent service-request website. Calls may be shared with an independent commercial dock-and-door repair company. That provider confirms availability, scope, pricing, and service terms.
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Checked September 18, 2026.