01Repair
Opener repair
A hum but no movement, a reversing door, a dead wall button: any make, and chain, belt or screw alike.
- Stripped drive gears
- Worn limit switches
- Failed capacitors
- Dead logic boards
Garage door opener repair inNewmarket
Garage door opener repair in Newmarket: chain, belt and screw drive openers repaired or replaced on every make of door, and a new opener normally fitted in one visit of a few hours.
- 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 Newmarket is 30 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 Town of Newmarket.
02New
New and replacement openers
We pick belt, chain, screw or wall-mount by what is beside the garage and over it.
- Chain and belt drives
- Screw drive and wall-mount
- Battery backup
- A first opener, newly added
03Remotes
Remotes, keypads and phones
Programming comes before we pack up: remotes, keypad, car buttons. A phone app is set up if there is one.
- Handheld remotes
- Wall keypads
- Built-in car buttons
- Phone app over Wi-Fi
04Sensors
Safety sensors
Cleaned, aligned or replaced: two photo eyes some six inches from the floor that alert the door to a blockage.
- 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 Newmarket.
What Newmarket 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
The price turns on repair or replace, the drive type (chain, belt or screw), extra features, and whether the springs need work first. Cold winters make opener function matter here, and tired springs make an opener strain, which can make a repair look like a replacement. The figure comes before the work, and if the diagnosis differs from the phone description, you are told what changed and what it now costs.
Expect a few hours, all in one visit. It runs longer when it is the garage's first opener, a wall-mount model, a taller door, or when springs need attention before anything is hung. The door's balance is checked first, since an opener cannot make up for a door that is out of balance.
In practice no. An opener hangs from the ceiling joists on steel angle brackets inside the garage, and nothing about the job touches the opening, the header or the size of the door, so the Town has nothing to review. Newmarket's permit questions begin when an opening is new or larger, and a new motor is neither.
Snow packed against the bottom of the door, or ice under the seal, makes the door resist, and the opener can reverse or stall as a result. Clear the threshold before pressing the button again, and stop once the opener has reversed the door twice. Newmarket averages 122.2 cm of snow a year, so the seal and the tracks are worth a look before the motor is blamed.
Yes. Every make of opener is repaired, in chain, belt and screw drive, and the common failure parts are carried on the van, so most repairs finish in one visit. A part the van lacks is ordered, and you are told what changed before any extra work. The estimate is free and starts from two photos.
People also ask
What people ask aboutgarage door opener repair in Newmarket.
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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A door that is out of balance makes a sound opener look dead. With the opener disengaged, the door is lifted by hand, and it should hold at about halfway. If it drops or climbs, the springs come first.
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A working outlet in the ceiling near the motor (an electrician adds one if there is none), a clear path for the rail, cars outside and the door height known, since a taller door may need an extension kit.
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Often. A dead logic board, a worn limit switch, a failed capacitor or a stripped gear can each be fixed, and repair usually makes sense on a younger unit. Replacing is the better call when the motor has gone, parts are discontinued or the opener predates rolling code.
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The guide
Garage door opener repair in Newmarket: good to know.
What is different about garage door openers in Newmarket: the houses, the rules and the drive from the shop.
Garage door opener repair in Newmarket, part by part
Grinding from the motor housing, a motor that hums without moving the door, reversal with nothing in the way, and a remote that only works close up all point at the opener. A door that shuts, touches the floor and reopens suggests the close limit has drifted. If it reverses before it closes, suspect the safety sensors first: sunlight, a knocked bracket or a dirty lens.
For a remote that misbehaves, try the wall button first, then the battery, relearning with the LEARN button, the antenna, LED bulbs nearby and the lock button; if the wall button is dead too, check power. The photo eyes sit about six inches off the floor and are never bypassed. The final test closes the door on a solid object, and it has to reverse.
What fitting an opener involves in Newmarket
The old opener, its wiring and the sensors come down first. The new motor hangs from the ceiling joists on steel angle brackets, with a reinforcing strut on a lighter door, and the rail is mounted. The sensors go a few inches above the floor and are aligned until both lights stay steady, and the travel limits and closing force are set.
The last test closes the door on a solid object, and it must reverse. Remotes, keypad and phone app are programmed before the crew leaves. A loud door is often more about the rollers than the motor: nylon rollers cost more than steel and are much quieter, and with regular lubrication and a belt drive they make the biggest difference.
Opener faults that winter makes worse in Newmarket
An opener has to work in exactly the weeks when going without it is worst, and Newmarket's winters are cold and somewhat snowy. That is why the door's balance is tested before the opener takes the blame: a door frozen to the ground or dragging on tired springs can look like a dead motor. Pressing the button harder never helps a door that resists.
A fault that shows only in winter is usually in the door, the seal or the tracks, and the opener is where it surfaces. The crew drives up from Richmond Hill, 30 minutes (29.1 km), and a new opener is finished with the travel limits and closing force adjusted and the sensors aligned.
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 Newmarket address, is enough for a free estimate. Book below at any hour, and the form says where to send them.