01Flush
Flush steel
A smooth face with plain joints and no raised panels, in black or graphite, with lites or without.
- Black or graphite
- Plain joints, no hardware
- A column of lites
- Insulated steel sections
Modern garage doors inMarkham
Modern garage doors in Markham: flush, long panel and full-view glass in black, graphite or a wood-look finish, made in Canada under a lifetime warranty and chosen against a photo of your house.
- every replacement door
- Made in Canada
- warranty on replacement doors
- Lifetime
- 70 Google reviews
- 4.9★
- in Richmond Hill
- Since 2018
What’s included
Four facesa modern door can take.
A modern door for a Markham house is chosen for the house it goes on and ordered to the opening, 25 minutes from the shop; a flush or glass door hung in the same opening is the kind the City of Markham exempts from a building permit, and the size of the opening is what City of Markham Building Standards Department reviews, not the colour or the glass.
02Long panel
Long panel and planks
Across the door run long horizontal lines, just a few, with lites above; painted steel or wood-look.
- Long-panel steel
- Painted steel
- Wood-look finish
- A row of clear lites
03Glass
Full-view glass doors
Frosted suits privacy, clear a workshop; aluminium frames carry glass in every section.
- Aluminium frames
- Frosted or clear glass
- Insulated glazing
- Daylight in the garage
04Lites
Glass in a row or column
Whether lites go in a row across the top or in a column on one side matters most to how the door looks.
- A top row of lites
- A side column of lites
- Square or long lites
- Frosted or clear lites
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
Modern garage doors questionsin Markham.
What Markham homeowners ask about modern garage 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, and for a modern door it follows the style more than the postal code: glass and glazing, material, insulation, size, finish and hardware each move it. Markham adds two things that can change the number first. One is an opening that has to be altered, which is structural work the City permits. The other is a street in a heritage district, where approval comes before the order. The estimate is free from two photos.
Once the door has been made, hanging a standard replacement is a same-day visit. The made-to-size door sets the lead time, and the date comes with the order. On a street inside a Markham heritage district the approval comes before the order, so a door for Unionville or Markham Village waits on that step first.
Not if it fills the same opening: a flush or glass door in place of the old one is a straight swap. A wider opening changes the structure, and a house in one of Markham's four heritage districts needs approval for exterior alterations before the door is ordered.
Clear glass does, so a full-view door suits a garage that is kept in order. Obscured or frosted panels still pass daylight and hide the shelves, and insulated glazing is available with either. Where the garage is at the back of the house, as it is on Cornell's townhomes, semis and detached houses, the door faces the rear of the lot and the question becomes who can see in from behind.
Yes, and with both doors changing it is one estimate and one crew. Send a photo with the front door and trim in the frame and we say what would sit well beside it. A house in a heritage district needs approval for exterior alterations to its front door as well, so the pair is planned together.
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.
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.
Often, if the same section is still made. What people call a panel is usually a full-width section, and the new one has to match the make, size, design and colour of the rest. On a newer door from a current series that is usually possible. On an older or discontinued door it may not be, and a mismatched section can look worse than the dent. Sun-faded finishes are the other catch. Send a photo, plus any label on the door's inside edge, and we will tell you honestly.
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
What people ask aboutmodern garage doors 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.
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Two. One shows the garage from outside, straight on and in daylight. The other shows the inside, with the ceiling, the springs and the opener in frame. The first lets us read colour and glass against the brick or siding, and the second shows which hardware can stay.
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Often, yes. The springs lift the door and the opener only guides it, so a sound opener stays once the new door balances. It is checked against the new door before it is reconnected, and replaced only when the opener itself is at fault.
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A full-view door is an aluminum frame with glass in every section, and the glass can be frosted or obscured so that nothing inside shows. What a door should do for security is settled with the hardware and the opener, and both are written on the estimate.
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The guide
Modern garage doors in Markham: good to know.
What is different about modern garage doors in Markham: the houses, the rules and the drive from the shop.
Modern garage doors in Markham: style and finish
Flush steel, long panel and full-view glass are the three faces, and the front of the house chooses between them. Black and graphite sit well on a flush door, and a wood-look finish comes on insulated steel. Glass sections can be obscured, so daylight reaches the garage while the contents stay out of sight.
Hardware follows the style. Glass and insulated sections weigh more than plain steel, so the springs are sized to the door that was ordered and not to the one it replaces. The estimate names the style, the finish, the glass and the hardware, so that nothing is left to a swatch.
Modern garage door permits in Markham
A modern door hung in the opening the garage already has is a straight swap. Markham asks for a building permit to alter a structural wall, and widening the opening for a double door or a taller glass door alters the wall around it. That is the moment to raise the permit question with the City, before the door is made.
Heritage is the other Markham case. The four conservation districts are Unionville, Markham Village, Buttonville and Thornhill, and owners in them must obtain approval for exterior alterations. A black flush door facing a district street is an exterior alteration, so approval is asked for first and the door is ordered after.
A modern door on the back of a Cornell house
In Cornell the garage is at the rear of townhomes, semis and detached houses, so a modern door there is seen from the back of the lot and is chosen against that wall, not against the street front. Glass lets daylight into a garage that faces the rear, and obscured panels keep the shelves out of view.
The door also arrives at the back, so the opener's position is looked at from there before the order is placed. Send the photos from the rear wall of the house, because that is the face the new door has to sit with.
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Book below with a photo of the house from the street, one from inside the garage and your Markham address, and we will say which door suits the front. The estimate is free.