If you are anywhere between Downtown Atmore and the Main Street corridor, or out toward Wind Creek Atmore, we cover it, along with the rest of Escambia County.
A lot of what we see in Escambia 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.
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) 619-2895Signs you need french door repair in Atmore
These are the french door repair faults we are called out to most often in Atmore. If you recognise one, the underlying cause is usually the second half of the line.
- The multipoint locks at the top but not the bottomThe active leaf has dropped, so the lower keeper is now below the shootbolt.
- One door swings open on its ownHinge line out of plumb on that leaf.
- Condensation in one of the litesFailed insulated glass in a single lite, replaceable on its own.
- The gearbox makes a grinding noise when the handle is liftedWear inside the multipoint gearbox, which usually fails completely soon after this starts.
- Cold air pouring in down the middleFailed astragal weatherstrip on the joint between the leaves.
- The astragal weatherstrip is compressed flat in one areaPoint loading where the leaves bind, and the seal has stopped working there.
Need it looked at soon?Call and we will tell you honestly when we can get there.
Click to Call (205) 619-2895Why french door repair fails in the Alabama Gulf Coast
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.
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.
Salt corrodes the multipoint lock rods and gearboxes inside French doors, and because those components are hidden inside the door edge, the failure arrives without warning when the handle finally will not turn.
We factor that in on every french door repair job around Wind Creek Atmore and the rest of Atmore.
Local factors we account for in Atmore: heavy rainfall and salt air — typical of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
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Click to Call (205) 619-2895Our french door repair services in Atmore
- Sliding French door serviceRollers, tracks and hardware on sliding French systems.
- Handle and lockset replacementMatched handle sets and cylinders for French door pairs.
- Threshold and sill workNew adjustable thresholds and sill seals under a pair of doors.
- Astragal and weatherstrip replacementNew seals on the meeting stile so the middle joint actually closes.
- Alignment and reveal correctionSetting both leaves so the reveal is even and the doors meet cleanly top to bottom.
- Individual lite glass replacementReplacing failed or broken glass in single lites without replacing the whole door.
- Interior French door serviceAlignment, hardware and hinge work on interior pairs.
Broken, stuck, or will not lock?Talk to someone who works on these every day.
Click to Call (205) 619-2895What happens when we get there
- Measure the reveal all the way aroundThe gap pattern between the leaves and around the frame tells us exactly what has moved and in which direction.
- 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 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. On the coast we also check every fastener on the opening, because salt finds plated screws long before it touches the door itself.
- Test both leaves through a full cycleBoth doors should close, latch and seal without force.
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 Atmore
Every french door repair call in Escambia County is a little different, and the cost follows what the door actually needs:
- interior versus exterior pairs, since exterior work includes weatherproofing
- astragal, weatherstrip and threshold replacement
- whether the frame itself has moved and needs correcting
- multipoint lock repair versus full gearbox replacement
- glass replacement in individual lites
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 Atmore.
One call gets you an answer.We will tell you what is wrong and what it takes to fix.
Click to Call (205) 619-2895Areas we cover for french door repair in Atmore
Coverage in Atmore takes in Downtown Atmore, the Main Street corridor and the I-65 exit 57 area, plus everything around Wind Creek Atmore, the Poarch Band of Creek Indians reservation and the Atmore depot.
We also cover the nearby Escambia 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 Atmore: questions we get asked
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 Atmore winters.
My French doors bind in summer but are fine in winter. Is that normal?
Some seasonal movement is normal in Atmore, 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.
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.
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.
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.
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 Escambia County storms that is where water finds its way in.
One call gets you an answer.We will tell you what is wrong and what it takes to fix.
Click to Call (205) 619-2895Other door repair services in Atmore
- Sliding Door Repair Atmore
Sticking, jumping, or dragging sliding glass doors put back on smooth-rolling track.
- Door Lock Repair Atmore
Deadbolts, latches, cylinders and strike alignment repaired on residential and commercial doors.
- Door Frame Repair Atmore
Rotted, split, kicked-in and out-of-square frames rebuilt so the door fits again.
- Door Handle Repair Atmore
Loose, broken and seized handles, knobs and levers repaired or replaced.
- Door Hinge Repair Atmore
Sagging doors, stripped hinge screws, squealing pins and worn knuckles put right.
- Patio Door Repair Atmore
Sliding, French and multi-panel patio doors repaired, realigned and resealed.
- Door Glass Repair Atmore
Broken, cracked and fogged door glass replaced, including tempered and insulated units.
- Commercial Door Repair Atmore
Hollow metal, aluminum and high-traffic doors kept working for businesses and property managers.
- Storefront Door Repair Atmore
Aluminum storefront entrances repaired: pivots, closers, locks, glass and alignment.
- Door Closer Repair Atmore
Closers adjusted, rebuilt and replaced so doors shut properly instead of slamming or hanging open.
- Automatic Door Repair Atmore
Automatic sliding and swing doors, operators, sensors and safety systems serviced.
- Screen Door Repair Atmore
Sliding screens, storm doors and screen panels rescreened, rerolled and rehung.
- Interior Door Repair Atmore
Sticking, sagging, rattling and damaged interior doors made to work properly again.
- Exterior Door Repair Atmore
Front and back entry doors resealed, realigned, reinforced and repaired.
- Window Repair Atmore
Sashes, balances, glass, seals and hardware repaired on residential and commercial windows.
French Door Repair near Atmore
We cover the surrounding Escambia County and the Alabama Gulf Coast communities as well:
- French Door Repair in Brewton
- French Door Repair in East Brewton
- French Door Repair in Flomaton
- French Door Repair in Daphne
- French Door Repair in Fairhope
- French Door Repair in Foley
- French Door Repair in Gulf Shores
- French Door Repair in Orange Beach
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Most doors we see are repairable.Call and find out before you price a replacement.
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