01Repair
Opener repair
Screw, chain or belt, any make: hums but will not move, reverses the door, or has a dead wall button.
- Stripped drive gears
- Worn limit switches
- Failed capacitors
- Dead logic boards
Garage door opener repair inToronto
Garage door opener repair in Toronto, whatever the drive: chain, belt or screw. A new opener normally goes in during one visit of a few hours, with the remotes programmed and the safety reversal tested before the crew leaves.
- 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 Toronto is 40 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 Toronto.
02New
New and replacement openers
Screw, chain, belt or wall-mount follows from what is over 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
Remotes, keypad and car buttons are programmed before we leave, and the phone app set up where there is one.
- Handheld remotes
- Wall keypads
- Built-in car buttons
- Phone app over Wi-Fi
04Sensors
Safety sensors
Two photo eyes about six inches off the floor tell the door something is in the way. 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 Toronto.
What Toronto 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
Whether the opener is mended or replaced is the first fork, then the drive (chain, belt or screw) and extras such as Wi-Fi or battery backup. A door with worn-out springs strains its opener, so mending the springs first can cost less than a new motor. The price comes before the work, once the balance of the door has been checked.
A new opener normally goes in during a single visit that runs a few hours. Time is added by a first-ever opener, a wall-mount unit, an 8-foot door, or spring work that has to be done before it. In Toronto the visit also has to sit inside the City's hours for construction noise.
An opener alters neither the opening nor the structure: it hangs from the ceiling joists inside the garage on steel angle brackets. What needs planning is the power. The opener wants a working outlet in the ceiling near the motor, and if there is none, an electrician adds one before install day.
If the opener is under about ten years old, repair is usually the sensible route, since stripped gears, failed capacitors, worn limit switches and dead logic boards can all be fixed. Replace it when it predates rolling code, when parts are discontinued or when the motor has died. Anything from before roughly 1993 uses a fixed code.
Belt. It runs much quieter than chain and is the usual choice when a bedroom is above or beside the garage. Chain is the noisiest and suits a detached garage; screw drive has fewer parts but is more sensitive to temperature swings. A wall-mount jackshaft opener clears the ceiling, though it needs torsion springs and space at the side.
People also ask
What people ask aboutgarage door opener repair in Toronto.
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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Belt drive beats chain, and a wall-mount jackshaft opener is very quiet as well. Chain is the loudest of the common drives.
Asked next
Look at the door first: a broken spring leaves the opener hauling the whole weight, and it can burn out. If the door is balanced and the motor still hums with nothing moving, the opener is the likely culprit, as it is when it reverses for no reason or grinds inside its housing.
Asked next
Pull the red release cord and lift the door by hand. A balanced door moves smoothly and stays about halfway. If it feels heavy or slides down, the springs or hardware are the problem and the opener is only showing the strain.
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The guide
Garage door opener repair in Toronto: good to know.
What is different about garage door openers in Toronto: the houses, the rules and the drive from the shop.
Garage door opener repair in Toronto: what a visit involves
The door gets looked at before the opener does, balance first and then the fault. Gears, capacitors, limit switches and logic boards are the parts that fail and can be mended. When a remote stops working, the order of tests is the wall button, the battery, reprogramming, the antenna and, last, interference from LED bulbs.
Fitting follows a set order. The old unit, wiring and sensors come down, the motor is hung from the joists on steel angle brackets, the sensors are aligned, and travel limits and closing force are set. The final test lowers the door onto a solid object, which it has to reverse off, and remotes, keypad and any built-in car buttons are programmed before the crew leaves.
Wi-Fi, battery backup and sensors on a new opener in Toronto
Wi-Fi comes built into many newer openers, which puts the door on a phone app: open, close, an alert if it is left open, a record of use. Whether car or smart-home links need a subscription is worth asking. Battery backup keeps the door cycling through a power cut for a while; with none, the red release cord frees the door for hand operation, and the crew shows you how.
The sensors are two photo eyes about six inches off the floor, and they are never disabled or bypassed. A door that closes, touches down and reopens has usually had its close limit drift. Frost or condensation on a lens breaks the beam, so both lenses are wiped when a door will not close.
When a new opener goes in, in Toronto: the City's noise hours
The City of Toronto treats installing, changing and using construction equipment as construction noise, and it does not allow clearly audible construction noise on weekdays from 7 p.m. until 7 a.m., on Saturdays from 12:01 a.m. to 9 a.m. and from 7 p.m. to midnight, or at any time on Sundays and statutory holidays.
For an opener that means a planned install is booked for a weekday between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., or a Saturday between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m., and not for an early morning, an evening or a Sunday. If the springs are the second thing wrong, they are done first, since the door's balance decides whether a new opener lasts.
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 Toronto address, is enough for a free estimate. Book below at any hour, and the form says where to send them.