01Door
Fibreglass, steel or wood
Energy rules require an insulated core, so plain slabs are out. Fibreglass is common, steel strongest, and wood needs refinishing.
- Fibreglass entry doors
- Steel entry doors
- Solid wood doors
- Single and double doors
Front door replacement inMarkham
Front door replacement in Markham: entry doors fitted with the frame checked, made in Canada under a lifetime warranty, with the garage door done on the same visit if you want a matching pair.
- 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 Markham house is made to the opening and the swing, 25 minutes from the shop; a door in the same opening needs no building permit from the City of Markham, a wider opening or a new sidelight is a structural change that City of Markham Building Standards Department reviews, and on a designated house in one of its heritage districts the heritage permit comes first.
02Glass
Glass, sidelights and transoms
Most doors are chosen for glass, also its weakest point. Laminated glass and two or three panes help.
- Sidelights and transoms
- Two or three panes
- Laminated glass near the lock
- Safety-glass sidelights
03Frame
The frame and the lock
Frame security is long screws reaching the framing, a deadbolt with one full inch of throw, plus a reinforced strike plate.
- Frame kept or new
- Reinforced strike plate
- Deadbolt with a full throw
- Pulls, handles and locks
04Fit
Fitted square and sealed
A door not shimmed square and plumb binds, and the weatherstripping wears unevenly. A shifted opening gets corrected.
- 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 Markham.
What Markham 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 price comes before the work. The material moves it first, then a double door against a single, sidelights or a transom, the glass and hardware, and whether the frame must go too. Markham adds steps more than figures: a heritage-district street needs a heritage permit first, and a job that reaches into the wall or cladding is permit work. The free estimate starts from two photos.
A standard front door goes in the same day. A special-order door sets the lead time, and an old frame that has to be replaced lengthens the visit. In a Markham heritage district the order of work is fixed: Minor Heritage Permit first, any building permit after, so the date waits on that approval.
Not when the door goes into the same rough opening: the City's list of projects that need no building permit includes replacing a window or door without changing the opening's size. Replacing an exterior wall or cladding is on the permit list, so a job that reaches beyond the frame is settled first, and in a heritage district approval comes before everything.
Yes, because they change the frame and sometimes the opening. Sidelights or a transom that replace existing ones in the same opening keep the job a like-for-like swap. Added where there were none, they enlarge the rough opening and the permit question comes up. Glass adds to the price too, and laminated glass in a sidelight within reach of the deadbolt is worth asking about.
Yes. A standard front door goes in within a day, so the opening is open for part of one visit and no longer. The usual path still applies: a street in a heritage district waits for its permit, and a special-order door waits for its lead time.
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 Markham.
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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No. A Buttonville street can hold 1960s estate lots, 1980s developments and newer houses side by side, so sizes and frames differ from one house to the next. Each opening is measured on site.
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Yes, there is no fee for a Minor Heritage Permit application. Markham lists the removal and replacement of windows or doors as a Minor Heritage Permit project, and a building permit cannot be submitted until the heritage permit is obtained, so it sets the order of the job.
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Usually the fit. Light showing around the edge, a latch that needs a shove and cold air at the hinges all point to a frame that has moved. A new slab in a bad frame will not cure it, which is why weather sealing is part of the job.
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The guide
Front door replacement in Markham: good to know.
What is different about front & entry doors in Markham: the houses, the rules and the drive from the shop.
Front door replacement in Markham: opening by opening
The first choice is slab only or door and frame, and the second is whether the opening stays the size it is. Markham treats a door swapped into the same rough opening as a no-permit job. Sidelights added, a wider door or a moved opening all change the rough opening, and the permit question then comes before the order.
Photos from the street and from the hall show the frame. Hanging is the short part: the old door out, the frame squared and shimmed, the new door fitted and sealed, hardware and weather sealing last.
Front door replacement permits in Markham
On Markham's permit page, a window or door replaced with no change to the rough opening is among the projects that need no building permit, and replacing an exterior wall or cladding is among those that do. A front door job that reaches past the frame into the cladding is therefore permit work, and the scope is settled before the crew books.
Four districts change the order of work: Unionville, Markham Village, Buttonville and Thornhill. Every owner in them needs approval for exterior alterations, and a door removed and replaced is a Minor Heritage Permit job with no fee. The building permit comes only after it, so the heritage permit fixes the order and the lead time.
Front doors in Buttonville: measuring each frame
A Buttonville street can run from 1960s estate lots to 1980s developments to houses finished by the mid-2000s, so the door and frame on one house say little about the next.
That is why each opening there is measured on site. An older frame that has shifted may need replacing with the door, while a newer one can stay, and the photo from inside shows which.
Ordering a front door for a Markham house
Text a photo of the door from the street and one from inside showing the frame. The opening is measured, the old door removed, the new one fitted and sealed. The estimate is free, the price is given first, and the door is made in Canada with a lifetime warranty.
A special-order door sets its own lead time, so the date is given when it is ordered and not before. If the garage door is changing too, ask for both in one estimate: the same crew hangs the pair, and the colour, glass and hardware can be chosen together.
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 Markham address, and we will say what suits it. The estimate is free.