01Repair
Opener repair
Screw, chain or belt, any make: hums but will not move, reverses the door, or has a dead wall button.
- Stripped drive gears
- Worn limit switches
- Failed capacitors
- Dead logic boards
Garage door opener repair inMarkham
Garage door opener repair in Markham: repair or replacement on every make, in chain, belt or screw drive, with a new opener going in during one visit of a few hours and remotes programmed before we leave.
- 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 Markham is 25 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 City of Markham.
02New
New and replacement openers
Space over and next to the garage decides between wall-mount, screw, belt or chain.
- Chain and belt drives
- Screw drive and wall-mount
- Battery backup
- A first opener, newly added
03Remotes
Remotes, keypads and phones
A phone app gets set up where one exists, and we program the keypad, car buttons and remotes before leaving.
- Handheld remotes
- Wall keypads
- Built-in car buttons
- Phone app over Wi-Fi
04Sensors
Safety sensors
Two photo eyes about six inches off the floor tell the door something is in the way. 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 Markham.
What Markham 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
One price, before the work. Repair or replacement is the first fork, then the drive type, any extra features, and whether a worn spring is straining the opener. Estimates are free from photos of the opener and the ceiling, and nothing is priced until the door's balance has been checked.
One visit of a few hours puts a new opener in. Longer is likely when the door never had an opener, when the model mounts on the wall instead of the ceiling, or when worn springs have to be dealt with first. The old unit comes down and the door is checked for balance in the same visit.
An opener is bolted to the ceiling inside the garage and the opening stays as it is, so a permit does not come into it unless the job also touches the opening. That would be a separate piece of work.
Often, once the door's balance has been checked. German Mills is mostly single-family houses, many built in the 1970s and 1980s, so an opener there may be as old as the springs and rollers. A spent spring can make a sound opener strain, so the door is fixed first. If the fault is in the opener, replacement is the honest answer when the part can no longer be bought, and the price for either comes before the work.
The motor and rail go on the ceiling as in any garage. What changes is the approach: the garage is at the rear of the house, so a new unit is carried in from the back, and the opener position, the wall control and the keypad are planned for that layout before the quote is given.
People also ask
What people ask aboutgarage door opener repair in Markham.
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
3 answers
It slows, grows louder, hesitates part way or reverses for no clear reason. Those signs can also come from a tired spring or a misaligned sensor, so the door's balance and the sensors are checked first. If the opener is the cause, it is repaired or replaced, with the price before the work.
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Yes. A first opener takes longer than a swap, because the unit is mounted new and the door's balance has to be right first. It is fitted in chain, belt or screw drive, and the remotes are programmed before we leave.
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When it has started to hesitate, hum or reverse for no reason, yes, since cold stiffens an opener and Markham has recorded -35.2 C. Have the door's balance checked first, because a tired spring is often the cause. If the opener is at fault, a new one is a visit of a few hours that can be booked ahead of the freeze.
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The guide
Garage door opener repair in Markham: good to know.
What is different about garage door openers in Markham: the houses, the rules and the drive from the shop.
Garage door opener repair in Markham: what a visit covers
A visit starts with the balance of the door and then the fault. Sensors are aligned, the limits and closing force are set, and the reversal is tested by closing the door onto an object on the floor, apart from the photo eyes. Remotes, keypad and car buttons are programmed before we leave.
Every make is handled, in chain, belt or screw drive. The choice follows what sits above and beside the garage, and the price is given before the work.
Openers at the back of Cornell and in German Mills' older houses
A Cornell garage is at the rear of the house, which makes the way in the first thing planned: the opener, its rail and a new unit are brought through the back of the lot. The photos of the opener and the ceiling are taken from there.
German Mills is single-family houses, many from the 1970s and 1980s, where the opener may be original along with the springs and rollers. When one strains, the balance of the door is tested before the opener is blamed.
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 Markham address, is enough for a free estimate. Book below at any hour, and the form says where to send them.