We service every part of Daleville, including the Daleville Avenue corridor and the AL-85 area, and the nearby Dale County towns like Ozark and Fort Rucker.
Daleville 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.
One call gets you an answer.We will tell you what is wrong and what it takes to fix.
Click to Call (205) 619-2895Common french door repair faults in Dale County
These are the french door repair faults we are called out to most often in Daleville. If you recognise one, the underlying cause is usually the second half of the line.
- Water coming in at the thresholdFailed sill seal or a threshold that has deteriorated.
- The gearbox makes a grinding noise when the handle is liftedWear inside the multipoint gearbox, which usually fails completely soon after this starts.
- The multipoint locks at the top but not the bottomThe active leaf has dropped, so the lower keeper is now below the shootbolt.
- The doors rub where they meetOne or both leaves have dropped on their hinges.
- Cold air pouring in down the middleFailed astragal weatherstrip on the joint between the leaves.
- You can see the meeting stiles are no longer parallelOne leaf has racked, which no amount of adjustment at the lock will correct.
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Click to Call (205) 619-2895Why french door repair fails in the Wiregrass
The Wiregrass gets punishing summer heat and enough tropical rain that hurricane remnants are a normal part of the year, not an exception. Sally and Michael both did door and window damage this far inland.
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.
Sun on a glazed French door pair degrades the astragal seal and the insulated glass edge seals, and it also warms one face of each leaf more than the other, which is a common cause of mild bowing.
We factor that in on every french door repair job around Fort Rucker's main gate and the rest of Daleville.
Local factors we account for in Daleville: heavy rainfall and sun and heat load — typical of the Wiregrass.
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Click to Call (205) 619-2895Our french door repair services in Daleville
- Individual lite glass replacementReplacing failed or broken glass in single lites without replacing the whole door.
- Hinge repair and re-hangingCorrecting sag with proper fasteners into framing and re-hanging leaves plumb.
- Astragal and weatherstrip replacementNew seals on the meeting stile so the middle joint actually closes.
- 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.
- Interior French door serviceAlignment, hardware and hinge work on interior pairs.
- Sliding French door serviceRollers, tracks and hardware on sliding French systems.
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Click to Call (205) 619-2895What happens when we get there
- 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. Sandy-soil jobs get their running surfaces cleaned out thoroughly, because new rollers fitted into a gritty track will not last a year.
- 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.
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Click to Call (205) 619-2895What affects the cost of french door repair in Daleville
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 Daleville, the main variables are these:
- 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 Daleville.
Need it looked at soon?Call and we will tell you honestly when we can get there.
Click to Call (205) 619-2895Areas we cover for french door repair in Daleville
We work throughout Daleville, including the Daleville Avenue corridor and the AL-85 area. If you are near Fort Rucker's main gate and the Army Aviation Museum nearby, that is inside our normal service area.
We also cover the nearby Dale County and the Wiregrass communities listed further down this page.
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Click to Call (205) 619-2895French door repair in Daleville: questions we get asked
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.
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.
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.
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 Dale County storms that is where water finds its way in.
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.
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.
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Click to Call (205) 619-2895Other door repair services in Daleville
- Sliding Door Repair Daleville
Sticking, jumping, or dragging sliding glass doors put back on smooth-rolling track.
- Door Lock Repair Daleville
Deadbolts, latches, cylinders and strike alignment repaired on residential and commercial doors.
- Door Frame Repair Daleville
Rotted, split, kicked-in and out-of-square frames rebuilt so the door fits again.
- Door Handle Repair Daleville
Loose, broken and seized handles, knobs and levers repaired or replaced.
- Door Hinge Repair Daleville
Sagging doors, stripped hinge screws, squealing pins and worn knuckles put right.
- Patio Door Repair Daleville
Sliding, French and multi-panel patio doors repaired, realigned and resealed.
- Door Glass Repair Daleville
Broken, cracked and fogged door glass replaced, including tempered and insulated units.
- Commercial Door Repair Daleville
Hollow metal, aluminum and high-traffic doors kept working for businesses and property managers.
- Storefront Door Repair Daleville
Aluminum storefront entrances repaired: pivots, closers, locks, glass and alignment.
- Door Closer Repair Daleville
Closers adjusted, rebuilt and replaced so doors shut properly instead of slamming or hanging open.
- Automatic Door Repair Daleville
Automatic sliding and swing doors, operators, sensors and safety systems serviced.
- Screen Door Repair Daleville
Sliding screens, storm doors and screen panels rescreened, rerolled and rehung.
- Interior Door Repair Daleville
Sticking, sagging, rattling and damaged interior doors made to work properly again.
- Exterior Door Repair Daleville
Front and back entry doors resealed, realigned, reinforced and repaired.
- Window Repair Daleville
Sashes, balances, glass, seals and hardware repaired on residential and commercial windows.
French Door Repair near Daleville
We cover the surrounding Dale County and the Wiregrass communities as well:
- French Door Repair in Ozark
- French Door Repair in Fort Rucker
- French Door Repair in Level Plains
- French Door Repair in Midland City
- French Door Repair in Newton
- French Door Repair in Greenville
- French Door Repair in Georgiana
- French Door Repair in Luverne
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