01Repair
Opener repair
Any make, in chain, belt or screw drive: a hum with no movement, a door that reverses, a dead wall button.
- Stripped drive gears
- Worn limit switches
- Failed capacitors
- Dead logic boards
Garage door opener repair inVaughan
Garage door opener repair in Vaughan, for chain, belt and screw drive: diagnosed, repaired or replaced, with a new opener normally fitted in a single visit of a few hours. Free estimate from two photos.
- 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 Vaughan is 25 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 Vaughan.
02New
New and replacement openers
Space over and next to the garage decides between wall-mount, screw, belt or chain.
- Chain and belt drives
- Screw drive and wall-mount
- Battery backup
- A first opener, newly added
03Remotes
Remotes, keypads and phones
Programming comes before we pack up: remotes, keypad, car buttons. A phone app is set up if there is one.
- Handheld remotes
- Wall keypads
- Built-in car buttons
- Phone app over Wi-Fi
04Sensors
Safety sensors
The two photo eyes, six inches or so from the floor, signal an obstacle to the door. 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 Vaughan.
What Vaughan 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
Vaughan was Ontario's fastest-growing municipality from 1996 to 2006, so plenty of its openers have reached the point where repair or replace is the first decision, and that decision shapes the price. Repair makes sense under about ten years; an opener that predates rolling code, has discontinued parts or has a dead motor is replaced. Then come the drive type, extras such as Wi-Fi and battery backup, and whether tired springs are making the opener strain. The price is settled before work starts.
Plan on one visit of a few hours for a new opener. A first opener, a wall-mount model, an 8-foot door or spring work beforehand will take longer. We check the door's balance before hanging the opener, since balance decides how long a new opener survives.
The opener hangs from the ceiling inside the garage and leaves the opening untouched, so a permit seldom enters into it. Power is what it touches: there has to be a working outlet near the motor, and an electrician can add one if there is not.
Yes: pull the red release cord and lift by hand, which the crew demonstrates at handover. With battery backup the opener keeps running for a number of cycles during an outage.
Usually. Old remotes will not pair with a new opener, but a car's built-in buttons can normally be reprogrammed, and a few cars need an adapter. The crew programs each remote, the keypad and the car's buttons before leaving.
People also ask
What people ask aboutgarage door opener repair in Vaughan.
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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Temperature. A screw drive turns a threaded steel rod and has few parts, but it reacts to swings in temperature more than belt or chain does, which counts across four distinct seasons.
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Yes, as long as the door is balanced. The opener guides the door rather than lifting it, so worn springs and hardware are dealt with first. By hand the door should glide and stay about halfway.
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Torsion springs and room beside the door. A jackshaft mounts at the side and turns the spring shaft directly, which frees the ceiling and is very quiet, but not every garage can fit one.
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The guide
Garage door opener repair in Vaughan: good to know.
What is different about garage door openers in Vaughan: the houses, the rules and the drive from the shop.
Garage door opener repair in Vaughan
An opener at fault shows it: the motor hums and nothing moves, the door reverses at random with a clear path, the remote's range comes and goes, or the housing grinds. A stripped gear, a failed capacitor, a worn limit switch or a dead logic board can all be repaired.
A remote is blamed last. The order is wall button, battery, relearning through the LEARN button, antenna, LED bulb interference, lock button; if the wall button fails as well, check power first. Sensors sit a few inches off the floor, aligned until both lights stay solid.
Which drive suits the garage
Chain is strong and the loudest, so it suits a detached garage. Belt is far quieter and the usual pick where a bedroom sits over or next to the garage. A screw drive turns a threaded rod and has fewer parts. A wall-mount jackshaft frees the ceiling, but needs side room and torsion springs.
Wi-Fi is built into many current openers: phone control, an alert when the door is left open, a log of use. Ask whether car or smart-home links carry a subscription. Battery backup keeps the door working in a blackout, and the final test of any install is shutting the door on a solid object, which it must reverse off.
Vaughan's growth years and the cold
From 1996 to 2006 Vaughan grew faster than any other municipality in Ontario, so a good share of its openers date from that stretch and are now 20 to 30 years old. At that age repair or replace is weighed: under ten years a unit is repaired, and an older one is replaced once parts are discontinued or the motor fails.
Winter, with Vaughan's four distinct seasons, is when an opener works hardest. Frost or condensation on a sensor lens breaks the beam, so clean both lenses and make sure both indicator lights stay solid before suspecting the motor.
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 Vaughan address, is enough for a free estimate. Book below at any hour, and the form says where to send them.