Between Eutaw proper, the Downtown Eutaw area and the newer building out toward the courthouse square, we stay busy in Greene County, and Moundville is close enough that we are often nearby.
Door problems in Eutaw tend to sort into two groups: older homes where the frames and jambs have taken decades of weather, and newer builds where the hardware was the cheapest part of the package and has already given up.
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Click to Call (205) 619-2895What Eutaw customers call us about
These are the french door repair faults we are called out to most often in Eutaw. 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 handle set turns but nothing engagesBroken multipoint gearbox or a failed drive.
- The doors bind in summer and are loose in winterSeasonal wood movement compounding an existing alignment problem.
- 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.
- The astragal weatherstrip is compressed flat in one areaPoint loading where the leaves bind, and the seal has stopped working there.
- Water coming in at the thresholdFailed sill seal or a threshold that has deteriorated.
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Click to Call (205) 619-2895What we see on french door repair around Greene County
The wet winter and dry late-summer cycle here is severe enough that a door adjusted perfectly in February can bind badly by September.
Foundation movement under a French door opening drops one leaf relative to the other, and because the pair has to meet along a full-height joint, even slight movement shows as rubbing and a lock that will not throw.
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.
None of it is a reason to replace a door. It is a reason to use the right parts and set the door up correctly in the first place.
Local factors we account for in Eutaw: soil movement and heavy rainfall — typical of the Black Belt.
Most doors we see are repairable.Call and find out before you price a replacement.
Click to Call (205) 619-2895What a french door repair call covers
- Individual lite glass replacementReplacing failed or broken glass in single lites without replacing the whole door.
- Handle and lockset replacementMatched handle sets and cylinders for French door pairs.
- Interior French door serviceAlignment, hardware and hinge work on interior pairs.
- Sliding French door serviceRollers, tracks and hardware on sliding French systems.
- Security upgradesReinforced strikes, longer fasteners and better flush bolts on exterior pairs.
- 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.
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) 619-2895Our french door repair process
- 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 both leaves independentlyOne door usually causes the problem, and treating both the same way makes it worse.
- Correct the hinges firstA dropped leaf makes every lock and seal fault worse. Hinges and fixings get sorted before the multipoint is touched.
- 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. On prairie clay we look at the whole opening for racking, because a door here is usually reporting a foundation movement rather than a hardware fault.
- Cycle both leaves fullyOpen, close and lock each leaf several times, including the flush bolts, before we call it finished.
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 Eutaw
Every french door repair call in Greene County is a little different, and the cost follows what the door actually needs:
- astragal, weatherstrip and threshold replacement
- glass replacement in individual lites
- interior versus exterior pairs, since exterior work includes weatherproofing
- whether one leaf or both need re-hanging
- whether the frame itself has moved and needs correcting
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 Eutaw.
Broken, stuck, or will not lock?Talk to someone who works on these every day.
Click to Call (205) 619-2895Areas we cover for french door repair in Eutaw
If you are in Downtown Eutaw, the courthouse square and the AL-14 corridor, or anywhere near the Greene County Courthouse, the Eutaw historic district's antebellum homes and the Black Warrior River, we cover you.
We also cover the nearby Greene County and the Black Belt communities listed further down this page.
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Click to Call (205) 619-2895French door repair in Eutaw: 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 Eutaw winters.
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.
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.
My French doors bind in summer but are fine in winter. Is that normal?
Some seasonal movement is normal in Eutaw, 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.
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.
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.
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) 619-2895Other door repair services in Eutaw
- Sliding Door Repair Eutaw
Sticking, jumping, or dragging sliding glass doors put back on smooth-rolling track.
- Door Lock Repair Eutaw
Deadbolts, latches, cylinders and strike alignment repaired on residential and commercial doors.
- Door Frame Repair Eutaw
Rotted, split, kicked-in and out-of-square frames rebuilt so the door fits again.
- Door Handle Repair Eutaw
Loose, broken and seized handles, knobs and levers repaired or replaced.
- Door Hinge Repair Eutaw
Sagging doors, stripped hinge screws, squealing pins and worn knuckles put right.
- Patio Door Repair Eutaw
Sliding, French and multi-panel patio doors repaired, realigned and resealed.
- Door Glass Repair Eutaw
Broken, cracked and fogged door glass replaced, including tempered and insulated units.
- Commercial Door Repair Eutaw
Hollow metal, aluminum and high-traffic doors kept working for businesses and property managers.
- Storefront Door Repair Eutaw
Aluminum storefront entrances repaired: pivots, closers, locks, glass and alignment.
- Door Closer Repair Eutaw
Closers adjusted, rebuilt and replaced so doors shut properly instead of slamming or hanging open.
- Automatic Door Repair Eutaw
Automatic sliding and swing doors, operators, sensors and safety systems serviced.
- Screen Door Repair Eutaw
Sliding screens, storm doors and screen panels rescreened, rerolled and rehung.
- Interior Door Repair Eutaw
Sticking, sagging, rattling and damaged interior doors made to work properly again.
- Exterior Door Repair Eutaw
Front and back entry doors resealed, realigned, reinforced and repaired.
- Window Repair Eutaw
Sashes, balances, glass, seals and hardware repaired on residential and commercial windows.
French Door Repair near Eutaw
We cover the surrounding Greene County and the Black Belt communities as well:
- French Door Repair in Moundville
- French Door Repair in Livingston
- French Door Repair in York
- French Door Repair in Butler
- French Door Repair in Greensboro
- French Door Repair in Marion
- French Door Repair in Uniontown
- French Door Repair in Demopolis
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Most doors we see are repairable.Call and find out before you price a replacement.
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