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Screen Door Repair in Fayette, AL

Screen doors get treated as disposable, which is a shame because most of what fails on them costs very little to fix. Mesh, spline, rollers and corner keys are all replaceable, and the frame is usually fine.

  • Repair first, replace last
  • Homes & businesses
  • Fayette County covered
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Screen Door Repair — Fayette, Alabama

We service every part of Fayette, including Downtown Fayette and Temple Avenue, and the nearby Fayette County towns like Northport and Cottondale.

Fayette 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.

Most doors we see are repairable.Call and find out before you price a replacement.

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The screen door repair problems we see most in Fayette

These are the screen door repair faults we are called out to most often in Fayette. If you recognise one, the underlying cause is usually the second half of the line.

  • The storm door closer has torn out of the frameWind caught the door; the mounting needs repair and a wind chain fitted.
  • It takes real effort to slideSeized rollers or a track full of packed debris.
  • The screen door falls out of the trackWorn screen rollers or a bent top rail that no longer holds the panel in the head channel.
  • The latch does not line upThe door has sagged or the frame has moved.
  • Sun damage has made the mesh brittleUV degradation, common on south and west facing doors.
  • The storm door will not stay closedFailed closer or latch on a hinged storm door.

Most doors we see are repairable.Call and find out before you price a replacement.

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What Fayette weather does to screen door repair

West Alabama collects a lot of rain, and it comes in hard bursts. Doors here fail at the bottom first, where water sits against the sweep and the end grain.

Humidity corrodes the steel components in screen rollers and rusts the tiny springs in adjusters, so screens seize up and drop out of their track.

Wind gets behind a screen panel and pushes it out of the track, and on hinged screen and storm doors a gust catching the door is what tears closers out of the frame.

Knowing that is the difference between a repair that holds through a Fayette summer and one that does not.

Local factors we account for in Fayette: sustained humidity and storm wind — typical of west Alabama.

Need it looked at soon?Call and we will tell you honestly when we can get there.

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What a screen door repair call covers

  • Solar screen installationSolar mesh to cut heat gain through screened openings.
  • Pet mesh and pet grille installationHeavy-duty mesh and lower grilles for doors that dogs push against.
  • Screen track repairRepairing or replacing the channel the screen rides in.
  • Wind chain and closer installationProtecting storm doors from wind damage.
  • Sliding screen replacementCustom-built replacement screen panels where the original is beyond repair.
  • Storm door repairClosers, latches, hinges, sweeps and glass or screen inserts on storm doors.
  • Screen enclosure and porch panel repairRescreening porch and patio enclosure panels.

Get a real diagnosis, not a sales pitch.We fix doors for a living.

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Our screen door repair process

  1. Check it against the openingWe run the frame through its travel and watch where it tightens, which shows whether the fault is the frame or what it runs in.
  2. Assess the frame for squareA racked frame will not sit in the track properly no matter what mesh is in it.
  3. Match the mesh to the exposureOn a sun-facing opening, standard fibreglass will be brittle within a couple of seasons, so we specify accordingly. Jobs out this way get their fixings checked into framing rather than casing, which is what stops the sag coming back.
  4. Rescreen with correct tensionToo tight and the frame bows, too loose and it billows. Even tension is what keeps a screen flat and quiet.
  5. Fit and adjust the rollersSet so the panel rides smoothly and stays captured in the head channel.
  6. Test the full travelEnd to end, several times, with the latch engaging cleanly at the close.

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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What affects the cost of screen door repair in Fayette

Every screen door repair call in Fayette County is a little different, and the cost follows what the door actually needs:

  • roller and track work in addition to the screen itself
  • storm door hardware such as closers and latches
  • custom-built replacement panels where the original is not repairable
  • rescreening versus repairing or replacing the frame
  • the size of the panel

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 Fayette.

Not sure whether it is a repair or a replacement?Describe the symptoms and we will give you a straight answer.

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Areas we cover for screen door repair in Fayette

If you are in Downtown Fayette, Temple Avenue and the US-43 corridor, or anywhere near the Fayette County Courthouse, the Fayette Art Museum and Guthrie Smith Park, we cover you.

Service area: Fayette, Fayette County, Alabama — and the surrounding communities.

We also cover the nearby Fayette County and west Alabama communities listed further down this page.

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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Screen door repair in Fayette: questions we get asked

Can a bent screen frame be straightened?

Sometimes. Light aluminum frames can often be brought back to square, but a badly racked frame is usually better replaced, and a custom panel is not expensive.

Do you make custom-size screens?

Yes. Older openings in Fayette are rarely a stock size, and building a panel to the actual measured opening is the only way to get one that fits and stays in.

My storm door blew open and broke. Can it be repaired?

Usually yes: the closer and its mounting take the damage. We repair the mounting and fit a wind chain so the next gust does not do the same thing.

My sliding screen keeps falling out. Why does it keep happening?

The rollers have worn down so the panel is riding too low and the top rail no longer sits in the head channel. Lifting it back in without replacing the rollers means it will come out again, usually within days.

Do you repair storm doors as well as screens?

Yes, including closers, latches, sweeps, hinges and glass or screen inserts. Storm door closers that have torn out of the frame after a gust are one of the most common calls.

The screen slides hard even though it is not falling out. What is wrong?

Either the rollers have seized or the track is packed with debris. In Fayette the track collects a surprising amount of grit, and it acts like grinding paste on the rollers.

One call gets you an answer.We will tell you what is wrong and what it takes to fix.

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Other door repair services in Fayette

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We cover the surrounding Fayette County and west Alabama communities as well:

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Most doors we see are repairable.Call and find out before you price a replacement.

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