Commercial garage doors in Toronto, from a loading bay that has stopped working to a new rolling steel or sectional door. Maintenance runs on cycle counts, calls are answered at any hour, and a quote starts from photos of the operator, tracks and springs.
What’s included
A commercial bay in Toronto is 40 minutes from the shop in Richmond Hill, which is what counts when the bay is down; the rule the City of Toronto publishes for a door in the same opening is written for houses, so on a shop or a warehouse we confirm with Toronto Building before the order, and a larger opening for a taller truck is reviewed as structural on any building.
01Doors
Fire-rated doors have a category to themselves. Sectional doors of heavier gauge go to shops and service bays, rolling steel to tight ceilings.
02Hardware
A door that runs all day is sized from how often it opens. Rollers, hinges, drums and track are chosen for that count.
03Repairs
Forklift and vehicle strikes are the usual cause. A damaged panel is replaced on its own where the tracks and framing are still true.
04Operators
Limits, controls and wiring set right, then the safety reversal and photo eyes tested, a staff safety matter.
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.
A two-car door, worn through.
The old two-car door had raised panels and a row of lites, and its paint was peeling along the bottom. It came down for long-panel steel in a warm taupe, plainer and cleaner under the house number.
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 Toronto homeowners ask about commercial garage doors, and the questions every door raises.
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A Toronto bay is quoted as one number, not a range, and the photos come first. Door type, size and gauge, the cycle rating of the springs, the operator, and any damage from a strike are what move it. The price is given before the work begins.
A door is ordered to size once it is chosen, so lead time follows the maker, the model and the season, and the install date arrives with the order. A bay that is down is a different call: it is the urgent one, answered at any hour, from a shop about 40 minutes from the centre of Toronto. Maintenance is scheduled by cycles rather than by the calendar.
That turns on the building and on whether the opening changes, so the answer for a given unit comes from the City of Toronto. We ask for photos and the unit's details before anything is ordered. Fire-rated doors carry testing and inspection requirements of their own.
Photos from inside and outside that show the operator, the tracks and the springs. From those we can name a number rather than a range. If a sectional door has a damaged panel, add a close-up of the damage.
Often. On a sectional door a single panel can usually be swapped as long as the tracks and framing are still true. Forklift and vehicle strikes are the other defining failure, so after one the first question is whether the tracks and framing survived.
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.
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.
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.
People also ask
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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How often depends on use. A door in constant service wants a look several times a year, a seldom-used one about once a year, and the interval follows cycles rather than the calendar. A visit reads the spring and its remaining cycle life, the cables, rollers, hinges and bearings, the tracks, the safety reversal and the photo-eyes.
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One cycle is a single opening and closing, and each spring is built for a set number of them. A spring rated at 25,000, 50,000 or 100,000 costs more up front and works out cheaper per year on a loading bay, where a standard residential spring running forty cycles a day is finished inside twelve months.
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A rolling steel door, which coils into a barrel above the opening. Sectional overhead doors use a heavier gauge and insulate better, and high-speed doors are the third type.
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The guide
What is different about commercial garage doors in Toronto: the houses, the rules and the drive from the shop.
Commercial work covers rolling steel, sectional overhead and high-speed doors, installed, repaired and maintained. A common find is residential-grade hardware on a commercial-duty door, usually because the original job was priced instead of specified.
On a bay, spring life comes down to cycles a day. A high-cycle spring costs more at purchase and is the cheaper one over the years. Detached workshops and equipment buildings often need doors taller or wider than a house garage, sometimes built for heavier use, and those are supplied and installed as well.
Permits start with the building and the opening, not the door. Replacing a door in the opening it has is one job, changing the opening or the building is another, and in Toronto the City decides which one a unit is.
The opening's condition counts as well: rotted framing, an undersized header, bent tracks or an opening that needs re-squaring make a different job from a straight swap. Details of the unit are asked for before anything is ordered, so a question about the opening comes up while it can still change the order.
A bay that is down holds up the day's work, so a call about one is answered at any hour, weekends and holidays included. The shop in Richmond Hill is 40.9 km from the centre of Toronto by road, about 40 minutes, and the van is stocked with the parts that fail most.
Maintenance visits follow how often the door cycles, so a bay in use all day is visited more than a door used once a week, and each visit reads the springs, cables and operator limits before something gives way.
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