01Springs
Springs and cables
Think spring or cable when the door bangs or rises crooked, then use the spring page for the repair.
- Torsion or extension springs
- Cables and drums
- Failure named by symptom
- Spring condition checked
Garage door repair inThornhill
Garage door repair in Thornhill, whether a spring, cable, roller, sensor or opener has let go, on any make of door and usually in one visit. The shop answers 24/7, weekends and holidays included.
- for most repairs
- One visit
- open, weekends and holidays
- 24/7
- 70 Google reviews
- 4.9★
- in Richmond Hill
- Since 2018
What’s included
Every part that fails,and the sign it gives.
A Thornhill repair is 15 minutes from the van's parts shelf in Richmond Hill, so the diagnosis and the part usually arrive together, and a repair to an existing door needs nothing from the City of Vaughan or the City of Markham.
02Track
Tracks, rollers and hinges
Binding, a crooked run and growing noise over the months most often trace to the track or rollers.
- Doors off their track
- Bent or loose track
- Worn rollers and bearings
- Hinges and brackets
03Opener
Reversing, stalling
First the door: its seal, sections, track and rollers. Reversing or stopping short is traced there, then the opener side.
- Worn bottom seal
- Dented section
- Track binding
- Roller binding
04Panels
Panels, seals and tune-ups
Loose hardware and tired seals suit a tune-up. A dented section alone can be replaced.
- Single section replaced
- Bottom and edge seals
- Tune-up and lubrication
- Safety check
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.
A two-car door, dented end to end.
Every section of the old door was dented, and the middle had torn open. We hung a flush steel door in the same opening, charcoal to sit with the dark siding, under the same basketball hoop.
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 repair questionsin Thornhill.
What Thornhill homeowners ask about garage door repair, 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
The failed part sets the price, and parts differ widely: a set of rollers, a cable and a pair of springs on a heavy door are different jobs. A damaged drum or an opener strained by the fault adds to it. You hear the figure before work begins. If the technician finds something other than what was described on the phone, work stops while you are told what changed and what it now costs, and the decision is yours.
Usually one visit. The van leaves the Richmond Hill shop carrying the parts that fail most, and the drive to Thornhill is 15 minutes, 9.7 km. A second visit comes from only two things: a part the van was not carrying, or panels that must be ordered.
No building permit is involved in swapping a spring, cable, roller or sensor, because the opening stays exactly as built. That question would come up only if someone widened or raised the opening itself, and in Thornhill the property's address decides whether it goes to Vaughan or Markham.
Yes. Both sides get the same service, on any make of door and on openers in chain, belt and screw drive, and the shop takes calls at any hour. Same-day service is part of it. The area runs from Thornhill Woods and Uplands across to Royal Orchard and German Mills.
Yes. Every make of door is repaired, so not knowing the maker does not hold up the call. Two photos, one from outside and one from inside with the tracks and springs in view, show the crew what the door hangs on and what has failed, and the right parts come on the van.
People also ask
What people ask aboutgarage door 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
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A tune-up goes through the door before something fails: the balance is tested, the springs, cables, rollers and hinges are looked over, the moving parts are lubricated and the safety reversal is tried. Anything found worn is quoted before it is replaced.
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Often, when the rest of the door is straight and sound. A section hit by a car or creased when the door came off its track can be replaced on its own, though a panel that has to be ordered in means a second visit.
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Yes. A remote or keypad that has stopped working is diagnosed with the opener, along with the sensors, limits, gear and board. Openers in chain, belt and screw drive are all repaired.
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The guide
Garage door repair in Thornhill: good to know.
What is different about garage door repair in Thornhill: the houses, the rules and the drive from the shop.
Garage door repair in Thornhill: from two photos to the visit
Two photos by text start it: one from outside with the door shut, one from inside showing the tracks, the springs over the opening and the opener. Often that is enough to tell a roller from a cable or a bent track, so the van leaves the Richmond Hill shop with the right part.
A spring seldom fails alone, so on the visit the cables, rollers and shaft bearings get a look as well. A door with two springs gets both replaced when one goes, since the second has opened and closed just as many times. Anything else found is explained before extra work starts.
Openers and the doors they pull in Thornhill
Openers in chain, belt and screw drive are repaired on any make. Before an opener is blamed, the door's balance comes first: a door with tired springs makes a sound opener strain, hum or reverse, and replacing the opener would not cure it.
A remote that fails while the wall button works is a smaller fault than a failed motor. The opener is repaired where that makes sense and replaced where it does not, and a new opener is normally installed in one visit of a few hours.
When a Thornhill repair becomes a new door
When what failed is a part and the sections are straight, the answer is repair, and you get that answer when it is true. A door that keeps needing a different part is another matter, and a replacement is worth pricing then.
A standard door replacement is normally finished the same day. Replacement doors are made in Canada with a lifetime warranty, and the estimate is free from two photos.
Free estimates · Repairs any hour
Tell us whatthe door is doing.
A photo of the door from outside and one from inside, with your Thornhill address, is all we need to quote the repair. Book below at any hour, and the form says where to send them.