What we install
- Aluminum-framed entrances — Kawneer 350/500/Trifab, EFCO 433/450/E600, YKK AP YES 45/65, Vistawall — single-glazed and thermally broken double-glazed
- All-glass (Herculite) entrances — 1/2" or 3/4" tempered glass with patch fittings or rail bottoms — premium hospitality and luxury retail
- Sliding storefront doors — manual sliding entry with continuous bottom track, suitable for narrow openings
- Balanced doors — Ellison, Crane, premium hotels and corporate towers — counterweighted for low operating force despite scale
- Pivot doors — feature entries up to 12 feet tall, top-and-bottom pivot mechanisms
- Service doors for back-of-house — typically hollow metal in matching trim
Thermal performance for Canadian energy code
Cold-climate storefronts require thermally broken aluminum frames (continuous polyamide thermal break) to meet ASHRAE 90.1 / NBC 9.36 energy compliance. Single-glazed storefront doors lose 40–60% more energy than thermally broken double-glazed alternatives — material payback typically under 5 years through HVAC savings. We size frames and glass to your climate zone (Toronto Zone 6, Edmonton Zone 7A, Yellowknife Zone 8) with documented U-values for energy-modelling submittals.
Hardware integration
Every storefront door includes continuous geared hinges (preferred over butt hinges for storefront wear), electric strikes for access control, ADA/AODA-compliant closers with adjustable back-check and latch speed, panic exit devices required for occupant load > 49, and threshold seals rated for the climate. Optional automatic operators convert manual entries to ADA-accessible at any time.
Also called
The storefront-door category is what specs, landlords, and tenants variously call storefront doors, storefront door, door storefront, commercial entry doors, commercial entry door, entry doors commercial, commercial entrance doors, commercial entrance door, entrance doors commercial, commercial glass doors, commercial doors with glass, commercial door with glass, commercial doors with windows, commercial door with window, commercial doors and windows, commercial windows and doors, windows and doors commercial, commercial glass entry doors, commercial glass entry door, glass entry doors commercial, commercial glass entrance doors, commercial glass entrance door, commercial entry doors with glass, commercial exterior doors, commercial exterior doors with glass, commercial exterior glass doors, commercial glass doors exterior, exterior commercial doors, commercial doors exterior, exterior doors commercial, exterior door commercial, commercial aluminum door, commercial aluminum doors, aluminum doors commercial, commercial entrance doors glass, entrance glass doors commercial, commercial doors glass, commercial door and glass, and commercial glass and door packages. They share a common envelope — aluminum or thermally-broken steel frame, tempered or laminated glass infill, single- or double-action swing, panic-hardware where occupant load triggers it — and we quote them all.
