A renovation changes the face of a house, and the old garage door can suddenly look out of place. We help homeowners in Orchard Point pick panel styles, window inserts, colours and hardware that suit the new exterior, then install the door plumb and level so it looks intended rather than added. We also come out to Atherley, Fawn Bay, Fountain Beach, Grays Bay, MacDonald Beach, Murphy Beach, Orkney Beach, Sandy Beach, Simcoe Lodge, Uptergrove and Wilson Point.
Simcoe, Ontario
2021 census · what it means at the door
58%Older homes
About 58% of homes in Orillia were built in 1980 or earlier, according to the 2021 Census.
Older garages tend to have lower headroom and narrower single openings, so replacement doors and openers are chosen to fit the space rather than the other way round. Measuring the header, side room and ceiling depth is the first step on every one of these visits.
56%
Single-detached houses make up about 56% of homes in Orillia (2021 Census).
A blend of housing means a blend of garages: spacious attached garages with full headroom on the detached lots, and tight tandem garages with little side room in the attached units. Openers, tracks and springs are all sized at the door rather than assumed from the street.
Garage door services
In Orchard Point we work on garage doors of every age and size: single and double residential doors, insulated and uninsulated, wood and steel, plus commercial rolling and sectional doors. The service pages explain the repairs, replacements and installations that apply to each.
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Garage Door Perimeter WeatherstripAfter a windy night there is a fine ridge of snow on the garage floor along one side of the door, and another across the top step.
Garage Door Roller ReplacementThe door is the one the builder installed and has never had a part changed.
Garage Door Hinge ReplacementWatching from inside as the door opens, you can see the gap between the second and third panels open up on one side as they turn…
Garage Door Cable ReplacementThe car bumper kissed the door on the way in.
Torsion Spring ReplacementOn a cold morning the remote does nothing useful: the light comes on, the motor turns briefly, the door stays shut.
Belt-Drive Opener RepairThere is a new squeal from the front of the rail, up near the header, on every cycle.
Photo-Eye Sensor Alignment or ReplacementThere are no sensors at the floor at all, or a previous owner has wired the pair together up beside the motor so the beam never…
Sectional Garage Door ReplacementYour renovation changes how the ceiling space will be used.
Full-View Glass Garage Door InstallationThe current door is due for replacement, and this is the opportunity to change the whole character of the opening.
Commercial Rolling Door RepairThe wall control asks the door to close, but the operator hums and stops.Openers
The drive gear inside many openers is a plastic part that eventually strips its teeth, leaving the motor humming while the door goes nowhere. Replacing the gear is often enough, and we can tell you quickly whether it is.
New Doors
Some doors have given everything they had. When that is the case, a new one installed carefully, balanced properly and paired with a matching opener is the right investment, and this is how we do it.
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Garage Door Perimeter Weatherstrip
Dry leaves keep appearing in the same corner inside the garage, and this fall there were mouse droppings along the wall beside the door. When you look, the corner where the top and side strips meet is wide open.
Garage Door Perimeter Weatherstrip
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When you call about a garage door in Orchard Point, a technician comes to the house, looks at the whole door and tells you what he found before anything is taken apart. The cost is worked out on site from that assessment rather than guessed from a description, and the fee is the same whatever hour the visit happens to fall in.
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Not every roller suits every door. Wheel diameter has to match the track: two inches on residential track, and either two or three inches on commercial track, so the installed track is measured, not assumed.
1 of 3
The door is heavy, the opener hums, the remote is dead. Whatever it is, say it in your own words and we translate it into a plan.
2 of 3
We test the door by hand, watch the opener under load, check the safety sensors and inspect the hardware before anything is decided.
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You are welcome to stay while we work. We explain each step, replace what is worn, and confirm the door runs smoothly before leaving.
Most residential seals are flexible vinyl or a rubber compound formed into a fin that bends against the door. They come either as a flexible strip that is nailed to a wood stop or moulded onto a rigid vinyl stop as one piece. Commercial doors sometimes use an aluminum retainer holding a replaceable rubber insert, or a brush seal. Manufacturers make them to flex thousands of times as the door operates.
A standard four-section residential door has ten: one at each end of the three hinge lines between sections, one in each of the two top fixtures and one in each bottom bracket. A five-section door carries twelve, and taller doors more still. The technician counts and inspects every one, because replacing the full set together keeps the door's travel and sound even from side to side.
Many hinges last the life of the door. Those that fail early are usually on doors that were out of balance, had seized rollers, saw heavy daily use, or sat in slush and salt through many winters. A light hinge on a heavy door also wears sooner. Rather than a fixed number of years, watch for cracks near the holes, a rocking pin, rust at the knuckle and screws backing out.
Leave it. With one cable slack the door is being carried on one side only, so it is unbalanced and may bind or drop unevenly when moved. The technician arrives with clamps and a method for taking the door's weight before anything is moved, and that is the moment to lift it. Until then a stationary door is exactly what you want.
A spring that is intact but has relaxed slightly can be given a little more tension, within limits, to restore balance; this is a normal adjustment on a door that has settled. A spring with a broken coil is replaced as a unit, since the wire has reached the end of its life. The technician checks the condition of the steel and recommends whichever restores a balanced, safe door.
On-site assessment preferred
Let's talk about your door. Ask about your door.
Orillia Garage Door Specialists
Garage Doors · Orchard Point
Open 24/7
(249) 209-871719 years in business
Open 24/7 · same fees any hour
On-site assessment preferred · (249) 209-8717 · open 24/7
