Whether you are near Bellingrath Gardens and Home, over in the Rangeline Road corridor, or on the the Bellingrath Road area side of Theodore, it is the same coverage and the same crew.
A lot of what we see in Mobile County comes down to age. Houses built decades ago have solid frames with tired hardware; houses built recently have sound hardware in frames that are still settling.
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Click to Call (205) 619-2895What Theodore customers call us about
These are the french door repair faults we are called out to most often in Theodore. If you recognise one, the underlying cause is usually the second half of the line.
- The gearbox makes a grinding noise when the handle is liftedWear inside the multipoint gearbox, which usually fails completely soon after this starts.
- The inactive leaf will not stay putFailed flush bolts at the head and sill.
- The doors bind in summer and are loose in winterSeasonal wood movement compounding an existing alignment problem.
- Daylight visible along the astragalWeatherstrip compressed flat or missing entirely.
- You can see the meeting stiles are no longer parallelOne leaf has racked, which no amount of adjustment at the lock will correct.
- The handle set turns but nothing engagesBroken multipoint gearbox or a failed drive.
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Click to Call (205) 619-2895What we see on french door repair around Mobile County
Between roughly 65 inches of rain a year, near-constant humidity and a June-to-November hurricane season, coastal doors work harder than doors anywhere else in Alabama.
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.
We factor that in on every french door repair job around Bellingrath Gardens and Home and the rest of Theodore.
Local factors we account for in Theodore: sustained humidity and blowing sand — typical of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
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Click to Call (205) 619-2895What we repair
- Frame squaringCorrecting frames that have moved and taken the doors out with them.
- Threshold and sill workNew adjustable thresholds and sill seals under a pair of doors.
- Individual lite glass replacementReplacing failed or broken glass in single lites without replacing the whole door.
- 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.
- Multipoint lock repairRepairing and replacing multipoint gearboxes, drive rods and keepers.
- Astragal and weatherstrip replacementNew seals on the meeting stile so the middle joint actually closes.
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Click to Call (205) 619-2895Our french door repair process
- Look at the pair as one assemblyFrench doors fail as a pair. Adjusting one leaf without reference to the other just moves the problem across.
- Check both leaves independentlyOne door usually causes the problem, and treating both the same way makes it worse. We check the drainage path on every coastal opening, because wind-driven rain gets in where ordinary rain never would.
- 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 weatherstrip is the hardest working seal on the door and it is usually the one that has been ignored.
- Set the locking hardwareKeepers adjusted so the shootbolts engage top and bottom with the handle lifting smoothly and no forcing.
- 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.
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 affects the cost of french door repair in Theodore
There is no single price for french door repair in Theodore, because two doors with identical symptoms can need very different work. Here is what makes the difference:
- whether the frame itself has moved and needs correcting
- multipoint lock repair versus full gearbox replacement
- whether one leaf or both need re-hanging
- interior versus exterior pairs, since exterior work includes weatherproofing
- 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 Theodore.
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Click to Call (205) 619-2895Areas we cover for french door repair in Theodore
Theodore coverage runs across the Rangeline Road corridor, the Bellingrath Road area and Hollingers Island, and out to the areas around Bellingrath Gardens and Home, the Theodore Industrial Canal and Mobile Bay's west shore.
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 Theodore: questions we get asked
How long does French door repair take?
Most alignment and weatherstrip jobs in Theodore take two to four hours. Multipoint gearbox replacement or glass work can add time, especially if parts need ordering for a specific manufacturer.
How do I stop water coming in under my French doors?
Usually the threshold seal and the sill pan. A pair of exterior French doors has a hard job at the bottom of the meeting stile, and in Mobile County storms that is where water finds its way in.
My French doors bind in summer but are fine in winter. Is that normal?
Some seasonal movement is normal in Theodore, but if it is bad enough to stop the door closing, there is usually an underlying alignment problem that the seasonal movement is pushing over the edge.
Can one lite of glass be replaced or does the whole door need doing?
Individual lites can normally be replaced on their own. That is one of the advantages of a true divided or simulated divided light door.
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.
Are French doors less secure than a single door?
They can be, because there are two leaves and a joint in the middle. Reinforced strikes, solid flush bolts and long fasteners into the framing make a big difference and are inexpensive.
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Click to Call (205) 619-2895Other door repair services in Theodore
- Sliding Door Repair Theodore
Sticking, jumping, or dragging sliding glass doors put back on smooth-rolling track.
- Door Lock Repair Theodore
Deadbolts, latches, cylinders and strike alignment repaired on residential and commercial doors.
- Door Frame Repair Theodore
Rotted, split, kicked-in and out-of-square frames rebuilt so the door fits again.
- Door Handle Repair Theodore
Loose, broken and seized handles, knobs and levers repaired or replaced.
- Door Hinge Repair Theodore
Sagging doors, stripped hinge screws, squealing pins and worn knuckles put right.
- Patio Door Repair Theodore
Sliding, French and multi-panel patio doors repaired, realigned and resealed.
- Door Glass Repair Theodore
Broken, cracked and fogged door glass replaced, including tempered and insulated units.
- Commercial Door Repair Theodore
Hollow metal, aluminum and high-traffic doors kept working for businesses and property managers.
- Storefront Door Repair Theodore
Aluminum storefront entrances repaired: pivots, closers, locks, glass and alignment.
- Door Closer Repair Theodore
Closers adjusted, rebuilt and replaced so doors shut properly instead of slamming or hanging open.
- Automatic Door Repair Theodore
Automatic sliding and swing doors, operators, sensors and safety systems serviced.
- Screen Door Repair Theodore
Sliding screens, storm doors and screen panels rescreened, rerolled and rehung.
- Interior Door Repair Theodore
Sticking, sagging, rattling and damaged interior doors made to work properly again.
- Exterior Door Repair Theodore
Front and back entry doors resealed, realigned, reinforced and repaired.
- Window Repair Theodore
Sashes, balances, glass, seals and hardware repaired on residential and commercial windows.
French Door Repair near Theodore
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 Semmes
- French Door Repair in Citronelle
- French Door Repair in Grand Bay
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