If you are anywhere between the West End and the East End, or out toward Fort Gaines, we cover it, along with the rest of Mobile County.
Dauphin Island has enough older housing stock that repair almost always beats replacement here, and enough new construction that we spend a lot of time on hardware that failed early.
Most doors we see are repairable.Call and find out before you price a replacement.
Click to Call (205) 619-2895The door frame repair problems we see most in Dauphin Island
These are the door frame repair faults we are called out to most often in Dauphin Island. If you recognise one, the underlying cause is usually the second half of the line.
- The door binds at one corner onlyThe frame is out of square, almost always from foundation or wall movement.
- The threshold flexes when you step on itFailed sill support beneath, often the first sign of water that has been getting in for years.
- Cracked or separated brickmould outsideWater is getting behind the exterior trim and into the frame.
- The reveal is wide at the top and tight at the bottomThe hinge-side jamb has rotated, usually from fasteners that never reached the stud.
- Soft or crumbling wood at the bottom of the jambRot from water that has been sitting at the threshold, usually for years before it shows.
- Daylight under the thresholdThe sill has deteriorated or the threshold has come loose from the subfloor.
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Click to Call (205) 619-2895What Dauphin Island weather does to door frame repair
Blowing sand gets into everything down here. Tracks, screen channels, thresholds and lock cylinders all collect it, and it acts like sandpaper on moving parts.
Salt-laden air accelerates the corrosion of fasteners and hardware buried in a frame, and a jamb held by rusted screws loses its grip on the framing long before the wood itself looks bad.
Wind-driven rain hits a frame horizontally and finds the joint between the brickmould and the siding, which is where water gets behind the frame and does damage that is invisible until the jamb goes soft.
We see the pattern often enough across Mobile County that we usually know what we are looking at before we arrive.
Local factors we account for in Dauphin Island: salt air and storm wind — typical of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
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Click to Call (205) 619-2895Our door frame repair services in Dauphin Island
- Kick-in damage repairRebuilding split jambs after a break-in and reinforcing them properly.
- Hinge jamb repairRepairing stripped hinge mortises so the screws hold again.
- Threshold and sill replacementNew adjustable thresholds and sill pans so water drains out instead of in.
- Water management detailsFlashing, drip caps and sill pans so the repair does not rot out again.
- Brickmould and exterior casing replacementReplacing rotted exterior trim with material that will not do it again.
- Strike jamb reinforcementSteel strike boxes and long screws into the framing to make a forced-entry repair stronger than the original.
- Full frame replacementWhen the damage is beyond repair, replacing the frame without disturbing more of the wall than necessary.
One call gets you an answer.We will tell you what is wrong and what it takes to fix.
Click to Call (205) 619-2895Our door frame repair process
- Read the door for evidenceWear marks, paint cracks and the shape of the reveal tell us how the frame moved and in which direction.
- Probe for the real extent of the rotDamaged wood is almost always larger than what shows. We find sound material before deciding on a repair.
- Be straight about repair versus replacementSome jambs are worth splicing and some are past it. We tell you which this is rather than defaulting to the bigger job.
- Rebuild in material that survives hereTreated timber, composite or a full jamb depending on exposure. Untreated pine at a wet sill is a repair with an expiry date. Coastal jobs get stainless or coated fixings as standard, since anything else here is a return visit waiting to happen.
- Re-hang to the corrected frameOnce the jamb is sound, the door is reset to it, with hinge fixings that reach the framing rather than just the casing.
- Seal it so it stays sealedCorrect sealant at the correct joints, and paint or finish onto sound substrate so water has nowhere to start again.
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Click to Call (205) 619-2895What affects the cost of door frame repair in Dauphin Island
There is no single price for door frame repair in Dauphin Island, because two doors with identical symptoms can need very different work. Here is what makes the difference:
- whether the frame can be spliced or has to be replaced
- interior versus exterior frames, since exterior work includes weatherproofing
- whether the threshold and sill pan also need rebuilding
- how far the rot or damage extends into the frame and framing
- wood versus hollow metal frames on commercial openings
Call and describe what the door is doing. In most cases we can tell you over the phone which of those applies to you before anyone drives out to Dauphin Island.
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Click to Call (205) 619-2895Areas we cover for door frame repair in Dauphin Island
Our Dauphin Island service area includes the West End, the East End and Bienville Boulevard and the surrounding Mobile County communities, out around Fort Gaines, the Dauphin Island Sea Lab and the Audubon Bird Sanctuary.
We also cover the nearby Mobile County and the Alabama Gulf Coast communities listed further down this page.
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Click to Call (205) 619-2895Door frame repair in Dauphin Island: questions we get asked
My frame is fine but the door still will not shut. What else could it be?
Hinges, the door slab itself swelling, or a strike that has moved. We check the whole opening rather than assuming, because misdiagnosing this is how people end up buying a door they did not need.
Why does my door bind at just one corner?
The frame is out of square. In Dauphin Island that is usually the house moving, and the corner that binds tells us which direction it moved. Planing the door to fit hides it for a season but does not fix it.
Someone kicked in my door. Can the frame be saved?
Usually yes, and it can be made stronger than it was. Most kick-ins split the jamb at the strike because the original screws only went into thin jamb material. We rebuild the split and reinforce it into the structural framing behind.
Can a rotted door frame be repaired, or do I need a whole new door?
In most cases the frame can be repaired and the door reused. We cut out the decayed section back to sound wood and splice in new material. Replacing the whole unit only makes sense when the rot has reached the framing behind the jamb.
Can you fix a frame without disturbing the interior trim?
Usually. Most frame repairs can be done from the outside or from the door edge without pulling casing off the wall, which matters if the trim is original or the walls have just been painted.
The head of my door frame sags. Is that serious?
It can be. A sagging head jamb often means the header above the opening is carrying load it should not be. We look at that before doing cosmetic work, because the door is telling you something about the structure.
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Click to Call (205) 619-2895Other door repair services in Dauphin Island
- Sliding Door Repair Dauphin Island
Sticking, jumping, or dragging sliding glass doors put back on smooth-rolling track.
- Door Lock Repair Dauphin Island
Deadbolts, latches, cylinders and strike alignment repaired on residential and commercial doors.
- Door Handle Repair Dauphin Island
Loose, broken and seized handles, knobs and levers repaired or replaced.
- Door Hinge Repair Dauphin Island
Sagging doors, stripped hinge screws, squealing pins and worn knuckles put right.
- Patio Door Repair Dauphin Island
Sliding, French and multi-panel patio doors repaired, realigned and resealed.
- Door Glass Repair Dauphin Island
Broken, cracked and fogged door glass replaced, including tempered and insulated units.
- Commercial Door Repair Dauphin Island
Hollow metal, aluminum and high-traffic doors kept working for businesses and property managers.
- Storefront Door Repair Dauphin Island
Aluminum storefront entrances repaired: pivots, closers, locks, glass and alignment.
- Door Closer Repair Dauphin Island
Closers adjusted, rebuilt and replaced so doors shut properly instead of slamming or hanging open.
- Automatic Door Repair Dauphin Island
Automatic sliding and swing doors, operators, sensors and safety systems serviced.
- Screen Door Repair Dauphin Island
Sliding screens, storm doors and screen panels rescreened, rerolled and rehung.
- French Door Repair Dauphin Island
Sagging, dragging and drafty French doors realigned, resealed and rehung.
- Interior Door Repair Dauphin Island
Sticking, sagging, rattling and damaged interior doors made to work properly again.
- Exterior Door Repair Dauphin Island
Front and back entry doors resealed, realigned, reinforced and repaired.
- Window Repair Dauphin Island
Sashes, balances, glass, seals and hardware repaired on residential and commercial windows.
Door Frame Repair near Dauphin Island
We cover the surrounding Mobile County and the Alabama Gulf Coast communities as well:
- Door Frame Repair in Prichard
- Door Frame Repair in Tillmans Corner
- Door Frame Repair in Saraland
- Door Frame Repair in Chickasaw
- Door Frame Repair in Satsuma
- Door Frame Repair in Theodore
- Door Frame Repair in Semmes
- Door Frame Repair in Citronelle
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