01Measure
The measure
Five measurements decide which door and which hardware fit. Headroom decides the spring and track system.
- Opening width and height
- Headroom to the ceiling
- Side room for the tracks
- Backroom to the rear wall
Garage door installation inThornhill
Garage door installation in Thornhill, from measuring the opening to showing you the manual release: a door made to size, hung bottom up, with the opener if you want one. Estimates are free, from two photos.
- every replacement door
- Made in Canada
- warranty on replacement doors
- Lifetime
- 70 Google reviews
- 4.9★
- in Richmond Hill
- Since 2018
What’s included
The door, the hardwareand the measure.
A Thornhill door is measured first and ordered to the opening, 15 minutes from the shop in Richmond Hill; a like-for-like door in the same opening is the kind the City of Vaughan or the City of Markham exempts from a building permit, and a wider or taller opening 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.
02Door
The door itself
Insulated or not, steel, aluminium or wood-look, single or double, in a colour and style you choose.
- Single or double door
- Steel, wood-look, aluminium
- Insulated or single skin
- Lites in the top section
03Hardware
Tracks, springs and seals
Sections get rollers, the frame gets seals, tracks are cut to this opening, the spring is matched.
- Tracks for headroom
- Rollers per section
- Seals round the opening
- Soft jambs dealt with
04Opener
The opener, kept or replaced
Reused or replaced, the opener is connected again and tested. The quote settles if it stays.
- Existing opener reconnected
- Limits and force set
- Sensors and remotes set
- A new opener if wanted
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
Garage door installation questionsin Thornhill.
What Thornhill homeowners ask about installation & replacement, and the questions every door raises.
Not here? Ask us for a free estimate.
Planning a new door5 questions
Thornhill carries one cost that is not the door. On the Markham side, widening the curb or cutting a new curb cut needs a permit from the City, so a wider door that wants a wider driveway entrance is a bigger job than a swap. For the door itself, the figure follows size (single or double), material, how much insulation, any windows, the style, and what shape the framing, tracks and opener are in. It is stated before work begins, and two photos by text start a free estimate.
Within the day, for a standard single or double replacement. The wait comes earlier: the door is made to size, and the order carries a delivery date. Hours are added on the day when the jambs are soft, when an opener goes in with the door, or when the door is oversized or custom. In Thornhill, a permit or heritage step on the Markham side can add time before the order is placed.
A same-size door in the same opening usually does not need a building permit. Widening or raising the opening is different: the header carries load, so the change normally needs a permit and sometimes an engineer. In Thornhill the first question is the house's side of Yonge Street: a permit question west of it goes to Vaughan, and east of it to Markham. Condo corporations can have their own style and colour rules.
A one-day job runs in sequence. The driveway and floor are protected, the opener is disconnected, the old springs are unwound with winding bars and the door comes out section by section, after which the jambs and header are checked. The new door then goes up from the bottom, with a new floor seal, followed by the shaft, drums, cables and springs chosen for its weight. Balancing and testing end the visit.
Yes. You settle insulation and construction first, then the panel pattern, the colour and any glass at the top, judged against the front door and trim. A front door to match can go in on the same visit, since one crew hangs both.
A door that won't work5 questions
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.
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.
Often, if the same section is still made. What people call a panel is usually a full-width section, and the new one has to match the make, size, design and colour of the rest. On a newer door from a current series that is usually possible. On an older or discontinued door it may not be, and a mismatched section can look worse than the dent. Sun-faded finishes are the other catch. Send a photo, plus any label on the door's inside edge, and we will tell you honestly.
People also ask
What people ask aboutgarage door installation in Thornhill.
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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Delivery depends on who makes the door, the model and the time of year, so no single number fits. A date is given when the order is placed, once the opening has been measured.
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Older GTA homes often have jambs that have gone soft at the bottom from water and road salt. The crew repairs that while the opening is empty, before the new door goes up.
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Yes. Headroom, the space above the opening, decides which spring and track system fits. It is one of five measurements: width, height, headroom, side room each side and backroom.
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The guide
Garage door installation in Thornhill: good to know.
What is different about installation & replacement in Thornhill: the houses, the rules and the drive from the shop.
Garage door installation in Thornhill: what is included
The job starts with five measurements at the opening, and the door is then made to size, since older openings are often not standard. On the day, the old door, tracks and hardware leave with the crew. The new door is hung with its springs, cables and sensors, and the opener goes on if you want one.
Before leaving, the crew lifts the door to the halfway point to show that it stays there, sets the opener's limits and force, and closes the door onto a solid object to confirm that it reverses. Remotes and keypad are programmed, and you are shown the manual release and what the warranty covers. Replacement doors are Canadian-made, with a lifetime warranty. Thornhill is 15 minutes and 9.7 km from the shop.
Garage door installation permits in Thornhill
Through Thornhill the line between Vaughan and Markham is Yonge Street, so the house decides which city is asked about a new opening. The split matters most when the driveway changes with the door. Markham requires a permit to widen a curb or create a new curb cut, so a wider door that needs a wider entrance has a street-side step to settle before the work is booked.
In the Markham heritage conservation district, exterior alterations need approval through a Minor or Major Heritage Permit. A new or wider driveway that comes with the garage door is a Major application, with a pre-application consultation meeting, and that adds lead time. Where only the door changes, the crew still asks whether the house is inside the district before it fixes a date.
Free estimates · Repairs any hour
Send a photoof your door.
A photo of the door from outside and one from inside the garage, with your Thornhill address, is enough for a free estimate on a new door. Book below, and the form says where to send them.