01Repair
Opener repair
A hum but no movement, a reversing door, a dead wall button: any make, and chain, belt or screw alike.
- Stripped drive gears
- Worn limit switches
- Failed capacitors
- Dead logic boards
Garage door opener repair inThornhill
Garage door opener repair in Thornhill on chain, belt and screw drive units, from a dead remote to a failed motor. A new opener goes in during one visit of a few hours when repair is not worth it.
- for most repairs
- One visit
- estimates, from two photos
- Free
- 70 Google reviews
- 4.9★
- in Richmond Hill
- Since 2018
What’s included
Faults we repair,openers we fit.
An opener call in Thornhill is 15 minutes from the shop, and the visit starts with the door, not the motor: the opener is released and the door lifted by hand, because an opener guides a balanced door rather than lifting a heavy one. An opener is a part of the existing door and needs no permit from the City of Vaughan or the City of Markham.
02New
New and replacement openers
Chain, belt, screw or wall-mount, chosen for what sits above and beside the garage.
- Chain and belt drives
- Screw drive and wall-mount
- Battery backup
- A first opener, newly added
03Remotes
Remotes, keypads and phones
Car buttons, a keypad and remotes get programmed before we go. Where a phone app exists, we set that up too.
- Handheld remotes
- Wall keypads
- Built-in car buttons
- Phone app over Wi-Fi
04Sensors
Safety sensors
The two photo eyes, six inches or so from the floor, signal an obstacle to the door. Cleaned, aligned or replaced.
- Lenses cleaned, brackets aligned
- Sensor wiring checked
- Reverse tested on an object
- Lens frost cleared
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.
Foam board out, steel in.
Seen from inside, the old door had been patched over with pink foam board. The new one is white insulated steel in four sections, photographed from the same spot in the garage.
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 opener repair questionsin Thornhill.
What Thornhill homeowners ask about garage door openers, 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
Repair or replace comes first: if the opener is under about a decade old, repairing it is usually the sensible route. Then the drive (chain, belt or screw), add-ons like Wi-Fi or battery backup, and spent springs on the door, which make the opener work against the full load, move the price. You hear the number before work begins.
Plan on one visit lasting a few hours. The time stretches when spring work has to come first, when it is a first opener in that garage, or when the unit is a wall-mount type or the door is the 8-foot size.
The opener hangs from the garage ceiling and never touches the opening, so the building permit question that a wider door raises does not arise. Vaughan and Markham, the two cities over Thornhill, enter only if the job reaches the opening.
Not every one. A wall-mount jackshaft mounts beside the door and turns the spring shaft itself, so the ceiling stays clear and it runs very quietly, but it needs torsion springs and clear space to one side. The inside photo you text shows both.
Yes, all of them. Old remotes generally do not work with a new opener, so fresh ones are set up along with the keypad. Many cars' built-in buttons can be reprogrammed, and a few need an adapter. Many current openers also have Wi-Fi and a phone app; check whether linking a car or a smart home costs a subscription.
People also ask
What people ask aboutgarage door opener repair 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.
Search 3 answers from Modern Empire Doors
Often searched
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A stripped gear, a failed capacitor, a worn limit switch and a dead logic board can all be repaired. Replacement makes more sense when the unit pre-dates rolling code, when its parts are discontinued or when the motor itself has failed.
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Rolling code changes the signal a remote sends each time it is pressed, so a copied signal is useless. Openers without it are replaced rather than repaired, and new remotes are programmed to the new unit.
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About six inches above the floor, facing each other across the opening, and never bypassed. A door that will not reverse on contact is a fault to have looked at before the opener is used again.
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The guide
Garage door opener repair in Thornhill: good to know.
What is different about garage door openers in Thornhill: the houses, the rules and the drive from the shop.
Garage door opener repair in Thornhill: the visit
Signs that point at the opener, not the door: a humming motor with no movement, reversals when nothing is in the way, a remote that only works at close range, a grinding housing. Whether repair or a new unit makes sense is settled after the diagnosis, and the price comes before the work.
Before the opener, the door itself is tested. Release the cord, lift by hand, and the door should travel smoothly and stay put near the halfway mark. If it does not, the springs or hardware come first, because the opener only guides the door and would be fighting a bad balance.
Setting up a new opener in Thornhill
Installation means mounting the rail and motor, setting travel limits and closing force, and wiring the safety sensors. The last step closes the door onto a solid object, and it must reverse.
Battery backup keeps the door running through a power cut for a number of cycles. Without one, the red release cord opens it by hand, and the crew shows you how. From the Richmond Hill shop it is 9.7 km to Thornhill, about 15 minutes.
Free estimates · Repairs any hour
Does the wallbutton still work?
A photo of the door from outside and one of the opener and ceiling from inside, with your Thornhill address, is enough for a free estimate. Book below at any hour, and the form says where to send them.