01Core
Foam core, steel skins
The springs allow for the added weight. The skins have polyurethane foam or polystyrene board between them, rated by R-value.
- Polyurethane foam
- Polystyrene board
- Rated by R-value
- Two steel skins
Insulated garage doors inMarkham
Insulated garage doors in Markham: polyurethane or polystyrene cores, springs fitted to the heavier door and a new bottom seal, quoted free from two photos of the garage.
- every replacement door
- Made in Canada
- warranty on replacement doors
- Lifetime
- 70 Google reviews
- 4.9★
- in Richmond Hill
- Since 2018
What’s included
Steel outside,foam in the middle.
An insulated door for a Markham garage is heavier than the single skin it replaces, so the springs are sized to it on the day, 25 minutes from the shop; it hangs in the same opening, the kind of replacement the City of Markham exempts from a building permit, and only a change to the opening itself goes to City of Markham Building Standards Department.
02Seals
Bottom seal and frame
Seal wear or frame gaps bring the cold back. The door goes in with replacement perimeter stripping and seal.
- New bottom seal
- Perimeter stripping
- Frame gaps checked
- Seal on the floor
03Garage
The garage around the door
How much foam helps depends on the house wall, the ceiling and any room above. We check them before choosing the core.
- Wall to the house
- Room above
- Ceiling insulation
- Frame gaps
04Styles
Style and colour
Canada is where each replacement door is made. Insulated steel comes in carriage-style or wood-look.
- Panel styles
- Carriage-style panels
- Wood-look finish
- Windows in top section
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
Insulated garage doors questionsin Markham.
What Markham homeowners ask about insulated garage doors, and the questions every door raises.
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Planning a new door5 questions
One price, given before the work. Core type and section thickness are the biggest levers, then the size of the door, glass and finish, and the springs a heavier door needs. Winters are why people ask in Markham, but the quote answers a smaller question: which core suits how you use the garage. A Cornell door is hung from the rear of the lot, and the quote plans for that.
For a standard door the install is a same-day visit, because the door is made to size beforehand and the date comes with the order. The heavier sections mean the springs are wound for the door during that visit, and the balance is proved before the opener is reconnected.
No, if it fills the opening you have. An insulated door replaces a plain one section for section, so it is a straight swap. A wider opening or a new garage is permit work first, since Markham's permit list includes altering a structural wall and building an attached garage.
Yes, for a street-facing door. Markham has four heritage conservation districts, Thornhill, Markham Village, Buttonville and Unionville, and owners of all properties in one must obtain approval for exterior alterations. The door is ordered after the answer, not before, and an insulated door in the same opening needs no building permit of its own.
That depends on how the garage meets the house, not on being at the rear. Cornell's garages sit behind townhomes, semis and detached houses, so how each one joins the living space varies. A garage that shares a wall or has a room above gains most, and one that holds only bins and bikes gains little. The inside photo shows which you have.
A door that won't work5 questions
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.
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.
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.
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What people ask aboutinsulated garage doors in Markham.
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Look at the inside face of a section. A plain steel door is a single skin, so the back of the panel shows the ribs of the steel. An insulated section has a second skin or a layer of foam against the steel. If you cannot tell, the inside photo sent for the estimate settles it.
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The ceiling and the wall that joins the house, with the springs and the opener in frame. That shows whether a room sits above, how the garage meets the house and what the springs and opener look like, which together decide the core, the springs and the seal.
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With the opener disconnected, the door is lifted halfway by hand and should stay where it is left. If it drifts up or down, the springs are wrong for its weight. The test is run before the opener is reconnected, and it counts most on a heavier door whose springs have just been changed.
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The guide
Insulated garage doors in Markham: good to know.
What is different about insulated garage doors in Markham: the houses, the rules and the drive from the shop.
Insulated garage doors in Markham: what a heavier door changes
A heavier door changes more than the warmth. Its springs are wound for the extra weight, the bottom seal is replaced, and the opener is tested once the door is balanced. For a standard size that is still one visit.
Markham has recorded -35.2 C and averages 146.4 cm of snow a year. Cold weakens springs and stiffens openers whatever the door is made of, so winter is when a worn door fails. Insulation slows the chill in the garage but leaves that alone, which is why the springs are sized to the new door and not carried over.
Insulated garage door permits in Markham
An insulated door in the opening you have is a like-for-like replacement. A garage being built, or a structural wall being altered, is on Markham's building permit list, so a new or wider opening is permitted first and the door is ordered second.
Hanging is loud work, so it falls under the City's rules on construction equipment: a Saturday install has to finish between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., and Sundays and statutory holidays are out unless the City grants an exemption. The visit is booked around that.
A heavy door at the back of a Cornell lot
Cornell's houses have their garages at the rear, and a heavier insulated door is delivered and hung there. Access for the crew, the springs and the opener position are planned for the back of the lot before the order goes in.
A door that comes in at the rear leaves the same way, so the space inside the door and the way in from the back are worth clearing on the day. The date is given when the door is ordered, once its made-to-size lead time is known.
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