Commercial garage doors in Scarborough: sectional overhead doors, cycle-rated springs, panels replaced after a strike and tune-ups by cycle count, with the phone answered 24/7.
What’s included
A commercial bay in Scarborough is 35 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
Shops and service bays get heavier-gauge sectional doors. Rolling steel suits a tight ceiling. Fire-rated doors fall in a category of their own.
02Hardware
Track, drums, hinges and rollers are picked for the opening count, because a door operating all day is sized by it.
03Repairs
A damaged panel can be replaced alone when the tracks and framing remain true. The usual cause is a forklift or vehicle strike.
04Operators
A staff safety matter: controls, wiring and limits set correctly, then photo eyes and safety reversal tested.
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 Scarborough homeowners ask about commercial garage doors, and the questions every door raises.
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What moves the price: the kind of door, its width, height and steel gauge, how many cycles the springs are rated for, which operator drives it, and whatever a strike has bent. To get one figure instead of a spread, send pictures taken inside and out that show the operator, the tracks and the springs. That figure is agreed before work begins.
The door is made to size, so installation follows that lead time. A loading bay that has stopped working is a different kind of call, and the phone is answered at any hour. Servicing is scheduled by cycles run, not by the calendar.
It depends on whether the opening or the building changes. A door into the existing opening is a replacement. Widening, raising or cutting a new bay alters the structure, so ask the City of Toronto before ordering. Fire-rated doors also carry their own testing and inspection.
Rolling steel gathers into a barrel above the opening, so it fits where headroom is tight. Sectional overhead doors use a heavier gauge and hold heat better. Send photos of the opening and the operator and the quote will say which can be done on your bay.
Where the bay runs all day, yes. A spring rated for 25,000, 50,000 or even 100,000 cycles costs more to buy but less per year of use. Put a residential spring on a bay doing forty cycles a day and it is spent in under a year.
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.
People also ask
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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Hinged steel sections, heavier gauge than a house door, riding in tracks with springs above the opening. A rolling steel door gathers into a barrel instead.
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Often it is, on a sectional door whose tracks and framing are still straight. The other classic failure is a forklift or vehicle strike, and swapping the struck panel can save the whole door.
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The count of cycles decides, not the date. Constant use means a look several times a year, while a door that barely moves can wait for an annual visit.
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The guide
What is different about commercial garage doors in Scarborough: the houses, the rules and the drive from the shop.
Rolling steel, sectional overhead, high-speed and fire-rated: the bay settles which one, through headroom, opening size and how often it cycles. House and commercial overhead doors are both handled, and a workshop or equipment building may want something taller or wider than a house garage ever would.
A loading bay uses up spring cycles far faster than a house. The work often finds residential-grade parts hung on a commercial-duty door, because the first install was priced, not specified. A service visit covers spring condition and cycles remaining, cables and drums, rollers, hinges and bearings, track alignment, the reversal and photo-eyes, the operator and the seals.
For a commercial property in Scarborough the City of Toronto decides. A like-for-like door in the same opening is the plain case. A taller or wider opening, a new bay or a change to the building is where a permit question starts, and it is better asked before the door is ordered than after it arrives.
Fire-rated doors are separate, with their own testing and inspection. If the bay has one, say so when you send photos.
A commercial call often means a bay that cannot be used. The phone is answered 24/7. From the Richmond Hill shop, Scarborough is 35 minutes by road without traffic (30 km). An inspection and tune-up on a cycle schedule aims to stop that call coming.
For a replacement quote, photograph the door from inside and from outside so the operator, tracks and springs all show. With those the firm can name a number rather than a range.
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