01Stuck open
A door stuck open
The garage and usually the door into the house stand open, and the opener will not close the door.
- Opener that will not close it
- Sensor and limit faults
- Cable or spring failure
- Door that will not lower
Emergency garage door repair inNorth York
Emergency garage door repair in North York for a door stuck open, stuck shut or off its track, at any hour of any day. Most repairs are finished in one visit, and the shop never closes, holidays included.
- open, weekends and holidays
- 24/7
- for most repairs
- One visit
- 70 Google reviews
- 4.9★
- in Richmond Hill
- Since 2018
What’s included
Doors that cannot wait,and doors that can.
At night the drive is most of it: North York is 30 minutes from the van in Richmond Hill on the map's no-traffic figure, the common parts are on board, and nothing about an emergency repair needs a permit from the City of Toronto, because it replaces parts of the door that is already there.
02Stuck shut
Stuck shut with a car inside
Hand lifting that fails once the opener is let go means a mechanical failure. Do not force it: that makes it worse.
- Broken springs or cables
- A door frozen to the floor
- Jammed rollers or track
- Opener or power faults
03Off track
Crooked, or off its track
It can fall. A popped roller, a low side or bumper damage: stop using it immediately.
- Stop using it at once
- Keep people clear of it
- Do not force it either way
- Photos, inside and out
04Springs
Broken spring, door part open
Nobody should stand beneath a door that may not hold. Do not move it. A quick drop also points here.
- Nobody stands under it
- Do not move it
- No opener, no cord
- Tell us about a bang
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
Emergency garage door repair questionsin North York.
What North York homeowners ask about 24/7 emergency 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 follows whichever part has failed, and the crew states it before starting, then again if the diagnosis turns out different. Spring size and door weight matter, as does any harm to cables or tracks. A good share of faults can wait for daylight, and paying after-hours rates for those is wasted money, so you are told when that is the case.
In most cases the work is done on that one trip, because the parts that break most often travel with the crew. A text with two pictures, taken inside and out, helps the right ones get loaded. Unusual parts, or damage worse than first thought, can stretch the job. Richmond Hill is 30 minutes and 15.7 km from North York by road.
No. Fixing a failed door swaps parts inside the opening that already exists. Only a wider or taller opening would bring permit work, and that is a replacement rather than a call-out.
Two shots: the door seen from the driveway, and the door from inside with it closed, framed so you can see the tracks, the springs overhead and the opener. Put the address and a short note of what happened with them, such as a bang, a door that will not budge or one hanging crooked.
Usually. Most single-door spring replacements take about an hour, and the common failure parts ride on the van. When one spring of a pair has gone, both are replaced, because the second has done just as many cycles. Cables and drums are looked at before the crew leaves.
People also ask
What people ask aboutemergency garage door repair in North York.
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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Loosen the ice bond gently first. Flame and metal blades are out, because both ruin the seal. A bottom seal that has hardened or torn is how water gets under the door in the first place, so plan to replace it afterwards.
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Yes, every make is repaired. The door's brand does not decide whether the visit can finish, since the parts that fail most often are the ones the crew brings.
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Yes. The phone is answered 24/7, weekends and holidays included, and the same crew does the repair as on any other day.
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The guide
Emergency garage door repair in North York: good to know.
What is different about 24/7 emergency repair in North York: the houses, the rules and the drive from the shop.
Emergency garage door repair in North York: what counts as one
Six situations count. The door is stuck open and cannot be closed. It is stuck shut with a car inside. A spring or cable gave out while the door was half raised. It has come off its track or hangs crooked. A vehicle has hit it. Or it is dropping faster than it ought to. Most such calls give warning beforehand: springs wear out on a cycle count, cables fray where you can see them, and rollers get loud before they quit.
Cold weather is the other big trigger, and a spring that breaks on a cold morning was usually close to the end of its life. Sensors can mislead as well: frost or condensation on a lens interrupts the beam, so a quick wipe of both lenses and a look at both indicator lights is worth doing before you phone.
Fixing a door at night in North York
A door stuck open, or a spring that lets go with the garage unsecured, is work required to respond to an emergency, and Toronto's Noise Bylaw exempts that noise. In North York the repair can therefore begin at night without an exemption being sought first.
The exemption covers the emergency itself, not every fault. A noisy door, a torn seal or a slow door goes to a daytime visit, when the ordinary construction rules apply. You are told which case yours is on the phone, so no one is called out at night for a job that can wait.
Free estimates · Repairs any hour
A door that cannotwait for morning.
Book below at any hour with your North York address. A photo of the door from inside with the lights on and one from outside tells us which part to bring, and the estimate is free.