We cover Saraland and the rest of Mobile County, from the Industrial Parkway corridor across to the Shelton Beach Road area, and we are out this way often enough that Prichard and Tillmans Corner are on the same run.
Saraland 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.
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Click to Call (205) 619-2895What Saraland customers call us about
These are the french door repair faults we are called out to most often in Saraland. If you recognise one, the underlying cause is usually the second half of the line.
- The inactive leaf will not stay putFailed flush bolts at the head and sill.
- The multipoint locks at the top but not the bottomThe active leaf has dropped, so the lower keeper is now below the shootbolt.
- 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.
- Cold air pouring in down the middleFailed astragal weatherstrip on the joint between the leaves.
- Water coming in at the thresholdFailed sill seal or a threshold that has deteriorated.
- The handle set turns but nothing engagesBroken multipoint gearbox or a failed drive.
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Click to Call (205) 619-2895How conditions in Saraland affect french door 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.
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.
The bottom of the meeting stile is the hardest place on a house to keep watertight, and heavy rain against a French door pair will find any weakness in the sill seal or the threshold there.
Knowing that is the difference between a repair that holds through a Saraland summer and one that does not.
Local factors we account for in Saraland: blowing sand and heavy rainfall — typical of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
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Click to Call (205) 619-2895Our french door repair services in Saraland
- Multipoint lock repairRepairing and replacing multipoint gearboxes, drive rods and keepers.
- Security upgradesReinforced strikes, longer fasteners and better flush bolts on exterior pairs.
- Sliding French door serviceRollers, tracks and hardware on sliding French systems.
- Alignment and reveal correctionSetting both leaves so the reveal is even and the doors meet cleanly top to bottom.
- Handle and lockset replacementMatched handle sets and cylinders for French door pairs.
- Astragal and weatherstrip replacementNew seals on the meeting stile so the middle joint actually closes.
- Interior French door serviceAlignment, hardware and hinge work on interior pairs.
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Click to Call (205) 619-2895How a Saraland french door repair visit works
- 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 both leaves independentlyOne door usually causes the problem, and treating both the same way makes it worse. Coastal jobs get stainless or coated fixings as standard, since anything else here is a return visit waiting to happen.
- 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.
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Click to Call (205) 619-2895What affects the cost of french door repair in Saraland
What a french door repair job costs comes down to a handful of things, and we would rather be straight about them up front:
- interior versus exterior pairs, since exterior work includes weatherproofing
- astragal, weatherstrip and threshold replacement
- glass replacement in individual lites
- multipoint lock repair versus full gearbox replacement
- whether the frame itself has moved and needs correcting
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 Saraland.
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Click to Call (205) 619-2895Areas we cover for french door repair in Saraland
If you are in the Industrial Parkway corridor, the Shelton Beach Road area and Kali Oka, or anywhere near the Saraland civic complex, the I-65 interchange and the Mobile River industrial corridor, we cover you.
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) 619-2895French door repair in Saraland: questions we get asked
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.
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.
How long does French door repair take?
Most alignment and weatherstrip jobs in Saraland take two to four hours. Multipoint gearbox replacement or glass work can add time, especially if parts need ordering for a specific manufacturer.
The handle on my French door spins without doing anything. What broke?
The multipoint gearbox or the drive connection inside the door. That is a replacement part matched to the specific system, and it is worth identifying the manufacturer before ordering.
My French doors bind in summer but are fine in winter. Is that normal?
Some seasonal movement is normal in Saraland, 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.
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Click to Call (205) 619-2895Other door repair services in Saraland
- Sliding Door Repair Saraland
Sticking, jumping, or dragging sliding glass doors put back on smooth-rolling track.
- Door Lock Repair Saraland
Deadbolts, latches, cylinders and strike alignment repaired on residential and commercial doors.
- Door Frame Repair Saraland
Rotted, split, kicked-in and out-of-square frames rebuilt so the door fits again.
- Door Handle Repair Saraland
Loose, broken and seized handles, knobs and levers repaired or replaced.
- Door Hinge Repair Saraland
Sagging doors, stripped hinge screws, squealing pins and worn knuckles put right.
- Patio Door Repair Saraland
Sliding, French and multi-panel patio doors repaired, realigned and resealed.
- Door Glass Repair Saraland
Broken, cracked and fogged door glass replaced, including tempered and insulated units.
- Commercial Door Repair Saraland
Hollow metal, aluminum and high-traffic doors kept working for businesses and property managers.
- Storefront Door Repair Saraland
Aluminum storefront entrances repaired: pivots, closers, locks, glass and alignment.
- Door Closer Repair Saraland
Closers adjusted, rebuilt and replaced so doors shut properly instead of slamming or hanging open.
- Automatic Door Repair Saraland
Automatic sliding and swing doors, operators, sensors and safety systems serviced.
- Screen Door Repair Saraland
Sliding screens, storm doors and screen panels rescreened, rerolled and rehung.
- Interior Door Repair Saraland
Sticking, sagging, rattling and damaged interior doors made to work properly again.
- Exterior Door Repair Saraland
Front and back entry doors resealed, realigned, reinforced and repaired.
- Window Repair Saraland
Sashes, balances, glass, seals and hardware repaired on residential and commercial windows.
French Door Repair near Saraland
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 Chickasaw
- French Door Repair in Satsuma
- French Door Repair in Theodore
- French Door Repair in Semmes
- French Door Repair in Citronelle
- French Door Repair in Grand Bay
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