Door installation and repair in Aurora

There is no useful single number, and a “from” price would be misleading. A hollow metal door in an existing frame, a glazed aluminum entrance with panic hardware, and a dock leveler with a seal and shelter are three different orders of magnitude. What moves the price is the door type, the size of the opening, whether the frame is being replaced, the hardware and any fire rating, and whether the work has to happen after hours. We measure the opening and send a firm, itemised quote at no charge.

Yes, and it is a large share of what we do. We service commercial glass doors, storefronts, aluminum windows and their hardware regardless of who supplied them — closers, pivots, patch fittings, rollers, locks, thresholds and broken glass — and we run emergency service around the clock, including board-up to make an opening safe the same night.

Yes, and on an egress route it is a requirement rather than a nicety. Sliding doors on an exit route are built with break-out panels: push the leaf hard from inside and it swings out of its track to give a clear opening. Swing doors with a low-energy operator can simply be pushed open manually when the power is off — the operator declutches. What you should not assume is that a given door does this: break-out is a specified feature, and a slider bought without it stays shut. We confirm which behaviour an existing door has as part of an inspection.

Yes, and it is most of what we do. We service commercial storefronts, windows, entrance doors and partitions regardless of who supplied them, including framing systems no longer manufactured — those jobs start with identifying the frame and the glazing method before anything is ordered. Because we do the framing side of the trade as well as the glass, when the answer is that the frame has to go we can quote that instead of handing you to another contractor.

Yes — that is most of our overhead work. Springs, cables, rollers, hinges, tracks, seals, operators and sections are all replaceable regardless of who supplied the door, including on brands no longer manufactured. On a very old door we will tell you honestly when parts are costing more than a replacement would, rather than keep selling repairs on something at the end of its life.

Traditional wired glass is largely gone from new work. It passes the fire test but fails the impact requirement that now applies to hazardous locations, so new vision lites are typically fire-rated ceramic or specialty-glass products, filmed or laminated to meet impact as well. Wired glass already installed in an existing fire-rated door is generally allowed to remain until the door or the glazing is altered.