01Door
Fibreglass, steel or wood
Steel is strongest, fibreglass goes in most often and wood must be refinished. Energy rules need an insulated core, so no plain slab.
- Fibreglass entry doors
- Steel entry doors
- Solid wood doors
- Single and double doors
Front door replacement inAurora
Front door replacement in Aurora: a Canadian-made door measured to the frame, with a lifetime warranty. A standard replacement is normally finished the same day, and the estimate is free from two pictures, one outside and one in.
- every replacement door
- Made in Canada
- warranty on replacement doors
- Lifetime
- 70 Google reviews
- 4.9★
- in Richmond Hill
- Since 2018
What’s included
What a new front doorincludes.
A front door for a Aurora house is made to the opening and the swing, 20 minutes from the shop; a door in the same opening needs no building permit from the Town of Aurora, a wider opening or a new sidelight is a structural change that Town of Aurora Building Division (Planning and Development Services) reviews, and on a designated house in Northeast Old Aurora Heritage Conservation District the heritage permit comes first.
02Glass
Glass, sidelights and transoms
Glass is why most people pick a door, and its weakest point. Two or three panes and laminated glass help.
- Sidelights and transoms
- Two or three panes
- Laminated glass near the lock
- Safety-glass sidelights
03Frame
The frame and the lock
A full one-inch deadbolt throw, long screws that reach the framing and a reinforced strike plate keep the frame secure.
- Frame kept or new
- Reinforced strike plate
- Deadbolt with a full throw
- Pulls, handles and locks
04Fit
Fitted square and sealed
Shifted openings are fixed; a door shimmed square and plumb neither binds nor wears its weatherstripping unevenly.
- Shimmed plumb and square
- Weatherstripping all round
- Hung and latched
- Old door removed
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.
Both doors on one house.
The garage door and the front doors were both brown: raised panels with square lites, and double doors with grid lites in a white frame. We replaced them together in one grey, so the two now match across the front of the house.
Gallery
The styleswe install.
Eighteen 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
Front door replacement questionsin Aurora.
What Aurora homeowners ask about front & entry doors, and the questions every door raises.
Not here? Ask us for a free estimate.
Planning a new door5 questions
The first split is the slab alone or the door with its frame. Material comes next, then how much glass and how many sidelights, then hardware. A frame that has shifted can turn a swap into frame work, which is why the estimate looks at the frame as well as the door. It is free and comes before any work.
A standard door usually goes in the same day. Made-to-order doors have a lead time of their own, and a frame too far gone to keep adds to the visit. In Aurora, two things can come first: a building permit for a larger opening, and Town approval for a house inside Northeast Old Aurora.
Not for a door that goes into the same opening. Aurora's building permit page lists replacement of a window or door, as long as the opening is not enlarged or altered, among the jobs that need no building permit. Zoning rules and, where relevant, the Ontario Building Code still apply. Change the opening and the answer changes.
Yes, when the frame is sound. A slab alone suits a frame that is square, plumb and solid. Older openings often shift, and when one has, the frame is squared and shimmed or replaced, because that decides how well the door latches and seals. Two pictures, one from outside and one from inside, usually show which case it is.
Doors we replace are made in Canada with a lifetime warranty. The written terms are not published here, so nothing is promised beyond that word. Before the crew leaves you are shown what the warranty covers, and it is worth asking for the terms along with your estimate.
A door that won't work5 questions
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.
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.
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.
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.
People also ask
What people ask aboutfront door replacement in Aurora.
The questions people type into Google about front doors and doors in general, answered in a few lines each. Search for yours, or pick a topic.
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Exposure is one of the things settled before ordering. Fibreglass is fitted most often because it does not warp or rot through freeze and thaw. Steel is the strongest for security, but dents stay. Solid wood has to be refinished and moves with humidity.
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Look for daylight around the edges, a door you have to shove to latch, drafts near the hinges, and condensation on the inside face in winter. Any of them points to a poor fit, often a frame that has moved.
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Yes. They make the opening larger than the door, so they are measured with it. Laminated glass holds together when struck, which counts for a sidelight beside the lock.
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The guide
Front door replacement in Aurora: good to know.
What is different about front & entry doors in Aurora: the houses, the rules and the drive from the shop.
Front door replacement in Aurora: what to settle before the order
Settle these before ordering: the swing of the door, how much sun and weather the entry takes, whether there are sidelights or a transom, whether the existing frame is sound, and what hardware finish suits the house. The answers decide whether this is a slab swap or a door and frame, and they are easiest to give from the two pictures.
In an older house the opening may have shifted over the years, so the old frame is checked before the new door is ordered, and the door is measured to the frame as it stands.
Front door replacement permits in Aurora
Replacing a door in the opening it already has needs no building permit in Aurora. The Town's permit page puts window or door replacement on its no-permit list so long as the opening is not enlarged or altered. A bigger or moved opening is a permit job and adds lead time before the door is ordered.
A front door is also an exterior alteration. Owners of all properties in the Northeast Old Aurora heritage conservation district must obtain approval for exterior alterations, so for a house inside it the Town's approval comes before the order, and we check the address before setting a date. The Property Standards By-law, No. 6543-23, adds that doors are to be maintained, so a door that no longer latches is the owner's to deal with.
Free estimates · Repairs any hour
Two photosof the door and the frame.
Book below with a photo of the front of the house, door and garage together, and your Aurora address, and we will say what suits it. The estimate is free.