Front door replacement in Thornhill: fibreglass, steel or wood, measured to your frame and normally finished the same day. Send two photos for a free estimate; a matching garage door can follow in the same visit.
What’s included
A front door for a Thornhill house is made to the opening and the swing, 15 minutes from the shop; a door in the same opening needs no building permit from the City of Vaughan or the City of Markham, a wider opening or a new sidelight is a structural change that City of Vaughan Building Standards (west of Yonge Street) or City of Markham Building Standards (east of Yonge Street) reviews, and on a designated house in one of its heritage districts the heritage permit comes first.
01Door
Fibreglass is fitted most often, steel is strongest, wood needs refinishing. Energy rules ask for an insulated core, so a plain slab is out.
02Glass
Glass is why most people pick a door, and its weakest point. Two or three panes and laminated glass help.
03Frame
A full one-inch deadbolt throw, long screws that reach the framing and a reinforced strike plate keep the frame secure.
04Fit
A door not shimmed square and plumb binds, and the weatherstripping wears unevenly. A shifted opening gets corrected.
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.
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
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 Thornhill homeowners ask about front & entry doors, and the questions every door raises.
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A house inside the Markham heritage district needs a Minor Heritage Permit for a door swap, and that application carries no fee, so the permit adds a step rather than a charge. The price itself depends on whether it is the slab alone or door and frame, the material, any glass and sidelights, and the hardware, and you are given it before work begins, after a free estimate.
A standard front door is normally replaced within the day. Ordering a special door sets the wait, and once it is here, an old frame that must be replaced lengthens the visit. Inside the Markham heritage district the permit comes first, so the booking follows the approval.
A door replaced in its existing opening usually needs no building permit, while a larger or moved opening changes that. The other question is the city. Yonge Street separates Vaughan from Markham here, so the answer starts with which side the house is on. East of Yonge, a house inside the Markham heritage district needs a Minor Heritage Permit for the removal and replacement of a door.
It depends on the frame. A sound one is kept and made square, plumb and properly shimmed again, and one that has rotted or shifted too far is replaced with the door. Older homes in the area often have openings that have moved, so the crew checks for daylight round the edges, a door that only latches if you push, and drafts near the hinges.
On the Markham side of Thornhill, permitted construction-equipment noise is limited on Saturdays to 9 AM to 5 PM and prohibited on Sundays and statutory holidays. A scheduled replacement with loud work is therefore booked for a weekday or a Saturday inside those hours. The side of Yonge Street the house stands on settles whether that applies.
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.
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Fibreglass is the one fitted most often: it insulates and holds its shape through freeze-thaw without warping or rotting. Steel is the strongest choice for security and typically the cheapest, though a dent is permanent. Solid wood must be refinished and swells and shrinks with humidity.
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Heritage staff are delegated authority to approve work that follows the district policies and guidelines, so a door that follows them can be approved by staff. Ask for the guidelines before choosing a style. The Minor application carries no fee.
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A door set in an opening that already has sidelights or a transom keeps them. Adding one where there was none changes the opening itself, which brings the permit question back, so it is settled before the order.
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The guide
What is different about front & entry doors in Thornhill: the houses, the rules and the drive from the shop.
Three things settle the job before a door is chosen: which way it swings, how exposed the entry is to sun and weather, and whether the frame behind it is sound. From there the job is the slab alone or the door and frame together, then hardware and weather sealing. Sidelights and a transom come along where the opening already has them.
The new door is made in Canada and carries a lifetime warranty. The garage door can be chosen to match and hung on the same visit, since one crew does both on the facade. The drive from the shop to Thornhill is 15 minutes, 9.7 km.
Thornhill is divided along Yonge Street between the City of Vaughan and the City of Markham, and the house's side decides which city is asked. A door that stays in its opening is the plain case, and the crew confirms the side before it quotes.
In the Markham heritage conservation district, the removal and replacement of windows or doors is a Minor Heritage Permit project. The application carries no fee, but it has to be approved before the swap, so on that side of Yonge the permit step is part of the schedule. Every property in the district needs approval for exterior alterations, so a front door is checked with heritage staff before it is ordered.
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