Our territory takes in Mount Vernon and the communities around it in Mobile County, so calls from the US-43 corridor, Main Street and out by the Mount Vernon Arsenal historic site all get the same response.
Between the established parts of Mount Vernon and the newer subdivisions, we see two different kinds of failure: worn-out frames on one side of town and worn-out hardware on the other.
Tell us what the door is doing and we will tell you what it needs.No guesswork over the phone, no pressure.
Click to Call (205) 619-2895When to call about french door repair
These are the french door repair faults we are called out to most often in Mount Vernon. If you recognise one, the underlying cause is usually the second half of the line.
- The multipoint lock will not throwThe door is not sitting in the frame correctly, so the lock points do not line up with their keepers.
- The multipoint locks at the top but not the bottomThe active leaf has dropped, so the lower keeper is now below the shootbolt.
- Cold air pouring in down the middleFailed astragal weatherstrip on the joint between the leaves.
- Daylight visible along the astragalWeatherstrip compressed flat or missing entirely.
- The gearbox makes a grinding noise when the handle is liftedWear inside the multipoint gearbox, which usually fails completely soon after this starts.
- You can see the meeting stiles are no longer parallelOne leaf has racked, which no amount of adjustment at the lock will correct.
One call gets you an answer.We will tell you what is wrong and what it takes to fix.
Click to Call (205) 619-2895What Mount Vernon weather does to french door repair
Salt air is the single biggest factor on the coast. It attacks the steel inside roller bearings, hinge pins, latch mechanisms and closer springs, and it does it year round whether or not a storm ever comes.
Humidity swells both leaves toward each other, and since the meeting stile is where the two doors already have the tightest clearance, that is where a French door pair binds first every summer.
Grit at the threshold of a French door pair works into the flush bolt sockets at the sill, and a flush bolt that will not seat leaves the inactive leaf floating, which throws the whole pair out.
Knowing that is the difference between a repair that holds through a Mount Vernon summer and one that does not.
Local factors we account for in Mount Vernon: sustained humidity and blowing sand — typical of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
Not sure whether it is a repair or a replacement?Describe the symptoms and we will give you a straight answer.
Click to Call (205) 619-2895What a french door repair call covers
- Alignment and reveal correctionSetting both leaves so the reveal is even and the doors meet cleanly top to bottom.
- Flush bolt repairHead and sill flush bolts on the inactive leaf repaired or replaced.
- Individual lite glass replacementReplacing failed or broken glass in single lites without replacing the whole door.
- Security upgradesReinforced strikes, longer fasteners and better flush bolts on exterior pairs.
- Interior French door serviceAlignment, hardware and hinge work on interior pairs.
- Frame squaringCorrecting frames that have moved and taken the doors out with them.
- Astragal and weatherstrip replacementNew seals on the meeting stile so the middle joint actually closes.
Need it looked at soon?Call and we will tell you honestly when we can get there.
Click to Call (205) 619-2895Our french door repair process
- Measure the reveal all the way roundThe gap pattern between the leaves and the frame tells us what has moved before we touch any hardware.
- Check each leaf on its ownWith the inactive leaf bolted, we test the active one, then reverse it. Faults that look shared usually are not.
- Get both leaves back in planeIf the door faces are stepped, no amount of lock adjustment will make the pair meet correctly.
- Rebuild the seal at the meeting stileAstragal and weatherstrip get replaced together, because that centre joint is where the draft and the water come through.
- Set the locking hardwareMultipoint points and flush bolts engaged cleanly with no lifting or pulling required.
- Check it seals along its lengthWe look for daylight and feel for draft down the full height of the meeting stile, not just at eye level. We check the drainage path on every coastal opening, because wind-driven rain gets in where ordinary rain never would.
Need it looked at soon?Call and we will tell you honestly when we can get there.
Click to Call (205) 619-2895What affects the cost of french door repair in Mount Vernon
We would rather tell you what drives the price than quote a number that turns out to be wrong once we see the door. On a french door repair job in Mount Vernon, the main variables are these:
- whether one leaf or both need re-hanging
- whether the frame itself has moved and needs correcting
- multipoint lock repair versus full gearbox replacement
- glass replacement in individual lites
- astragal, weatherstrip and threshold replacement
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 Mount Vernon.
Most doors we see are repairable.Call and find out before you price a replacement.
Click to Call (205) 619-2895Areas we cover for french door repair in Mount Vernon
If you are in the US-43 corridor and Main Street, or anywhere near the Mount Vernon Arsenal historic site and the Mobile River, we cover you.
We also cover the nearby Mobile County and the Alabama Gulf Coast communities listed further down this page.
Tell us what the door is doing and we will tell you what it needs.No guesswork over the phone, no pressure.
Click to Call (205) 619-2895French door repair in Mount Vernon: questions we get asked
The inactive door keeps moving when I close the active one. Why?
The flush bolts at the top and bottom of the inactive leaf have failed or are no longer reaching their keepers. Both need to be solidly engaged or the whole pair loses its reference point.
Why will my multipoint lock not throw anymore?
The door has moved, so the lock points no longer line up with their keepers in the frame. Forcing the handle in that state is how the gearbox breaks, so it is worth correcting the alignment before something expensive fails.
There is a draft right down the middle of my French doors. What fixes it?
The astragal weatherstrip on the meeting stile. It compresses flat over time and stops sealing, and it is a straightforward replacement that makes a large difference in Mount Vernon winters.
My French doors rub in the middle. Is that because the wood swelled?
Usually not. Nine times out of ten it is hinge sag on one leaf, and the giveaway is that the rub is worse at one end of the joint than the other. Real swelling affects the whole edge evenly and comes and goes with the season.
Can sagging French doors be fixed without replacing them?
Yes, and it is the usual outcome. The fix is proper hinge repair with fasteners reaching the structural framing, plus re-hanging the leaf plumb. Replacing a pair of French doors is a large job by comparison.
Do you work on interior French doors too?
Yes. Interior pairs have simpler hardware but exactly the same alignment problems, and they are usually a quick fix.
Need it looked at soon?Call and we will tell you honestly when we can get there.
Click to Call (205) 619-2895Other door repair services in Mount Vernon
- Sliding Door Repair Mount Vernon
Sticking, jumping, or dragging sliding glass doors put back on smooth-rolling track.
- Door Lock Repair Mount Vernon
Deadbolts, latches, cylinders and strike alignment repaired on residential and commercial doors.
- Door Frame Repair Mount Vernon
Rotted, split, kicked-in and out-of-square frames rebuilt so the door fits again.
- Door Handle Repair Mount Vernon
Loose, broken and seized handles, knobs and levers repaired or replaced.
- Door Hinge Repair Mount Vernon
Sagging doors, stripped hinge screws, squealing pins and worn knuckles put right.
- Patio Door Repair Mount Vernon
Sliding, French and multi-panel patio doors repaired, realigned and resealed.
- Door Glass Repair Mount Vernon
Broken, cracked and fogged door glass replaced, including tempered and insulated units.
- Commercial Door Repair Mount Vernon
Hollow metal, aluminum and high-traffic doors kept working for businesses and property managers.
- Storefront Door Repair Mount Vernon
Aluminum storefront entrances repaired: pivots, closers, locks, glass and alignment.
- Door Closer Repair Mount Vernon
Closers adjusted, rebuilt and replaced so doors shut properly instead of slamming or hanging open.
- Automatic Door Repair Mount Vernon
Automatic sliding and swing doors, operators, sensors and safety systems serviced.
- Screen Door Repair Mount Vernon
Sliding screens, storm doors and screen panels rescreened, rerolled and rehung.
- Interior Door Repair Mount Vernon
Sticking, sagging, rattling and damaged interior doors made to work properly again.
- Exterior Door Repair Mount Vernon
Front and back entry doors resealed, realigned, reinforced and repaired.
- Window Repair Mount Vernon
Sashes, balances, glass, seals and hardware repaired on residential and commercial windows.
French Door Repair near Mount Vernon
We cover the surrounding Mobile County and the Alabama Gulf Coast communities as well:
- French Door Repair in Prichard
- French Door Repair in Tillmans Corner
- French Door Repair in Saraland
- French Door Repair in Chickasaw
- French Door Repair in Satsuma
- French Door Repair in Theodore
- French Door Repair in Semmes
- French Door Repair in Citronelle
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Most doors we see are repairable.Call and find out before you price a replacement.
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