01Torsion
Torsion springs
Mounted on a shaft above the opening and turning as the door moves. The usual setup on a newer door.
- Sized to the door's weight
- Wound to tension
- Both springs on two-spring doors
- Shaft bearings checked
Garage door spring repair inAurora
In Aurora, garage door spring repair covers torsion and extension springs, replaced and balanced, with the whole door looked over while it is apart. Most single doors take about an hour, and the phone is answered 24/7.
- for most repairs
- One visit
- open, weekends and holidays
- 24/7
- 70 Google reviews
- 4.9★
- in Richmond Hill
- Since 2018
What’s included
Two kinds of spring,and the cables beside them.
A broken spring in Aurora is 20 minutes from the van's spring rack in Richmond Hill, so the door is weighed, measured and fitted with the right spring on the first visit; a spring is a part of the existing door and needs no permit from the Town of Aurora.
02Extension
Extension springs
One lies along each horizontal track and lengthens as the door comes down. Each should have a safety cable.
- Replaced as a pair
- Safety cables through them
- Pulleys checked
- Matched to the door
03Cables
Lift cables and drums
A spring that lets go often takes a cable with it. Both cables are replaced in almost every case, and the drums are checked.
- Frayed or snapped cables
- Drums, brackets and pulleys
- Rust from winter salt
- Unwound with winding bars
04Balance
Balanced and tested
Disconnect the opener and lift the door halfway: if it stays put, the spring is right. Every job ends this way.
- Balance set by hand
- Full travel run through
- Opener limits and force
- Rollers and hinges looked over
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.
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 spring repair questionsin Aurora.
What Aurora homeowners ask about spring replacement, 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
The spring sets the price: its size and cycle rating, one or two on the door, and the door's weight and height. Damage to a cable or drum when the spring went is extra. A higher-cycle spring costs more now and lasts longer. You hear the figure before work begins.
Count openings, not years. A common rating is 10,000 cycles, and at four openings a day that lasts about seven years, so a busy household gets there sooner. Ontario cold and dry hardware wear a spring faster, so one that snaps on a freezing morning was probably near its limit anyway.
Not normally. A spring job is parts only: the spring sits above the opening, inside the garage, and the opening itself is never touched. Only a change to the opening would raise a permit question.
No. Both are replaced, because the second spring has done as many openings as the first and is close behind it. Fitting one new spring beside a worn one leaves the door unevenly balanced, which strains the cables and the opener. Until then, do not run the opener or lift the door by hand.
Most single-door replacements take about an hour on site. That covers measuring the door for the right spring, releasing the old one safely, fitting and winding the new one, and balancing the door. Pictures sent beforehand let us bring the right spring, so it is one trip, and Aurora is 20 minutes from the shop.
People also ask
What people ask aboutgarage door spring 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.
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It runs through the spring and holds it if it snaps, so it cannot whip across the garage. Extension springs sit along the horizontal tracks, mostly on older doors. A missing cable is the first thing we check.
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A failing spring often damages them on its way out. On a torsion door a cable is changed only once the springs are unwound with winding bars, which keeps the whole job with the crew.
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Disconnect the opener and lift the door to halfway. If it stays there, it is balanced. If it slides down or springs up, the tension is wrong and the spring is adjusted again.
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The guide
Garage door spring repair in Aurora: good to know.
What is different about spring replacement in Aurora: the houses, the rules and the drive from the shop.
Garage door spring repair in Aurora: matching the spring to the door
Springs are matched to the individual door. Wire size, length and wind direction all have to suit it, so we measure the door first and work out the spring from that. Get it wrong and the door hangs out of balance, which wears the opener, cables and rollers.
The common springs ride on the truck, which is why most spring jobs finish in one visit. A picture of the springs over the opening lets us bring the right size, and the door is balanced before the crew leaves.
Spring calls to Aurora: what to send and what to leave alone
A broken spring can trap a car or leave a house unlocked, so we treat it as urgent and answer the phone 24/7, holidays included. Text one picture from outside and one from inside showing the springs over the opening, and the right spring goes on the truck. Up Yonge Street, Aurora is 20 minutes (12.7 km) away.
Two pictures of the door, one outside and one inside, show the springs and tracks and decide what goes on the truck. Look above the opening to see which springs you have: a coil on a shaft is torsion, and a spring stretching along the track is extension.
Free estimates · Repairs any hour
Photograph thesprings above the door.
A photo of the springs above the door from inside the garage and one of the door from outside, with your Aurora address, is enough for a free estimate. Book below at any hour.