Commercial garage doors in North York: rolling steel and sectional overhead doors for loading bays and shops, priced from photos of the door, its operator and tracks. When a bay is down, the phone is answered at any hour.
What’s included
A commercial bay in North York is 30 minutes from the shop in Richmond Hill, which is what counts when the bay is down; the rule the City of Toronto publishes for a door in the same opening is written for houses, so on a shop or a warehouse we confirm with Toronto Building before the order, and a larger opening for a taller truck is reviewed as structural on any building.
01Doors
A tight ceiling calls for rolling steel; shops and service bays take sectional doors of a heavier gauge. Fire-rated doors form a category apart.
02Hardware
Sizing starts with how often the door opens, as it works all day. Hinges, rollers, drums and track suit that count.
03Repairs
Tracks and framing that are still true mean only the damaged panel is replaced. Forklifts and vehicles usually cause the damage.
04Operators
We set wiring, limits and controls right, then test the safety reversal and the photo eyes, for staff safety.
Reviews
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
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, worn through.
The old two-car door had raised panels and a row of lites, and its paint was peeling along the bottom. It came down for long-panel steel in a warm taupe, plainer and cleaner under the house number.
Gallery
Eighteen garage and front door styles, each one modelled on a door we’ve hung.
Service area
Every town we serve, by the drive from our shop in Richmond Hill. The nearest are on top.
FAQ
What North York homeowners ask about commercial garage doors, and the questions every door raises.
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A single figure, given before work begins, and in North York it starts with the unit's own door, operator and springs. Units in the industrial area north of Downsview Park run commercial-rated doors and hardware, so a house door is never the yardstick. After that the number follows the door's size and gauge, its spring cycle rating, and whether the job fits daytime hours or needs a night-work exemption first.
The manufacturer sets the lead time: the door is built to size once you choose it, and the date arrives with the order. Install day is the part you can shape. Toronto's construction-noise hours decide when the crew may work, so a bay that cannot be shut by day needs an approved exemption for night work before the install is booked. Repairs move faster, since the usual failure parts ride on the van.
That depends on the building and on whether the opening stays as it is, and the City of Toronto answers it for the address. For a unit in the Downsview industrial area, send the unit's details and photos before anything is ordered. A noise exemption is a separate approval from any building permit: it covers the hours the work may run, nothing else.
Only with an approved noise exemption permit, and the conditions on it apply to the job. Toronto counts building, changing or fixing structures as construction noise, so a replacement is not treated like an emergency call. Say at the start that the bay runs on a night schedule, and the install is booked once the exemption is in hand.
Yes. A call from a unit in the Downsview industrial area is answered at any hour, weekends and holidays included, and a bay that will not close or has come off its track is treated as urgent because it leaves the unit open. Richmond Hill is 30 minutes from North York by road (15.7 km), and most repairs are finished in one visit.
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.
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.
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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No. Overhead doors on industrial and commercial units need commercial-rated doors and hardware. A residential door and its springs are built for a few openings a day, and a working bay opens far more often than that, so the door is chosen for the unit.
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A forklift or vehicle strike is the classic cause, followed by worn rollers, slack cables and a bent section of track. Do not run the door once it is off its track, because forcing it can crease panels and make a hardware fix into a panel job.
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Not as planned work. Toronto bars clearly audible construction noise all day Sunday and on statutory holidays, so a replacement is booked on another day unless an approved exemption covers it.
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The guide
What is different about commercial garage doors in North York: the houses, the rules and the drive from the shop.
Commercial work in North York covers rolling steel, sectional overhead and high-speed doors, supplied, installed and repaired. A rolling steel door coils into a barrel over the opening and suits a tight bay. Sectional overhead doors use heavier steel and keep heat in better.
Commercial springs are rated in cycles, so a door that opens all day needs a higher rating than one used now and then. A quote names the rating beside the door's size and gauge, and the operator is chosen to match the door's weight.
A large industrial-commercial area lies north of Downsview Park, and the overhead doors on its units are commercial work. They need commercial-rated doors and hardware, so a quote starts from the unit's own door, operator and springs, never from a house door.
When a bay there is out of action the call is urgent whatever the hour. The van carries the parts that fail most, and the aim is to have the unit secured and working again in a single visit.
The permit question is settled by the City of Toronto for each address, and starts with the building type and whether the opening is changing. Noise is the other rule to plan around: under the Noise Bylaw, building, changing or fixing structures counts as construction noise.
A bay that cannot be down during the day may need night work, and that requires an approved noise exemption permit, with its conditions. Without one, work runs from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. on weekdays and from 9 a.m. until 7 p.m. on Saturdays, and not at all on Sundays or statutory holidays.
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