Harbourside · Lower Lonsdale · Brooksbank · Pemberton · Dollarton

Commercial Garage Door Installation North Vancouver

North Vancouver is a working waterfront with a mountain behind it: the Harbourside and Pemberton business parks, the shipyards and marine trades at Lower Lonsdale and Mosquito Creek, the original Brooksbank industrial strip, the Dollarton and Lynn Creek industrial pockets, and a line of strata towers up Lonsdale. Salt air off Burrard Inlet is the constant, so hardware and finish are specified for it.

Galvanized and powder-coated hardware
Parkade grilles for Lonsdale towers
Marine and shipyard shop doors
Scheduled around the bridges

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Commercial Garage Door Installation North Vancouver: who we are and what we do

Custom Commercial Garage Doors Ltd installs new and replacement commercial garage doors across North Vancouver, BC: insulated sectional and rolling steel doors for the Harbourside, Pemberton, Brooksbank and Dollarton business and industrial areas, full-view doors for the Marine Drive dealers, and rolling grilles with high-cycle operators for the Lonsdale parkades. Amarr, Hörmann and Raynor doors with LiftMaster, Manaras and GDI operators, specified for salt air.

The commercial garage door installation North Vancouver strata councils ask us about most is a Lonsdale parkade entry: a rolling grille or steel gate on a high-cycle operator with loop detectors and safety edges, done between the morning and evening rush so residents keep moving.

This page covers North Vancouver specifically. The door types, brands and the full picker live on our commercial garage door installation hub, and existing doors in North Vancouver are handled on our North Vancouver commercial garage door repair page.

Commercial Garage Door Installation North Vancouver: Hörmann 750A heavy-duty full-view aluminum door of the type installed on Marine Drive showrooms

North Vancouver areas we install in

The North Shore is narrow, so the pockets are close together, but the buildings in them are decades apart.

Harbourside and Fell Avenue. Newer waterfront business-park buildings off West 1st Street with grade doors and a few dock positions. Insulated sectional with vision lites, medium-duty operators, and galvanized hardware for the inlet air.
Lower Lonsdale, the Shipyards and Mosquito Creek. Marine trades, boat builders and the shipyard district. Big, tall openings, heavy use and the most corrosive air on the North Shore; doors and hardware are specified accordingly.
Brooksbank Avenue and the original industrial strip. Buildings that predate the Second Narrows bridge. Openings are odd, headroom is tight and the hardware is old, so almost every install is a measured-to-fit replacement with low-headroom track.
Pemberton Avenue and Marine Drive. Newer light industrial on Pemberton, auto dealers and service shops along Marine Drive toward Capilano. Full-view aluminum on the showrooms, insulated sectional on the service bays.
Dollarton, Maplewood and Lynn Creek. Industrial along Riverside Drive, Dollarton Highway and Mountain Highway: fabricators, film, trades and the Maplewood business area. Insulated sectional and rolling steel service doors.
Central and Upper Lonsdale towers. Strata parkades cycling all day on steep ramps. Rolling grilles or steel gates on high-cycle operators with loop detectors and safety edges.

Door types that fit North Vancouver buildings

Salt-air specification

Raynor SteelPro is a hot-dip galvanized sectional for corrosive environments; on any door we install near the water we specify galvanized or powder-coated track, hinges and hardware and stainless fasteners where it makes sense. Polyurethane sectional such as the Hörmann 440U/450U or Amarr 2742/2743 handles the damp, mild North Shore climate well.

Rolling steel and grilles for Lonsdale

Amarr 4300 rolling grille for ventilated parkade entries, Amarr 4000 or 4100 rolling steel where the entry closes solid; Raynor DuraCoil and DuraGrille are the equivalents. They coil above the opening, so they fit the short, steep ramps on Lonsdale towers.

Hörmann 450U insulated sectional door in green for North Vancouver waterfront shops

Full-view aluminum on Marine Drive

Hörmann 750A heavy-duty full-view for larger showroom openings, 720A for standard ones, Amarr 3552 and Raynor AlumaView, with glazing chosen by section.

Marine and shipyard openings

Extra-tall sectional and rolling doors for boat shops, and Hörmann HDXL rubber roll-up for exterior openings to 50 ft where the wind off the inlet would punish a rigid door.

Amarr 4100 insulated rolling steel door for Lonsdale parkade entries in North Vancouver

Brand pages: Amarr commercial doors, Hörmann 450U, Amarr 2743. Every model named here is one we are a dealer for and service afterward.

Operators we fit on North Vancouver doors

Most North Vancouver shops are single-phase 115 V buildings that open a dozen times an hour at most, which is LiftMaster MJ or Manaras OMJ territory, while the Lonsdale towers need a 10,000-cycle GDI JHMG-VC on the gate. We size the operator to the door weight, lift type and daily cycles and specify enclosures for the damp; the full line-up is on our operator installation page.

LiftMaster MJ / MH / MT

Medium-duty 1/2 HP 115 V operators for Brooksbank and Pemberton shops that open up to a dozen times an hour.

GDI JHMG-VC

10,000 cycles a day for the Lonsdale parkade gates.

Manaras OTH / OTBH

Heavy-duty trolley with 6.25 inch low headroom for the tight ceilings on the Brooksbank strip; apartment variants rated 30 cycles an hour.

Getting to North Vancouver from our Richmond shop

From River Road in Richmond, the North Shore means a bridge. For Brooksbank, Harbourside, Lower Lonsdale and Dollarton we take Knight Street and Highway 1 over the Ironworkers Memorial (Second Narrows), usually 40 to 60 minutes. For Pemberton, Marine Drive and the Capilano end it is Oak Street, Granville and the Lions Gate, 45 to 65 minutes. Bridge traffic decides it, so we book North Shore measures mid-morning or early afternoon and give you an honest window rather than a guess. For a failed door on an existing building see commercial garage door repair in North Vancouver.

Replacement and custom-size doors on the North Shore

Brooksbank and the shipyard district have some of the oldest commercial openings in Metro Vancouver, and the Lonsdale towers have some of the tightest ramps, so we treat every North Vancouver install as a custom order. We measure width, height, headroom, side room and backroom, check the header and the slab, and order the door and track to those numbers with the finish and hardware specified for salt air. On a replacement the old door, track and springs come down and are hauled away, the jambs are repaired, and the new door and operator go up on the same visit where the structure allows, scheduled around the bridges and your hours.

For the marine trades at Lower Lonsdale and Mosquito Creek, commercial garage door installation North Vancouver style means a tall opening, a door and hardware that shrug off salt air, and an operator with the right enclosure, quoted line by line.

Want to see it first? Upload a photo of the building to the commercial door designer, line up the opening and try the door types above in your own colours; the 4K download is handy for the owner, the landlord or the strata council. After the install the same crew looks after the door: maintenance programs, spring replacement, cable and track work and 24/7 emergency repair. If a vehicle has hit the door or the header, our impact repair and ICBC property damage pages explain how that is handled.

Commercial Garage Door Installation North Vancouver FAQ

Who does commercial garage door installation in North Vancouver?

Custom Commercial Garage Doors Ltd, a Richmond-based commercial-only door company. We install Amarr, Hörmann and Raynor doors with LiftMaster, Manaras and GDI operators across the North Shore and service them afterward. Call (604) 206-5727.

What do you do differently for salt air near Burrard Inlet?

We specify galvanized or powder-coated track and hardware, stainless fasteners where it makes sense, and where the exposure calls for it a hot-dip galvanized door such as the Raynor SteelPro.

Do you install parkade gates for the Lonsdale towers?

Yes. Rolling grilles and steel gates on high-cycle operators such as the GDI JHMG-VC, with loop detectors and safety edges, sized for the short, steep ramps on Lonsdale parkades.

My Brooksbank shop has an old odd-size opening with low headroom. Can you replace the door?

Yes. The door is ordered to the opening we measure and installed on low-headroom track with a trolley such as the Manaras OTH, which needs only 6.25 inches, or a jackshaft operator beside the shaft.

How does bridge traffic affect a North Vancouver install?

We schedule around it. Site measures and installs are booked mid-morning or early afternoon, and we give you an honest arrival window based on the Second Narrows or Lions Gate at that hour.

Other installation and repair areas

We install across the Lower Mainland from one shop in Richmond. The hub page covers commercial garage door installation in Vancouver; the city pages below cover the rest.

Ready to spec a new door in North Vancouver?

Send us the opening size and a photo, or use the door designer and send the picture straight from it. We quote commercial garage door installation across North Vancouver, from Harbourside and the Shipyards to Brooksbank, Dollarton and the Lonsdale towers. Call (604) 206-5727 or send the details and we will book the site measure.

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