01Door
Fibreglass, steel or wood
Fibreglass is usual, steel the strongest and wood the one to refinish. Plain slabs are out, as energy rules want an insulated core.
- Fibreglass entry doors
- Steel entry doors
- Solid wood doors
- Single and double doors
Front door replacement inNorth York
Front door replacement in North York: the door is measured to your frame, and a standard swap is normally finished in a day. Estimates are free and start from two photos. If the garage door needs replacing too, one crew can do both.
- every replacement door
- Made in Canada
- warranty on replacement doors
- Lifetime
- 70 Google reviews
- 4.9★
- in Richmond Hill
- Since 2018
What’s included
What a new front doorincludes.
A front door for a North York house is made to the opening and the swing, 30 minutes from the shop; a door in the same opening needs no building permit from the City of Toronto, a wider opening or a new sidelight is a structural change that Toronto Building reviews, and whether an older house is designated is asked before anything is ordered.
02Glass
Glass, sidelights and transoms
Most doors are chosen for glass, also its weakest point. Laminated glass and two or three panes help.
- Sidelights and transoms
- Two or three panes
- Laminated glass near the lock
- Safety-glass sidelights
03Frame
The frame and the lock
Security lives in the frame: a reinforced strike plate, long screws into the framing, and a deadbolt with a full one-inch throw.
- Frame kept or new
- Reinforced strike plate
- Deadbolt with a full throw
- Pulls, handles and locks
04Fit
Fitted square and sealed
Shims set the door square and plumb, or it binds and weatherstripping wears unevenly. Shifted openings are fixed.
- Shimmed plumb and square
- Weatherstripping all round
- Hung and latched
- Old door removed
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.
Both doors on one house.
The garage door and the front doors were both brown: raised panels with square lites, and double doors with grid lites in a white frame. We replaced them together in one grey, so the two now match across the front of the house.
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
Front door replacement questionsin North York.
What North York homeowners ask about front & entry doors, and the questions every door raises.
Not here? Ask us for a free estimate.
Planning a new door5 questions
Cost moves with four choices: keeping the existing frame or replacing it along with the slab, the material, how much glass there is and whether there are sidelights, and the hardware. You see the price before work begins. In North York a swap into the opening you have normally adds no permit step, so the price follows the door. A new or wider opening is different: the permit comes first and the job is priced around it.
A standard door is normally in and finished within a day. A special-order door sets the wait, and a frame too old to keep adds hours to the visit. Where a new or wider opening needs a permit, that step comes before everything else. Richmond Hill is 30 minutes away.
Not if the new door sits in the existing opening of a house that is detached, semi-detached or in a row, and nothing about that opening changes: place, size and structural support stay the same and no new exit appears. For any other type of building, Toronto lists the replacement as work needing a building permit, and in any house a new or enlarged opening needs one.
Yes. One crew can hang both on the facade, and photos of the two doors get you one estimate for the pair. Making the front door's colour and style agree with the garage door's does more for the house than most single upgrades.
A photo of the door taken outside and another taken inside, which together show the frame. Have an idea of which way the door should swing, whether you want sidelights or a transom, whether the frame is sound or needs replacing, and what hardware finish suits the house.
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.
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.
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.
People also ask
What people ask aboutfront door replacement in North York.
The questions people type into Google about front doors and doors in general, answered in a few lines each. Search for yours, or pick a topic.
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Usually the fit rather than the door. Light showing at the edges, a door you must shove to latch, a cold draught on the hinge side, or damp on the interior face through winter all point to a poor fit or a frame that has shifted.
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Decorative glass is the largest weak spot for heat and for security. Two or three panes of insulated glazing improve comfort, and laminated glass stays in one piece when struck, which counts most for sidelights close to the lock.
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Yes. Style and colour are chosen against the trim and the neighbouring garage door, and one crew can hang both. A picture of the front of the house is enough to start.
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The guide
Front door replacement in North York: good to know.
What is different about front & entry doors in North York: the houses, the rules and the drive from the shop.
Front doors in North York: materials, glass and the frame
Fibreglass is the door fitted most; it insulates and does not warp or rot in freeze-thaw cycles. Steel gives the best security and tends to cost least, but a dent in it stays. Solid wood swells and shrinks with the seasons and has to be refinished from time to time. All replacement doors are made in Canada and come with a lifetime warranty.
The frame is where security lives: a reinforced strike plate held by long screws into the structural framing behind the jamb, and a deadbolt that throws a full inch in a frame that is square. A good install checks that the frame is plumb and shimmed correctly, and allows for an opening that has moved over the years. Photos from both sides let us see the frame before anyone visits.
Front door replacement permits in North York
In practice Toronto's rule means a same-size swap in a house is scheduled around the door's lead time and nothing else. Adding a door where none existed, or enlarging or moving one, is a structural change, so the permit comes first and the job is priced and timed around it.
If a house sits in a Toronto Heritage Conservation District, a street-facing door is compared with the district plan before it is ordered, as exterior alterations there need a heritage permit. Work out of sight of the street, interior work and routine maintenance are exempt, but an entrance door faces the street, so ask first.
Front door and garage door on one visit in North York
At the shop the garage door comes first and the front door is meant to match it. Customers praise how the house looks afterwards, and one crew can hang both doors on the facade. The visit measures, removes, installs and seals, and a standard door is normally done the same day.
The crew drives from the Richmond Hill shop, 15.7 km and about 30 minutes from North York. The run takes in Newtonbrook, Willowdale, Hillcrest Village, Bayview Village, Don Mills, York Mills, Bathurst Manor and Downsview. Estimates cost nothing and start from two pictures.
Free estimates · Repairs any hour
Two photosof the door and the frame.
Book below with a photo of the front of the house, door and garage together, and your North York address, and we will say what suits it. The estimate is free.