Commercial garage doors in Markham for shops, units and loading bays: sectional, rolling steel and high-speed doors, quoted from photos and planned around the permit when a unit is being fitted out. Calls are answered 24/7.
What’s included
A commercial bay in Markham is 25 minutes from the shop in Richmond Hill, which is what counts when the bay is down; the rule the City of Markham publishes for a door in the same opening is written for houses, so on a shop or a warehouse we confirm with City of Markham Building Standards Department before the order, and a larger opening for a taller truck is reviewed as structural on any building.
01Doors
Heavier-gauge sectional doors for shops and service bays, and rolling steel where the ceiling is tight. Fire-rated doors are a separate category.
02Hardware
For a door in use all day, the opening count sets the size. Drums, rollers, hinges and track are chosen to suit it.
03Repairs
Most damage comes from a forklift or vehicle hitting the door. If framing and tracks stayed true, just the damaged panel is swapped.
04Operators
We set wiring, limits and controls right, then test the safety reversal and the photo eyes, for staff safety.
Reviews
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
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, worn through.
The old two-car door had raised panels and a row of lites, and its paint was peeling along the bottom. It came down for long-panel steel in a warm taupe, plainer and cleaner under the house number.
Gallery
Eighteen garage and front door styles, each one modelled on a door we’ve hung.
Service area
Every town we serve, by the drive from our shop in Richmond Hill. The nearest are on top.
FAQ
What Markham homeowners ask about commercial garage doors, and the questions every door raises.
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One number, given before the work, from photos taken inside and out. Door type and gauge move it most, then the spring cycle rating, the operator and the size. In Markham a door fitted as part of a tenant fit-out or a change of use sits inside a permitted project, and that permit can set the size and the timing of the door, so we ask about the project first.
The first wait is the making of a door built to your opening, and the date is given when the order goes in. The fitting then depends on how many openings there are, which operator goes on and how true the tracks and framing are. Markham inspects commercial, industrial and tenant projects, so where the door belongs to one, the install is booked around the inspection.
A door replaced in an opening that stays as it is is one case, and a door fitted with a change of use or a tenant fit-up is another. Markham lists a change of use as permit work, and its permit guide gives a magnetic lock as an example of an alteration permit. We ask what the building project is before we order.
Not for parts put back in the same opening. The examples in Markham's guide to alteration permits are tenant fit-up, fire alarm upgrades and a magnetic lock, which are changes to a building, and a repaired panel, track or roller changes nothing. If the unit is mid-project, tell us who holds the permit, because the project may set conditions of its own.
It can. The City's guide to building permits names a maglock installation as an example of an alteration permit, so the lock is a permit item of its own. The door and its operator are one quote, and a lock or reader is settled with whoever holds the permit before the door is hung.
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.
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.
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
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 is the City's term for a unit being used for something different from before, such as a storage unit becoming a showroom. Markham puts a change of use on its list of projects needing a building permit, which means a door ordered for the new layout belongs to that permit and waits for its scope.
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Markham's guide lists all commercial, industrial and institutional projects for inspection, along with commercial and industrial tenant projects. A door that belongs to one of them is inspected with the rest. Whether a stand-alone door swap is on that list is a question for the City's building department, and we say so rather than guess.
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The shop answers at any hour on any day. Markham is 15.2 km away, a drive of 25 minutes, and what usually breaks on a bay door is carried on the van, so most repairs finish in one visit.
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The guide
What is different about commercial garage doors in Markham: the houses, the rules and the drive from the shop.
A door for a Markham unit is rarely only a door. It may belong to a tenant fit-out, a change of use or a build the City will inspect, and each of those sets when the door can go in and how large the opening is. Sectional, rolling steel and high-speed doors are all available, and the type is chosen once the project is known.
Send photos from inside and out, with the operator, the tracks and the springs in view, and the quote is a number and not a range. A bay that is down is a call for any hour, weekends and holidays included, and every make of door is repaired.
Markham lists changing the use of a building as work that needs a building permit, and its inspection list takes in all commercial, industrial and institutional projects and all commercial and industrial tenant projects. An overhead door fitted inside one follows that permit, so its size and its timing are set by what the permit and the inspection allow.
Access control is a separate item. The City's guide to building permits names a magnetic lock installation as an example of an alteration permit, beside tenant fit-up and fire alarm upgrades, so a lock or reader belongs in the permit conversation and not in an afterthought at hanging time.
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