We take Uniontown work across the whole town, Main Street through the AL-61 corridor, and we cross into Marion and Moundville on the same trips.
A lot of what we see in Perry 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.
Need it looked at soon?Call and we will tell you honestly when we can get there.
Click to Call (205) 619-2895What Uniontown customers call us about
These are the commercial door repair faults we are called out to most often in Uniontown. If you recognise one, the underlying cause is usually the second half of the line.
- The door has started dragging only in the afternoonThermal expansion of a metal door and frame across the working day, which points to a marginal reveal.
- The door slams hard enough to shake the wallCloser backcheck and closing speed out of adjustment.
- Rust at the bottom of a steel doorWater sitting at the threshold; the door bottom is rotting out.
- The astragal on a pair has bent outwardRepeated forcing of the inactive leaf, usually because the flush bolts are seized.
- The door will not latch and has to be pulled shutCloser adjustment, hinge wear or frame movement, and it is a security failure until fixed.
- The door has dropped out of square in the frameHinge failure or building movement, and it stops the door sealing and latching.
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) 619-2895What Uniontown weather does to commercial door repair
Black Belt soil is the reason so many doors in this part of Alabama do not close right. That dark prairie clay swells dramatically when saturated and shrinks in a dry August, and a house sitting on it moves with it.
Water driven under a commercial door with a failed sweep gets into the floor finish and into stock, and standing water at the threshold rusts out the bottom of a steel door from the inside.
Buildings move, and a commercial frame that has shifted with the slab under it puts the latch out of line with the strike, which is the single most common reason a business ends up with a back door that will not lock.
We see the pattern often enough across Perry County that we usually know what we are looking at before we arrive.
Local factors we account for in Uniontown: heavy rainfall and soil movement — typical of the Black Belt.
Broken, stuck, or will not lock?Talk to someone who works on these every day.
Click to Call (205) 619-2895What we repair
- Fire door inspection and repairCorrecting the gaps, hardware and closing issues that cause fire doors to fail inspection.
- Door bottom and edge repairRebuilding corroded steel door bottoms rather than replacing the whole leaf.
- Exit device and panic bar serviceRepairing and replacing panic hardware so it latches and releases correctly.
- Hollow metal door and frame repairRepairing impact damage, corrosion and worn hardware locations in steel doors and frames.
- Emergency securingMaking a damaged commercial opening secure the same day.
- Door closer repair and replacementSurface, concealed and floor closers adjusted or replaced.
- Weatherstrip, sweeps and thresholdsSealing service doors against water, air and pests.
Most doors we see are repairable.Call and find out before you price a replacement.
Click to Call (205) 619-2895What happens when we get there
- Secure the opening firstIf the door will not lock, that gets addressed before anything else, even if the full repair needs a return visit.
- Assess door, frame and hardware togetherOn commercial openings the fault is rarely in one component. Closer, hinges, frame and floor all interact.
- Work around your hours where we canRetail, restaurant and clinic doors often need to be worked on outside of trading hours, and we plan for that.
- Specify to the environmentKitchen, loading bay and customer entrance are three different specifications, and we fit to the one in front of us. We note the reveal measurements on clay-soil jobs so that if it shifts again there is a baseline to compare against.
- Adjust for code and accessibilityOpening force, closing speed and latching all get set to the requirements the door has to meet.
- Flag what is comingIf something else on the opening is close to failing, you get told now rather than discovering it at the worst moment.
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 commercial door repair in Uniontown
What a commercial door repair job costs comes down to a handful of things, and we would rather be straight about them up front:
- hardware grade and whether it is fire-rated
- the type of door: hollow metal, aluminum storefront or wood
- access control components on the opening
- whether the frame needs repair as well as the door
- the number of openings serviced in one visit
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 Uniontown.
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 commercial door repair in Uniontown
Our Uniontown service area includes Main Street and the AL-61 corridor and the surrounding Perry County communities, out around the Uniontown historic district and the Black Belt prairie.
We also cover the nearby Perry County and the Black Belt communities listed further down this page.
Get a real diagnosis, not a sales pitch.We fix doors for a living.
Click to Call (205) 619-2895Commercial door repair in Uniontown: questions we get asked
How fast can you get a commercial door secured?
Securing the opening is the priority, and it is usually same-day for Uniontown businesses. Full repair may need parts ordered, but you should not be left with an opening you cannot lock overnight.
Is it worth repairing an old commercial door or should we replace it?
Hollow metal doors and aluminum entrances are built to be serviced and are usually worth repairing. We will tell you honestly when a door has reached the point where repair stops making sense.
What causes rust at the bottom of our steel doors?
Water standing at the threshold. In Perry County that is usually drainage at the entrance or a failed sweep, and the door bottom can often be rebuilt rather than replacing the whole leaf.
Do you handle doors with electric strikes and access control?
Yes. We also find that a lot of access control complaints are actually mechanical: a door binding or a strike out of alignment makes perfectly good electronics look faulty.
Why does our hardware keep failing when the house across the street has hardware that lasts forever?
Cycle count. A busy Uniontown storefront door might see more use in a month than a residential front door sees in a year. Grade 1 commercial hardware exists for exactly this reason.
Do you offer scheduled maintenance for multiple properties?
Yes. For property managers in and around Uniontown it is far cheaper to have doors adjusted on a schedule than to pay emergency call-outs when they fail.
Broken, stuck, or will not lock?Talk to someone who works on these every day.
Click to Call (205) 619-2895Other door repair services in Uniontown
- Sliding Door Repair Uniontown
Sticking, jumping, or dragging sliding glass doors put back on smooth-rolling track.
- Door Lock Repair Uniontown
Deadbolts, latches, cylinders and strike alignment repaired on residential and commercial doors.
- Door Frame Repair Uniontown
Rotted, split, kicked-in and out-of-square frames rebuilt so the door fits again.
- Door Handle Repair Uniontown
Loose, broken and seized handles, knobs and levers repaired or replaced.
- Door Hinge Repair Uniontown
Sagging doors, stripped hinge screws, squealing pins and worn knuckles put right.
- Patio Door Repair Uniontown
Sliding, French and multi-panel patio doors repaired, realigned and resealed.
- Door Glass Repair Uniontown
Broken, cracked and fogged door glass replaced, including tempered and insulated units.
- Storefront Door Repair Uniontown
Aluminum storefront entrances repaired: pivots, closers, locks, glass and alignment.
- Door Closer Repair Uniontown
Closers adjusted, rebuilt and replaced so doors shut properly instead of slamming or hanging open.
- Automatic Door Repair Uniontown
Automatic sliding and swing doors, operators, sensors and safety systems serviced.
- Screen Door Repair Uniontown
Sliding screens, storm doors and screen panels rescreened, rerolled and rehung.
- French Door Repair Uniontown
Sagging, dragging and drafty French doors realigned, resealed and rehung.
- Interior Door Repair Uniontown
Sticking, sagging, rattling and damaged interior doors made to work properly again.
- Exterior Door Repair Uniontown
Front and back entry doors resealed, realigned, reinforced and repaired.
- Window Repair Uniontown
Sashes, balances, glass, seals and hardware repaired on residential and commercial windows.
Commercial Door Repair near Uniontown
We cover the surrounding Perry County and the Black Belt communities as well:
- Commercial Door Repair in Marion
- Commercial Door Repair in Moundville
- Commercial Door Repair in Livingston
- Commercial Door Repair in York
- Commercial Door Repair in Butler
- Commercial Door Repair in Eutaw
- Commercial Door Repair in Greensboro
- Commercial Door Repair in Demopolis
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Tell us what the door is doing and we will tell you what it needs.No guesswork over the phone, no pressure.
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