A MESSAGE FROM KANSAS'S #1 WICHITA LOADING DOCK REPAIR TEAM:
Wichita, KS building owner,
We repair and replace dock seals, shelters, bumpers and levellers so your doors close properly again. We work around your schedule, because a dock position out of service costs more per hour than the repair does. We work across Wichita and the towns around it.
A door is not sealing, and everything that follows from that is costing you. Conditioned air goes out, weather and birds come in, and product sits in a position that is no longer safe to load from. It is rarely the whole assembly — usually it is fabric, foam or a bumper that has taken one hit too many. You want somebody who turns up, tells you straight what it needs, and does it properly the first time. The typical Wichita property dates to around 1974, so the building stock here is mostly seventies and eighties. With roughly 82 freeze-thaw days a year, anything that traps water moves and cracks.
We come and look at what you actually have, and measure it, rather than pricing it off a photograph you sent.
It says what is included and what is not, which is the only way to hold two quotes side by side and read them honestly.
If this can wait a season, we will say so. If it is worse than you thought, you will hear that from us first.
You might know this as dock shelter repair. Same work, either name. Everything below is work we handle directly, not passed to a third party.
Distinguishing a torn cover over sound foam from foam that has taken a permanent set, from a bent or corroded frame. These are three different repairs at very different costs.
Door dimensions, required projection and the mix of trailers using the position. These are built to the opening, which is why nobody publishes list pricing.
Where foam is still resilient, replacing the fabric covers and wear pleats restores the seal at a fraction of full replacement cost.
Compression-set foam no longer returns to shape and cannot seal regardless of the cover. At that point the pad or the whole assembly is replaced.
Head curtains tear first on high-cycle doors. Shelter frames, rigid or retractable, can be bent by trailer impact and may need straightening or section replacement.
Seals are only as good as what they are fixed to. Deteriorated masonry, rusted mounting angle or a damaged door jamb has to be addressed or the new unit will not hold alignment.
A cross-section of the jobs we handle around Wichita — different sizes, different conditions, same standard.
We work Wichita and the towns around it every week. We also cover Derby, Andover, Park City, Maize, Valley Center, Bel Aire, Kechi and Goddard. We know what the buildings here are like and how they age.
The crew on your job is licensed, insured, and on our books – we do not hand your work to a subcontractor and hope.
We do loading dock repair specifically. It is not an add-on to a general contracting business. Each dock assessed for what has actually failed, with the door opening measured and the trailer mix noted. A survey covering all positions usually finds a mix of repair and replacement.
You get the number before the work starts, and it does not move unless something is found that changes the job – which we show you first.
Anything to do with loading dock repair. To start with: assessment of what failed, measurement of the opening, cover and wear pleat replacement, foam or unit replacement, dock curtain and dock shelter replacement, mounting and substrate repair. If you need something that is not on that list, call and ask – we can usually quote it or tell you honestly who should.
We cover Wichita, KS and the surrounding towns – Derby, Andover, Park City, Maize, Valley Center, Bel Aire, Kechi, Goddard, Haysville, Mulvane, McConnell AFB, Rose Hill, Clearwater, Benton, Colwich, St. Marks, Oaklawn-Sunview, Eastborough, Peck, Furley, Greenwich, Newton, Augusta, Cheney, and more. If you do not see your town listed, call anyway and we will tell you straight whether we can get to you.
Assessment of what failed – Distinguishing a torn cover over sound foam from foam that has taken a permanent set, from a bent or corroded frame. These are three different repairs at very different costs.; Measurement of the opening – Door dimensions, required projection and the mix of trailers using the position. These are built to the opening, which is why nobody publishes list pricing.; Cover and wear pleat replacement – Where foam is still resilient, replacing the fabric covers and wear pleats restores the seal at a fraction of full replacement cost.. Which one is right depends on what we find when we look at it, and we will walk you through the trade-offs rather than picking for you.
Assessment of what failed is the one we are asked about most often in Wichita. Distinguishing a torn cover over sound foam from foam that has taken a permanent set, from a bent or corroded frame. These are three different repairs at very different costs.
Pricing depends on the condition and the size of the job, so we will not pretend to quote it blind. We come out, look at it, and give you a written estimate at no charge. We are not the cheapest outfit in Wichita and we will not pretend to be – but you will know exactly what you are paying for before anything starts.
Opening dimensions and projection: Every unit is built to the door size and the projection needed to reach the trailer. There is no standard part number, which is the underlying reason list pricing does not exist for this category. That is usually the biggest single swing in a quote, which is why we look before we price.
Yes. We stand behind what we do and we put the terms in writing with the estimate, so the guarantee is not a handshake you have to remember later.
Call us at (316) 399-2411, or fill in the quote form on this page. We will get back to you, set a time that suits, and come look at the job.
Free estimate, in writing, from a Wichita team that does this every day.
Call us whenever suits. We handle every size of job, residential and commercial, across Wichita and the towns around it.
Your partner,
Wichita Loading Dock Repair