Between Citronelle proper, the Downtown Citronelle area and the newer building out toward the State Street corridor, we stay busy in Mobile County, and Prichard is close enough that we are often nearby.
The mix of housing here matters for door work. Older Citronelle homes have wood frames and hardware worth repairing rather than replacing, while newer construction tends to have vinyl and aluminum systems where the moving parts wear out long before anything else does.
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) 619-2895The french door repair problems we see most in Citronelle
These are the french door repair faults we are called out to most often in Citronelle. If you recognise one, the underlying cause is usually the second half of the line.
- The gearbox makes a grinding noise when the handle is liftedWear inside the multipoint gearbox, which usually fails completely soon after this starts.
- The inactive leaf will not stay putFailed flush bolts at the head and sill.
- The handle set turns but nothing engagesBroken multipoint gearbox or a failed drive.
- The multipoint locks at the top but not the bottomThe active leaf has dropped, so the lower keeper is now below the shootbolt.
- The flush bolts on the inactive leaf need forcingMisaligned keepers, or corrosion in the bolt housings.
- There is a step you can feel between the two door facesThe leaves are no longer in the same plane, generally a hinge or frame issue rather than a door one.
Get a real diagnosis, not a sales pitch.We fix doors for a living.
Click to Call (205) 619-2895What Citronelle weather does to 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.
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.
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.
We factor that in on every french door repair job around the Citronelle oil field and the rest of Citronelle.
Local factors we account for in Citronelle: salt air and storm wind — typical of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
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Click to Call (205) 619-2895What a french door repair call covers
- Security upgradesReinforced strikes, longer fasteners and better flush bolts on exterior pairs.
- Interior French door serviceAlignment, hardware and hinge work on interior pairs.
- Hinge repair and re-hangingCorrecting sag with proper fasteners into framing and re-hanging leaves plumb.
- 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.
- 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.
Most doors we see are repairable.Call and find out before you price a replacement.
Click to Call (205) 619-2895How we approach french door repair
- 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.
- 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. On the coast we also check every fastener on the opening, because salt finds plated screws long before it touches the door itself.
- 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.
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 Citronelle
Every french door repair call in Mobile County is a little different, and the cost follows what the door actually needs:
- multipoint lock repair versus full gearbox replacement
- glass replacement in individual lites
- interior versus exterior pairs, since exterior work includes weatherproofing
- whether the frame itself has moved and needs correcting
- 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 Citronelle.
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 Citronelle
Our Citronelle service area includes Downtown Citronelle and the State Street corridor and the surrounding Mobile County communities, out around the Citronelle oil field and the Citronelle Historical Preservation Museum.
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 Citronelle: 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 Citronelle winters.
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.
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.
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 Citronelle, 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 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.
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) 619-2895Other door repair services in Citronelle
- Sliding Door Repair Citronelle
Sticking, jumping, or dragging sliding glass doors put back on smooth-rolling track.
- Door Lock Repair Citronelle
Deadbolts, latches, cylinders and strike alignment repaired on residential and commercial doors.
- Door Frame Repair Citronelle
Rotted, split, kicked-in and out-of-square frames rebuilt so the door fits again.
- Door Handle Repair Citronelle
Loose, broken and seized handles, knobs and levers repaired or replaced.
- Door Hinge Repair Citronelle
Sagging doors, stripped hinge screws, squealing pins and worn knuckles put right.
- Patio Door Repair Citronelle
Sliding, French and multi-panel patio doors repaired, realigned and resealed.
- Door Glass Repair Citronelle
Broken, cracked and fogged door glass replaced, including tempered and insulated units.
- Commercial Door Repair Citronelle
Hollow metal, aluminum and high-traffic doors kept working for businesses and property managers.
- Storefront Door Repair Citronelle
Aluminum storefront entrances repaired: pivots, closers, locks, glass and alignment.
- Door Closer Repair Citronelle
Closers adjusted, rebuilt and replaced so doors shut properly instead of slamming or hanging open.
- Automatic Door Repair Citronelle
Automatic sliding and swing doors, operators, sensors and safety systems serviced.
- Screen Door Repair Citronelle
Sliding screens, storm doors and screen panels rescreened, rerolled and rehung.
- Interior Door Repair Citronelle
Sticking, sagging, rattling and damaged interior doors made to work properly again.
- Exterior Door Repair Citronelle
Front and back entry doors resealed, realigned, reinforced and repaired.
- Window Repair Citronelle
Sashes, balances, glass, seals and hardware repaired on residential and commercial windows.
French Door Repair near Citronelle
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 Saraland
- French Door Repair in Chickasaw
- French Door Repair in Satsuma
- French Door Repair in Theodore
- French Door Repair in Semmes
- French Door Repair in Grand Bay
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