01Flush
Flush steel
Black or graphite, with or without lites. The face is smooth, the panels flat, the joints plain.
- Black or graphite
- Plain joints, no hardware
- A column of lites
- Insulated steel sections
Modern garage doors inToronto
Modern garage doors in Toronto, built in Canada under a lifetime warranty, from flush panels to full-view glass and wood-look steel, chosen alongside the front door and trim. Send two photos for a free estimate.
- every replacement door
- Made in Canada
- warranty on replacement doors
- Lifetime
- 70 Google reviews
- 4.9★
- in Richmond Hill
- Since 2018
What’s included
Four facesa modern door can take.
A modern door for a Toronto house is chosen for the house it goes on and ordered to the opening, 40 minutes from the shop; a flush or glass door hung in the same opening is the kind the City of Toronto exempts from a building permit, and the size of the opening is what Toronto Building reviews, not the colour or the glass.
02Long panel
Long panel and planks
A few long horizontal lines across the door, in painted steel or a wood-look finish, with lites above.
- Long-panel steel
- Painted steel
- Wood-look finish
- A row of clear lites
03Glass
Full-view glass doors
Glass fills every section of aluminium frames: frosted for privacy, clear for a workshop.
- Aluminium frames
- Frosted or clear glass
- Insulated glazing
- Daylight in the garage
04Lites
Glass in a row or column
Lites can go in a top row or in a side column, and that choice changes the look more than any other.
- A top row of lites
- A side column of lites
- Square or long lites
- Frosted or clear lites
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
Modern garage doors questionsin Toronto.
What Toronto homeowners ask about modern garage doors, and the questions every door raises.
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Planning a new door5 questions
On a Toronto street inside a Heritage Conservation District, a modern door counts as an exterior alteration, so the heritage permit and the district plan can add a step before the price is final. Glass is one of the bigger swings in a modern quote, since plain, inset, frosted and insulated glazing each price differently. Material, insulation, size, finish and hardware also move it, and the price is one number, stated before the work.
Once the door has been made, a standard single or double replacement is normally done in a day. Making is the wait, because the door is built to size after you settle the style, finish and glass, and the date comes with the order. On a heritage street the heritage permit has to be in hand before that order is placed.
Putting a modern door where an older one hung is a swap in the same opening, and that usually needs no building permit. Widen or raise the opening and the header changes, which normally means one. Toronto adds heritage permits for exterior alterations in a Heritage Conservation District, and a condo corporation may set style and colour rules of its own.
Yes. Black and graphite finishes come on modern doors in flush steel and in aluminium and glass. Insulated steel can also take a wood-look finish that needs no refinishing, and it gives better insulation and a lighter load on the hardware than real wood. The finish is judged against the front door and trim, and a custom colour match moves the quote.
Clear glass will, which is the trade-off of a full-view door. Frosted or obscured panels keep the garage private and still pass daylight, and insulated glazing is another choice. Because glass is one of the bigger swings in a quote, the amount of it on the door is worth settling at the estimate.
A door that won't work5 questions
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.
Often, if the same section is still made. What people call a panel is usually a full-width section, and the new one has to match the make, size, design and colour of the rest. On a newer door from a current series that is usually possible. On an older or discontinued door it may not be, and a mismatched section can look worse than the dent. Sun-faded finishes are the other catch. Send a photo, plus any label on the door's inside edge, and we will tell you honestly.
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
What people ask aboutmodern garage doors 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.
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Mostly the look: flush panels, full-view aluminium and glass, black and graphite finishes, or wood-look insulated steel, picked to go with the front door and trim.
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Yes, if it is insulated. Insulated steel puts polyurethane or polystyrene between two skins, and it earns its place when the garage is attached or shares a wall with a heated room. Wood-look and carriage-style finishes are available on it too.
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Black, graphite and wood-look are the finishes made for modern doors. The deciding comparison is the front door and trim, since matching the garage door to them changes the front of a house more than almost any single choice.
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The guide
Modern garage doors in Toronto: good to know.
What is different about modern garage doors in Toronto: the houses, the rules and the drive from the shop.
Modern garage doors in Toronto: what the job includes
A modern garage door begins with the choices that set its look: flush panels or full-view glass, aluminium and glass or insulated steel, and a black, graphite or wood-look finish. The crew measures the opening, orders the door to size and hangs it, and the same crew can hang a front door and trim to match, so the facade is settled in one decision.
The hardware is chosen with the door. A spring built for a lighter door leaves a heavier one out of balance and wears the opener, so the springs follow the door's weight. A wall-mount jackshaft opener is very quiet and frees the ceiling, but it needs torsion springs and room at the side, which not every garage has.
Modern garage door permits in Toronto
A modern door hung where an older one was is a swap in the existing opening. The street is what changes the answer in Toronto: a Heritage Conservation District requires a heritage permit for exterior alterations, a street-facing garage door is one, and the look you want is checked against the district plan before anything is ordered.
Condo corporations may have style and colour rules of their own, so a modern door for a condo or townhouse row is checked against them first. The same care applies when the opening itself changes: a wider or taller opening alters the header, and that is structural work, not a door swap.
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