Garage Doors in Fairbank, OntarioButton, keypador phone.
Some households in Fairbank want a keypad by the door for the kids, a second remote for the other car, and an app that says whether the door was left open. We set up each of those, walk you through them, and leave the paperwork so the next person can follow it too.
Book the visit that gets your Fairbank door moving again.
A new door for a home in Fairbank is planned with more time than a repair. We measure the opening and headroom, talk through insulation, windows, colour and panel style, show samples at the house, and install the door and its hardware plumb, level and balanced so it looks and runs right from the first day.
— Del Ray Garage Door Experts
Talk before toolsThe visit begins with a conversation about what you noticed and ends with one about what we did. The work sits in between.
Tidy job, tidy garageLoose hardware collected, packaging taken away, tracks wiped. We judge our work partly by how the garage looks when we leave.
Options with honest trade-offsA basic part, a heavier-duty one, or a new door: we describe how each will behave over time and let you weigh it.
Hours
HoursOpen 24/7
Nights and weekendsSame fees
In business25 years
VisitsOn-site assessment
Garage door services
Repairs, parts and new doors
Repairs, hardware, openers and new doors: those are the four kinds of garage door work we do in Fairbank. Most visits are repairs and tune-ups, springs and cables are the most common replacements, opener and remote problems come next, and new doors are planned with more time and care.
If the light on the opener blinks and the door refuses to close, the sensors are usually telling you something is in the way or they cannot see each other. Cleaning, re-aiming or replacing them is a small job with a big effect.
Windows in a garage door bring daylight into a space that is often dark. Adding glazed sections to an existing door, or choosing a full-view glass door for a workshop or studio, is part of what we do here.
About 58% of homes in Toronto were built in 1980 or earlier, according to the 2021 Census.
Wiring in an older garage may be a single outlet on the ceiling shared with the light, so a new opener is chosen with that in mind, and a battery backup covers the door during a power cut. The technician looks at the outlet before recommending a unit.
23%
Single-detached houses make up about 23% of homes in Toronto (2021 Census).
Where most residents live in attached homes, a technician's day includes coordinating with neighbours: parking the van without blocking a shared lane, keeping noisy work to reasonable hours, and finishing a door in one visit so the row is not disrupted twice.
Is the inspection different for an older detached garage with springs along the tracks?
The route is the same and the counterbalance looks different. Extension springs stretch beside the horizontal tracks and pull through pulleys, so the technician examines each spring for stretch and a broken end, each pulley for a grooved wheel or a seized bearing, the cable clips, and whether a containment cable runs through the centre of each spring. Balance, reversal and photo-eye tests are unchanged.
Can a door frozen to the floor really cause this?
Yes, and in winter it is one of the most common causes. Meltwater under the bottom seal refreezes overnight and bonds the door to the slab. The opener pulls, the door stays put, the cables go slack and unwind off their drums, and when the ice lets go the door lurches up unevenly. Freeing the seal by hand before using the opener on icy mornings prevents almost all of these calls.
Can a manual lock be added to a door that never had one?
Yes. An inside slide bolt is the simplest addition: it fixes to the door's edge stile and a slot is punched in the track to receive it. A keyed T-handle can also be added, with a cutout in the centre of a section, a centre mechanism and bars run to both tracks. Where an opener is fitted, the new lock is set up so the two are coordinated from day one.
How is door balance tested?
With the door closed, the opener is released so the door is free. It is lifted by hand to about a metre, then to fully open, and let go at each point. A door in balance holds its position; one that rises on its own is over-tensioned and one that drops is under-tensioned. The door should also move freely and no faster than the hand pushing it.
My old photo eyes still work. Can they stay?
Sensors and head unit are made for each other; a board reads its own maker's sensors, often a particular generation of them, so the pair in the box is what goes on the wall and the old ones come down with the old opener. The new pair sits low at each side of the doorway, roughly a hand's width above the concrete, and the technician confirms their indicator lights are steady before the door is tested against the beam.
Garage Door Safety InspectionA tenant mentioned the door is louder than it used to be.
Off-Track Garage Door ResetThere was a loud bang from the garage, then silence.
Garage Door Manual Lock RepairSomeone slid the inside lock across before bed, and in the morning someone else pressed the remote.
Garage Door Balance AdjustmentThe opener has started to groan on the way up.
Garage Door Opener ReplacementSince the storm the door behaves oddly: it reverses halfway down for no reason, the light flickers, and the travel limits drift…
Photo-Eye Sensor Alignment or ReplacementSomeone backed the car in a little too far, a bin or a bicycle brushed the track, and since then the door starts to close and…
Wind-Rated Garage Door ReplacementThe property faces open fields, leaving the garage frontage more exposed than neighbouring homes sheltered by trees and buildings.
Full-View Glass Garage Door InstallationA damaged glazed door has mismatched sections and uneven movement.
New-Construction Garage Door InstallationPower and low-voltage wiring are being roughed in while the garage is open.
High-Lift Garage Door ConversionThe garage has a tall ceiling, yet the horizontal tracks sit much lower than the lights and joists.
