Most of our Bon Secour calls come from the County Road 10 corridor and the Bon Secour River, though we work the whole Baldwin County side of it and get out to Daphne regularly.
Bon Secour 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.
Broken, stuck, or will not lock?Talk to someone who works on these every day.
Click to Call (205) 619-2895What Bon Secour customers call us about
These are the french door repair faults we are called out to most often in Bon Secour. If you recognise one, the underlying cause is usually the second half of the line.
- 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.
- The flush bolts on the inactive leaf need forcingMisaligned keepers, or corrosion in the bolt housings.
- The doors rub where they meetOne or both leaves have dropped on their hinges.
- One door swings open on its ownHinge line out of plumb on that leaf.
- The gearbox makes a grinding noise when the handle is liftedWear inside the multipoint gearbox, which usually fails completely soon after this starts.
- A visible gap at the top or bottom of the meeting stileThe pair is out of alignment and no longer parallel.
Most doors we see are repairable.Call and find out before you price a replacement.
Click to Call (205) 619-2895Bon Secour conditions and french door repair
Salt air is the single biggest factor on the coast. It attacks the steel inside roller bearings, hinge pins, latch mechanisms and closer springs, and it does it year round whether or not a storm ever comes.
Storm wind on a pair of French doors loads the meeting stile and the flush bolts, and if the inactive leaf is not solidly bolted top and bottom, the wind will find that out for you.
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.
We factor that in on every french door repair job around the Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge and the rest of Bon Secour.
Local factors we account for in Bon Secour: storm wind and sustained humidity — typical of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
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Click to Call (205) 619-2895Our french door repair services in Bon Secour
- 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.
- Multipoint lock repairRepairing and replacing multipoint gearboxes, drive rods and keepers.
- Hinge repair and re-hangingCorrecting sag with proper fasteners into framing and re-hanging leaves plumb.
- Sliding French door serviceRollers, tracks and hardware on sliding French systems.
- Astragal and weatherstrip replacementNew seals on the meeting stile so the middle joint actually closes.
- Individual lite glass replacementReplacing failed or broken glass in single lites without replacing the whole door.
Need it looked at soon?Call and we will tell you honestly when we can get there.
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.
- Correct the hinges before the hardwareMultipoint locks and flush bolts cannot be adjusted into working if the door is sitting in the wrong place.
- 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 hardwareMultipoint points and flush bolts engaged cleanly with no lifting or pulling required.
- Test both leaves through a full cycleBoth doors should close, latch and seal without force. Coastal jobs get stainless or coated fixings as standard, since anything else here is a return visit waiting to happen.
Need it looked at soon?Call and we will tell you honestly when we can get there.
Click to Call (205) 619-2895What affects the cost of french door repair in Bon Secour
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 Bon Secour, the main variables are these:
- interior versus exterior pairs, since exterior work includes weatherproofing
- whether the frame itself has moved and needs correcting
- astragal, weatherstrip and threshold replacement
- whether one leaf or both need re-hanging
- multipoint lock repair versus full gearbox 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 Bon Secour.
Not sure whether it is a repair or a replacement?Describe the symptoms and we will give you a straight answer.
Click to Call (205) 619-2895Areas we cover for french door repair in Bon Secour
Coverage in Bon Secour takes in the County Road 10 corridor and the Bon Secour River, plus everything around the Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge and the Bon Secour fishing village and seafood docks.
We also cover the nearby Baldwin County and the Alabama Gulf Coast communities listed further down this page.
Get a real diagnosis, not a sales pitch.We fix doors for a living.
Click to Call (205) 619-2895French door repair in Bon Secour: questions we get asked
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.
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.
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.
My French doors bind in summer but are fine in winter. Is that normal?
Some seasonal movement is normal in Bon Secour, 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.
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 Bon Secour take two to four hours. Multipoint gearbox replacement or glass work can add time, especially if parts need ordering for a specific manufacturer.
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 Bon Secour
- Sliding Door Repair Bon Secour
Sticking, jumping, or dragging sliding glass doors put back on smooth-rolling track.
- Door Lock Repair Bon Secour
Deadbolts, latches, cylinders and strike alignment repaired on residential and commercial doors.
- Door Frame Repair Bon Secour
Rotted, split, kicked-in and out-of-square frames rebuilt so the door fits again.
- Door Handle Repair Bon Secour
Loose, broken and seized handles, knobs and levers repaired or replaced.
- Door Hinge Repair Bon Secour
Sagging doors, stripped hinge screws, squealing pins and worn knuckles put right.
- Patio Door Repair Bon Secour
Sliding, French and multi-panel patio doors repaired, realigned and resealed.
- Door Glass Repair Bon Secour
Broken, cracked and fogged door glass replaced, including tempered and insulated units.
- Commercial Door Repair Bon Secour
Hollow metal, aluminum and high-traffic doors kept working for businesses and property managers.
- Storefront Door Repair Bon Secour
Aluminum storefront entrances repaired: pivots, closers, locks, glass and alignment.
- Door Closer Repair Bon Secour
Closers adjusted, rebuilt and replaced so doors shut properly instead of slamming or hanging open.
- Automatic Door Repair Bon Secour
Automatic sliding and swing doors, operators, sensors and safety systems serviced.
- Screen Door Repair Bon Secour
Sliding screens, storm doors and screen panels rescreened, rerolled and rehung.
- Interior Door Repair Bon Secour
Sticking, sagging, rattling and damaged interior doors made to work properly again.
- Exterior Door Repair Bon Secour
Front and back entry doors resealed, realigned, reinforced and repaired.
- Window Repair Bon Secour
Sashes, balances, glass, seals and hardware repaired on residential and commercial windows.
French Door Repair near Bon Secour
We cover the surrounding Baldwin County and the Alabama Gulf Coast communities as well:
- 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
- French Door Repair in Spanish Fort
- French Door Repair in Bay Minette
- French Door Repair in Robertsdale
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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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