01Springs
Springs and cables
A bang, or a door that rises crooked, points to a spring or a cable. That repair is a spring-page job.
- Torsion or extension springs
- Cables and drums
- Failure named by symptom
- Spring condition checked
Garage door repair inMarkham
Garage door repair in Markham, on every make of door: springs, cables, tracks, sensors, panels and openers, with the parts that fail most carried on the van so most jobs finish in one visit, weekends and holidays included.
- for most repairs
- One visit
- open, weekends and holidays
- 24/7
- 70 Google reviews
- 4.9★
- in Richmond Hill
- Since 2018
What’s included
Every part that fails,and the sign it gives.
A Markham repair is 25 minutes from the van's parts shelf in Richmond Hill, so the diagnosis and the part usually arrive together, and a repair to an existing door needs nothing from the City of Markham.
02Track
Tracks, rollers and hinges
Rollers or the track are usually to blame if a door sticks, travels crooked or gets steadily louder.
- Doors off their track
- Bent or loose track
- Worn rollers and bearings
- Hinges and brackets
03Opener
Reversing, stalling
Stopping short or reversing sends us to the door first: track, rollers, a section or the seal. We check the opener too.
- Worn bottom seal
- Dented section
- Track binding
- Roller binding
04Panels
Panels, seals and tune-ups
A dent may need only one new section. Loosened hardware and tired seals get a tune-up.
- Single section replaced
- Bottom and edge seals
- Tune-up and lubrication
- Safety check
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 repair questionsin Markham.
What Markham homeowners ask about garage door repair, 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 price is given before the work, and again if the diagnosis changes. Most of the variation comes from the spring: how big it is, whether one or both are replaced, and how heavy and tall the door is. A frayed cable or a damaged drum adds a line. A German Mills house from the 1970s or 1980s has hardware old enough that the repair and a replacement are priced side by side.
Most jobs finish in one visit, because what usually breaks is already on the van. Two things stretch it: a part the van does not carry, and damage that goes beyond what the first look showed. Winter is when Markham calls cluster, and two photos by text beforehand make it likelier that the right part is on board.
A repair swaps parts and the opening stays as it is, so no permit is involved. A wider or taller opening is a different job: it is structural work, and the City sees it as a change to the wall.
Yes on both counts. The shop is open round the clock on every day of the year, and same-day service is offered. Markham is 15.2 km from the shop, a drive of 25 minutes, and the call starts with what the door is doing and two photos.
Usually. One photo from outside shows where the door has stopped, and one from inside, with the springs above the opening and the tracks on each side in view, shows most of what has failed. A snapped spring, a slack cable and a bent track each look different. The technician confirms it at the door and reports anything else found before touching it.
People also ask
What people ask aboutgarage door 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
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It stops the rollers running true, so the door sticks, jerks or drops out of the track. A kinked track also strains the cables and the opener. The track is replaced, and the door is rebalanced after.
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A vehicle strike, a snapped cable, a worn roller or a bent track are the usual causes. A door that has come off on one side should not be forced, since it can fall. The cause is found and fixed before the door goes back on.
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Most of the time, yes. A spent spring or a slack cable makes a sound opener strain, so the door is fixed first and the opener is judged afterward. An opener is replaced only for a fault in the opener itself.
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The guide
Garage door repair in Markham: good to know.
What is different about garage door repair in Markham: the houses, the rules and the drive from the shop.
Garage door repair in Markham, part by part
A repair visit starts with the symptom and ends with a tested door. Springs, cables, rollers, hinges, tracks, sensors, panels, seals and openers are all repaired, on every make of door, whether it is plain steel or insulated.
A handful of parts account for most failures, and the symptom points to the part: a door heavy by hand suggests a spring, a crooked one a cable, one that reverses for no reason a sensor. The price comes before the work.
German Mills' 1970s and 1980s houses and Markham winters
In German Mills the housing is mostly single-family, with many houses from the 1970s and 1980s, so a door there may still be on its original springs, rollers and opener. At that age the question is repair or replace, and we set out both with the price before the work.
Snowfall in Markham averages 146.4 cm a year, and cold weakens springs and stiffens openers, so calls bunch up when the temperature drops. Growth here came as waves of new subdivisions, so neighbouring doors reach the same age together, and a spring that has gone on one house says something about the next.
A repair call, from two photos to a working door
You text two photos, outside and inside, and say what the door did. The van is loaded with the part that probably failed, and the shop is open every hour, so there is no wrong time to call. If the door is stuck, leave it where it is and do not force it.
On arrival the technician checks the balance first, and anything else found is reported before extra work starts. The door is run through a full cycle before the van leaves.
Tune-ups, openers and commercial doors in Markham
A tune-up is done to a door before it fails: rollers, hinges, tracks and balance are looked at, and the opener's safety reversal is tested. Openers are repaired in chain, belt and screw drive, and whether the door or the opener is at fault is settled by the balance check first.
Homes and commercial buildings are both served. A commercial bay opens more often, so its springs are judged by cycles and its tune-ups are set by use. Estimates are free, and the price is stated before any work starts.
Free estimates · Repairs any hour
Tell us whatthe door is doing.
A photo of the door from outside and one from inside, with your Markham address, is all we need to quote the repair. Book below at any hour, and the form says where to send them.