The old door and hardware leave with the crew, and you are shown the release, remotes and keypad.
- Single and double doors
- Steel and wood-look
- Tracks, springs and seals
- Free estimate
- Warranty
- Lifetime, made in Canada
Garage doors inAurora
Garage doors in Aurora: a new door, a replacement or a repair on any make, plus openers in chain, belt or screw drive. Open around the clock, free estimates, and most repairs wrapped up the first time the crew visits.
- from the shop, by Yonge St
- 20 min
- Town of Aurora
- York Region
- 70 Google reviews
- 4.9★
- in Richmond Hill
- Since 2018
About · Modern Empire Doors
Both doors,one crew.
We're a garage door company that replaces front doors too, so the two doors on the front of your house are chosen together and finished to match. If a door can be repaired we repair it, and if it's past repairing we'll tell you.
- Since
- 2018
- Shop
- 138 Yorkland St, Richmond Hill
- New doors
- Made in Canada
Services
A new facefor the front of the house.
For a new build or a renovation, with the front door to match.
- Flush or long-panel
- Frosted or clear glass
- Full-view glass doors
- Lites in a row or column
- Warranty
- Lifetime
Foam, not bare steel: quieter, stiffer, and it dents less.
- Foam core, steel skins
- A new bottom seal
- Springs for the heavier door
- Style and colour
- Made in
- Canada
Glass, frame and lock chosen together, since decorative glass is the weakest point of a door.
- Fibreglass, steel or wood
- Sidelights and transoms
- Frame, plate and deadbolt
- Free estimate
- Estimate
- Starts with two photos
A bedroom window has to open from inside without tools, so the opening size is checked before the order.
- Replacement windows
- New or larger openings
- Bedroom and basement windows
- Rated, sealed, trimmed
- Estimate
- Free, started by phone
Springs are chosen by how often the door opens, and a busy door is looked at more often.
- Sectional and rolling doors
- High-cycle springs
- Overhead door repair
- Operators and safety reversal
- Also
- Tune-ups for working doors
Repair and service
Garage door repair,at any hour.
Open 24 hours, every day, weekends and holidays included.
Planning a new door? See the doors
Stuck open at night? The red release cord, and what to leave alone until we arrive.
- Door stuck open or shut
- Off its track
- Spring or cable gone
- Night and weekend calls
- Most repairs
- Finished in one visit
Off its track, or won’t close? A door that grinds, drops or lifts crooked usually needs one part, not replacing.
- Tracks, rollers, hinges
- Cables and springs
- Panels and sensors
- Seals and tune-ups
- Repairs
- Every make of door
A loud bang, then it won’t lift? On a two-spring door, both are replaced when one breaks.
- Torsion springs
- Extension springs
- Cables, drums
- Balanced, tested
- Single door
- Most take about an hour
The remote does nothing? A new opener comes with the remotes and keypad programmed before the crew leaves.
- Opener repair
- Chain, belt and screw drives
- Remotes and keypads
- Safety sensors
- New opener
- One visit, a few hours
York Region
Aurora, by era and by Bayview.
What the Town of Aurora says about permits and its heritage district, and what the streets say about the garages: many single car garages on the 1990s brick streets of Bayview Wellington, a built-in or attached garage on every house in Bayview Northeast.
Municipality
- Town of Aurora
Town of Aurora Building Division (Planning and Development Services)source, aurora.ca, opens in a new tab
- Town of Aurora
Permits
In Ontario, enlarging or altering a door opening is a building permit job. Aurora's permit page lists 'Window or door replacement providing the opening is not enlarged or altered' among the work that needs no building permit.source, aurora.ca, opens in a new tab
By-laws
- Noise hours
Aurora's noise by-law bars construction noise from 8 pm to 7 am on weekdays, before 9 am and after 5 pm on Saturdays, and all day on Sundays and statutory holidays. Residential renovation noise is barred from 9 pm to 7 am on weekdays, from 8 pm Saturday to 9 am Sunday, and from 5 pm Sunday to 7 am Monday.source, aurora.ca, opens in a new tab
- Property standards
Aurora's Property Standards By-law requires doors, windows, roofs, eavestroughs, chimneys and vents to be kept in good repair, painted or stained finishes included.source, aurora.ca, opens in a new tab
- Heritage permit first
'Heritage Permits do not take the place of Building Permits': where work needs both, the heritage permit must come before the building permit is issued.source, aurora.ca, opens in a new tab
- Zoning still applies
'Projects that do not require a building permit must still comply with the requirements of the Town of Aurora Zoning By-law', so a detached accessory building of 15 square metres or less needs no permit, but zoning still sets where it goes and how tall it is.source, aurora.ca, opens in a new tab
- Noise hours
Heritage
- Northeast Old Aurora Heritage Conservation District
In the district, 'Owners of all properties in a heritage conservation district must obtain approval for exterior alterations to property'. The Town's Heritage Permit Guide lists 'Replacement of windows or doors on elevations visible from the street' as work that needs a heritage permit, while caulking, window repair, weather stripping and storm doors and windows do not.source, aurora.ca, opens in a new tab
The houses
Most of Aurora is subdivision housing from the 1980s to the 2010s, around an old core of houses from the 1860s to the 1930s. The town grew from about 13,600 people in 1971 to about 62,000 in 2021, spreading east toward Highway 404 in the early 2000s.source, en.wikipedia.org, opens in a new tab
Bayview Wellington's 1990s brick starter homes often have single car garages, and every house in Bayview Northeast, built from the mid 1990s, has a built-in or attached garage. In the heritage district, demolishing a garage or outbuilding needs a heritage permit.source, en.wikipedia.org, opens in a new tab
- suburban
- new build
- postwar
- prewar
From the shop
20 minutes and 13 km from Richmond Hill, by Yonge St.
Aurora sits directly north of Richmond Hill, so the van goes straight up Yonge Street or Bayview Avenue, or takes Highway 404 along the town's eastern edge to Bloomington Road or Wellington Street. Wellington is the town's main east-west road, and Bathurst Street its western border.
Neighbourhoods
- Aurora Village: The town's main strip on Yonge Street at Wellington Street, which began as Machell's Corners; the oldest housing wraps the historic core near the GO station.
- Aurora Highlands: South and west of the core on the town's western edge toward King; full-sized family houses built largely in the 1960s to 1980s on mature streets.
- Bayview Northeast
- Bayview Wellington
- Hills of St Andrew
- Aurora Estates
- Aurora Grove
- Bayview Southeast
- Aurora Heights
Reviews
Rated on Google,quoted as written.
From the reviews homeowners left on our Google listing: cut for length, never reworded.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 from 70 reviews on Google (opens Google Maps)After years of dents and damage from hockey pucks, our new garage door looks amazing!!
I’m very happy with the work done on my front door and garage door. … Both doors look amazing …
Everyone else told me I’d be waiting anywhere from 6 weeks to 4 months just to get a door delivered and installed.
My garage spring and cables snapped on a Sunday afternoon, Moe was able to swing by the next morning …
Great Service by Moe, very clean job, on time and no surprises.
It completely changed the look of my home and has already received so many compliments.
The work was done in 5 hours and they cleaned up after themselves leaving no trace of my old garage door and front door.
I called Moe he was here in the same hour and we got our new doors in two days
He didn’t just fix the immediate problem … made sure the door was running smoother and quieter than before.
We were presented with multiple options and given the pros and cons of each.
… replacing my destroyed garage door for a beautiful modern style door.
Replaced my front door and garage door with a remote. … the finished work looks amazing.
I had a quote within a day … and the new door installed by that weekend.
Garage door spring was broken. Moe was able to come out the next day and fit it.
Moe takes the time to get to know what your needs are and has affordable recommendations.
Moe did an excellent job replacing our old, worn down garage door with a beautiful, heavy duty white one.
… he was here the next day and we had our garage doors and front doors done within one week.
The whole process was seamless and I couldn’t believe how fast the job was completed without any hiccups.
… came on short notice to take a look. He quickly diagnosed the problem and had it fixed in no time.
They were super on time, super efficient, and the price was dead on.
Projects
Same house,new door.
Real jobs on our customers’ houses, recreated from the photos we took: the door we took down, and the one we hung in its place.
A two-car door, dented end to end.
Every section of the old door was dented, and the middle had torn open. We hung a flush steel door in the same opening, charcoal to sit with the dark siding, under the same basketball hoop.
Gallery
The styleswe install.
Sixteen garage and front door styles, each one modelled on a door we’ve hung.
Service area
From our shopto your door.
Every town we serve, by the drive from our shop in Richmond Hill. The nearest are on top.
Towns we serve, by the drive
FAQ
Garage doors in Aurora:common questions.
What Aurora homeowners ask about the drive, the permits and the houses, with the questions every door raises beside them.
Not here? Ask us for a free estimate.
Planning a new door10 questions
The figure comes after two pictures and your opening size, so the first step in Aurora does not need a drive up Yonge Street. Single or double, the insulation, steel or wood, and glass in the top panel are what move it. The estimate is free, and the price is given before any work is ordered or started. A house inside Northeast Old Aurora may have the Town's approval to sort out first, which can shift the date.
If the new door fits the opening that is already there, usually not. A permit enters the picture when the opening gets wider or taller, because the header above it has to carry the change. A house inside the Northeast Old Aurora heritage district needs the Town's approval for exterior alterations, and the Town decides whether a garage door counts. Give us your address and we will say if it falls inside the district.
Yes, every neighbourhood from Aurora Highlands to Hills of St Andrew and Bayview Wellington is reached from the shop in Richmond Hill, so nobody is sent across the GTA. It is 20 minutes (12.7 km) up Yonge Street. Two pictures by text, one from outside and one from inside with the door shut, are usually enough to price a job before anyone visits.
Yes, and the same shop and phone line cover both. A business door is quoted from photos taken inside and outside that show the operator, tracks and springs. If a bay will not open, call at any hour. Door types, cycle ratings and permits for businesses are on the commercial garage doors page for Aurora.
There is no honest single number, and anyone who gives you one over the phone is guessing. The price depends on the size of the opening, single or double, the material and insulation, the windows and hardware, and whether the existing tracks, springs and opener can stay. Modern Empire Doors gives you a real number quickly instead: text a photo of the door from outside and one from inside the garage to (647) 323-1826. The inside shot shows the tracks, springs and opener, which is where most of the difference in price lives. Estimates are free.
Two photos and your address. Take one of the door from outside, and one from inside the garage with the door closed, so we can see the tracks, the springs above the opening and the opener. Text both to (647) 323-1826. For most doors that is enough to price the job without anyone coming out first, and the estimate is free.
Most standard replacements are done in a single visit. The old door comes down, the new one goes up on its tracks and springs, and it is balanced and tested before we leave. Doors with more complicated framing, a change of size, or a new opener at the same time take longer. We tell you what to expect for your door when we quote it, not after we arrive, so you can plan the day around it.
Yes. Modern Empire Doors installs front and entry doors as well as garage doors and openers, and you can do both at once, so the two doors on the front of the house are chosen together rather than months apart. One crew measures and hangs both, which keeps the colour, the hardware and the style in step. Send a photo of the front of the house and we will talk you through what suits it.
Not always. Whether the opener can stay is part of the quote. The springs are sized to the new door, so a working opener is not asked to lift more weight; what matters is its age and condition. An opener from before about 1993 may use a fixed code that cheap equipment can copy, and a new door is a good moment to change it. A loud chain drive under a bedroom is the other reason people switch, usually to a quieter belt drive. We tell you which applies before you decide.
Our replacement doors are made in Canada and carry a lifetime warranty. Built for Canadian winters is not a slogan here: a door that seals properly in February is a different product from one that does not, and the difference shows up as cold air, noise and a bottom seal frozen to the floor. If you want the details for a particular door, ask when we quote it and we will go through them with you.
A door that won't work8 questions
No single number answers it, because the springs set the clock and not the sections. A spring is rated in openings, so a door opened all day wears through its springs sooner than one opened twice a week. Straight sections that are not rusting can carry on after new springs, rollers and seals. Bent or rusting sections, or a model that is no longer made, are the point where replacing the door makes sense.
The phone is answered around the clock, weekends and holidays included, and we work the same day when we can. A door that will not close, or a spring that has gone with a car inside, is treated as urgent. The shop is in Richmond Hill, 20 minutes (12.7 km) up Yonge Street. Two pictures let the crew load the right part before leaving.
Check three things before you call anyone. Is the opener getting power, or has the plug come out or the breaker tripped? Is the door locked, or has the red release cord been pulled? And look at the springs above the opening: a gap of a couple of inches in a coil means one has snapped, often with a loud bang beforehand. If a spring is broken, do not force the door or keep pressing the button. Stop there and call (647) 323-1826, at any hour.
Yes. Modern Empire Doors is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, holidays included, and the phone is answered at night. A door stuck open is a security problem, and a door stuck shut with the car inside is a lost day, so neither waits for Monday. Some things can wait for a weekday: a noisy door, a remote that stopped while the wall button still works, a torn seal. If you are not sure which yours is, call and ask.
Usually, yes. The parts that fail most often are carried on the van, so most repairs are finished on the first visit. If you text a photo from inside the garage before we come, we can often see what has failed and make sure the right part is with us. The exceptions are parts made for one door, such as a replacement section in a matching design and colour, which may have to be ordered in. In the meantime the door can usually be secured so the garage still locks.
It depends on the part, and most repairs come down to a handful: springs, cables, rollers, the opener or the safety sensors. We would rather tell you the real price for your door than quote a range that does not apply to it, so text a photo from inside the garage to (647) 323-1826 and we can usually tell which part it is before we arrive. Most repairs are finished in one visit, and you hear the price before any work starts.
Often, if the same section is still made. What people call a panel is usually a full-width section, and the new one has to match the make, size, design and colour of the rest. On a newer door from a current series that is usually possible. On an older or discontinued door it may not be, and a mismatched section can look worse than the dent. Sun-faded finishes are the other catch. Send a photo, plus any label on the door's inside edge, and we will tell you honestly.
Richmond Hill first: our shop is at 138 Yorkland St. From there we cover Vaughan, Markham, Thornhill, Aurora, Newmarket, Whitchurch-Stouffville, King City, Toronto, North York, Scarborough, Etobicoke and Durham Region, for new doors and for repairs, at any hour. If you are close by and not sure whether you are in the area, call (647) 323-1826 and ask; we would rather tell you straight than have you wait.
People also ask
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The garage door questions people type into Google, answered in a few lines each. Search for yours, or pick a part of the door.
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Most often it is the safety sensors. If anything breaks the invisible beam between the two photo eyes, about six inches off the floor, the door starts down and reverses. Clear the path, wipe both lenses and check that both sensor lights are steady. If the door touches the floor and then goes back up, the close limit on the opener has drifted.
Asked next
A standard torsion spring is often rated for about 10,000 cycles, one cycle being one open and close. At four a day that is roughly seven years; a family that uses the garage as its front door can get there in three or four. Cold winters and poor lubrication shorten it. If a door has two springs, both are replaced together.
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Most often it is frozen to the floor. Meltwater pools under the bottom seal and freezes overnight, and the opener stops as if it had hit something. Break the bond with warm water or a plastic scraper, never a flame or a metal blade, and do not hold the button down. Thickened grease and cold steel can also make a tired door bind.
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The sound tells you the part. Grinding is usually worn rollers, squealing means the hinges, rollers and bearings need a proper garage door lubricant, and rattling is loose hardware. A single loud bang is different: that is usually a spring snapping, so stop using the door. Nylon rollers, regular lubrication and a belt drive opener make the quietest door.
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Try the wall button first. If it opens the door, the opener is fine and the fault is the remote: fit a new battery, even if its light still comes on. Then check that the antenna wire hangs straight down from the motor, that the lock button on the wall console is off, and that a cheap LED bulb in the opener is not jamming the signal.
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Usually a loud bang from the garage, then a door that will not open or feels extremely heavy by hand. Look at the springs above the door: a broken one has a gap of a couple of inches in the coil, as if it had been cut. Do not force the door. Springs hold hundreds of pounds of stored energy and are not a DIY repair.
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The guide
Before you call from Aurora.
The Town of Aurora's own pages on permits, heritage and noise, and what its streets mean for a garage door, in one place.
Who does the garage door work in Aurora, and from where
New and replacement doors for homes and businesses are the main work. Repairs cover springs, cables, tracks, panels and openers on any make. The same crew replaces front doors and windows, so the garage door and the entry door can be matched.
Aurora is the drive up Yonge Street from the shop in Richmond Hill: 20 minutes, 12.7 km. Tell us what the door is doing and send two pictures, and we can say what is likely to be needed before anyone leaves the shop.
Ordering new garage doors in Aurora, address first
Start with the address, because the heritage question in the next section can come before the order. Otherwise measuring comes first: opening width and height, headroom, side room on both sides and backroom to the rear wall, with headroom deciding the spring and track layout.
Once the door is chosen it is ordered to those measurements, and its date comes with the order. Most single or double replacements are done in a day. The doors we replace are made in Canada and carry a lifetime warranty. Insulation, panel style, colour and top windows are settled before the order goes in.
Heritage approval and property standards in Aurora
Northeast Old Aurora is a heritage conservation district. The Town requires owners of every property inside it to get approval before altering the exterior, and a new front door or window counts. So we check the address before any date is set. Whether a garage door counts is the Town's decision, and it is worth asking before you order one.
Aurora's Property Standards By-law, No. 6543-23, names doors and windows among the things owners have to keep maintained. A door that has stopped sealing, or a panel that has split, is a standards matter as well as a comfort one, and worth dealing with sooner.
Springs, openers and night calls for Aurora garages
Repairs cover springs, cables, rollers, hinges, tracks, sensors, panels, seals and openers, on chain, belt and screw drive models alike. The truck carries the parts that fail most often, which is why most repairs finish in one visit.
The phone is answered 24/7, holidays and weekends included. Between calls there is the yearly check, an inspection and tune-up of the garage door and the front door, best done in autumn before the first hard frost.
Free estimates · Repairs any hour
Start withthe door you have.
A photo of the door from outside and one from inside, with your Aurora address, is all we need to quote. Book below at any hour, and the form says where to send them.