01Torsion
Torsion springs
This spring turns on its shaft above the opening as the door moves. It is usual on newer doors.
- Sized to the door's weight
- Wound to tension
- Both springs on two-spring doors
- Shaft bearings checked
Garage door spring repair inThornhill
Garage door spring repair in Thornhill: torsion or extension springs replaced and balanced, with most single doors done in about an hour. Calls are taken 24/7, weekends and holidays too.
- for most repairs
- One visit
- open, weekends and holidays
- 24/7
- 70 Google reviews
- 4.9★
- in Richmond Hill
- Since 2018
What’s included
Two kinds of spring,and the cables beside them.
A broken spring in Thornhill is 15 minutes from the van's spring rack in Richmond Hill, so the door is weighed, measured and fitted with the right spring on the first visit; a spring is a part of the existing door and needs no permit from the City of Vaughan or the City of Markham.
02Extension
Extension springs
Run along the horizontal tracks on both sides and stretch as the door closes. Each should carry a safety cable.
- Replaced as a pair
- Safety cables through them
- Pulleys checked
- Matched to the door
03Cables
Lift cables and drums
Both cables get replaced in nearly every job, and the drums get checked. A spring that fails often damages a cable.
- Frayed or snapped cables
- Drums, brackets and pulleys
- Rust from winter salt
- Unwound with winding bars
04Balance
Balanced and tested
Each job closes with a test: release the opener, lift the door halfway, let go. If it holds, the spring is right.
- Balance set by hand
- Full travel run through
- Opener limits and force
- Rollers and hinges looked over
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 spring repair questionsin Thornhill.
What Thornhill homeowners ask about spring replacement, 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 quote is for one particular door, so the first question back is which door it is: single or double, steel or insulated, and whether it hangs on one torsion spring or a pair. Two photos, one from outside and one from inside with the springs in view, are enough for a free estimate. The figure comes before any work, and a cable or drum found damaged is priced to you before it is added.
Springs wear out by cycles, not years. A common rating is around 10,000 cycles, about seven years if the door opens four times a day. Cold winters and poor lubrication cut into that, and a busier door reaches the end sooner.
No. A spring sits inside the garage above the opening, and nothing about the door's size or position changes, so neither city has anything to approve. That holds on both sides of Yonge Street, including a house in Markham's heritage district, where approval is for exterior alterations and a spring changes nothing seen from the street.
Not reliably by eye or from a label. A spring is matched to the door's weight, and its wire size, length, diameter and winding direction are measured on site. Photos from outside and inside with the springs in view show whether the door has torsion or extension springs, so the right pair is on the van.
It is checked, and set again if the travel or force has drifted. Once the door is balanced, the opener's limits and closing force are tested, because they were set against a door that was out of balance. The door is then closed onto a solid object to prove that it reverses.
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What people ask aboutgarage door spring repair in Thornhill.
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Yes. The door is supported where it stands before the spring is touched, then the old spring is let down under control and the new one wound to the door's weight. Do not try to lower the door yourself, since it can be heavier than it looks.
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Until the new spring is on and the door is balanced, which takes about an hour for most single doors. The drive from the Richmond Hill shop is 15 minutes, and calls are taken 24/7, weekends and holidays included.
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A little. A single door is about an hour, while a double door with a pair of springs has both let down and wound and balanced against each other, so it takes more time. The crew says how long when it quotes.
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The guide
Garage door spring repair in Thornhill: good to know.
What is different about spring replacement in Thornhill: the houses, the rules and the drive from the shop.
Garage door spring repair in Thornhill: the visit
A spring call begins with the photos. They show whether the door hangs on torsion springs over the opening or extension springs along the tracks, so the right spring is on the van. On site the old spring is let down under control, the new one is wound to the door's weight, and the balance is tested before the opener is asked to move the door.
Cables, rollers and shaft bearings are inspected in the same visit, since a spring that fails often takes one of them with it. A cable can only be changed safely once the spring is unwound. Never loosen or adjust a spring under tension yourself: a wound torsion spring on a double door holds more force than any owner should handle.
After a garage door spring repair in Thornhill
Once the new spring is wound, the door is lifted to the halfway mark and let go. It should stay there. A door that drifts up or sinks is out of balance, and the spring is adjusted until it holds.
The estimate is free. Thornhill is a 15-minute, 9.7 km drive from the Richmond Hill shop, and most single-door spring replacements take about an hour once the crew is there.
Free estimates · Repairs any hour
Photograph thesprings above the door.
A photo of the springs above the door from inside the garage and one of the door from outside, with your Thornhill address, is enough for a free estimate. Book below at any hour.