01Repair
Opener repair
Any make, in chain, belt or screw drive: a hum with no movement, a door that reverses, a dead wall button.
- Stripped drive gears
- Worn limit switches
- Failed capacitors
- Dead logic boards
Garage door opener repair inAurora
In Aurora, garage door opener repair starts with finding the fault before replacing anything, on chain, belt and screw drive models, with the door's balance checked first. A new opener typically goes in on one visit, a few hours long.
- for most repairs
- One visit
- estimates, from two photos
- Free
- 70 Google reviews
- 4.9★
- in Richmond Hill
- Since 2018
What’s included
Faults we repair,openers we fit.
An opener call in Aurora is 20 minutes from the shop, and the visit starts with the door, not the motor: the opener is released and the door lifted by hand, because an opener guides a balanced door rather than lifting a heavy one. An opener is a part of the existing door and needs no permit from the Town of Aurora.
02New
New and replacement openers
We pick belt, chain, screw or wall-mount by what is beside the garage and over it.
- Chain and belt drives
- Screw drive and wall-mount
- Battery backup
- A first opener, newly added
03Remotes
Remotes, keypads and phones
Remotes, keypad and car buttons are programmed before we leave, and the phone app set up where there is one.
- Handheld remotes
- Wall keypads
- Built-in car buttons
- Phone app over Wi-Fi
04Sensors
Safety sensors
Roughly six inches above the floor, two photo eyes warn the door of a blockage. Cleaned, aligned or replaced.
- Lenses cleaned, brackets aligned
- Sensor wiring checked
- Reverse tested on an object
- Lens frost cleared
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.
Foam board out, steel in.
Seen from inside, the old door had been patched over with pink foam board. The new one is white insulated steel in four sections, photographed from the same spot in the garage.
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
Garage door opener repair questionsin Aurora.
What Aurora homeowners ask about garage door openers, and the questions every door raises.
Not here? Ask us for a free estimate.
Planning a new door5 questions
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.
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 work5 questions
Whether to repair or replace comes first, and the drive you choose, Wi-Fi, battery backup and the state of the springs follow. Tired springs overwork a motor, so a new opener on a door with spent ones only relocates the problem, and the springs are looked at before anything is quoted. The price is given before work starts.
A new opener normally goes in during one visit lasting a few hours. A first-ever opener, a wall-mount model, a door 8 feet tall that needs an extension kit, or spring work that has to happen first will stretch that.
No building permit is normally needed. The opener hangs from ceiling joists inside the garage, and the opening is untouched. What it does need is a working outlet near the motor. If there is none, an electrician has to add one first.
Mostly yes. Most cars with their own buttons can be taught the new opener, and a few need an adapter first. Remotes pair to one opener's security system, so the old ones seldom work on a new unit. Keypad, remotes and car are all set up before the crew drives away.
Yes. If an eye has failed or a wire is damaged, only that part is replaced and the sensors are lined up again. Before that we rule out the simple causes: frost on a lens, grime, or a bracket that got knocked. The sensors are never bypassed to get the door shut.
People also ask
What people ask aboutgarage door opener repair in Aurora.
The garage door questions people type into Google, answered in a few lines each. Search for yours, or pick a part of the door.
Search 3 answers from Modern Empire Doors
Often searched
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Change the remote's battery first. Then try the wall button. If the button opens the door, the opener is sound and the trouble sits in the remote or the receiver. LED bulbs near the opener can also shorten the range.
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It needs torsion springs and clear wall beside the door. The motor turns the spring shaft directly and leaves the ceiling free, which a ceiling-hung chain, belt or screw drive does not.
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Often a stripped drive gear, which can be replaced on its own. When the gear turns out fine, the motor's limit switch, capacitor and logic board are next, and any one can be swapped alone.
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The guide
Garage door opener repair in Aurora: good to know.
What is different about garage door openers in Aurora: the houses, the rules and the drive from the shop.
Garage door opener repair in Aurora: the fault before the motor
Signs that the opener itself is at fault: a motor that hums while nothing moves, reversal with nothing in the way, remote range that comes and goes, or grinding from the motor housing. If the wall button works and the remote does not, start with the remote's battery, then reprogram it with the LEARN button, then rule out LED bulbs.
Whatever the fault, the door is balanced before an opener is replaced. A motor straining against spent springs does not need replacing, and a new one on the same springs would strain too.
Opener day in Aurora: what the crew does and what you do
The old opener comes down with its wiring and sensors. The new motor is hung from steel brackets bolted into the ceiling joists, the sensors are lined up, and travel and closing force are set. The last test closes the door onto a solid object, and it has to turn back. Before the crew drives off, the remotes, keypad and phone app are all set up. Aurora is 20 minutes (12.7 km) from the shop.
Give the crew a working outlet near the motor, room to lay out the rail, cars parked outside, and the height of the door written down. Your old remotes will probably not pair with the new opener, so expect to use the new ones.
Free estimates · Repairs any hour
Does the wallbutton still work?
A photo of the door from outside and one of the opener and ceiling from inside, with your Aurora address, is enough for a free estimate. Book below at any hour, and the form says where to send them.