Between Prichard proper, the Downtown Prichard area and the newer building out toward the St. Stephens Road corridor, we stay busy in Mobile County, and Tillmans Corner is close enough that we are often nearby.
Door problems in Prichard 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.
Get a real diagnosis, not a sales pitch.We fix doors for a living.
Click to Call (205) 619-2895What Prichard customers call us about
These are the french door repair faults we are called out to most often in Prichard. If you recognise one, the underlying cause is usually the second half of the line.
- The flush bolts on the inactive leaf need forcingMisaligned keepers, or corrosion in the bolt housings.
- You can see the meeting stiles are no longer parallelOne leaf has racked, which no amount of adjustment at the lock will correct.
- The multipoint locks at the top but not the bottomThe active leaf has dropped, so the lower keeper is now below the shootbolt.
- Screws visible pulling out of hingesHinge fasteners failing under the weight of a heavy glazed leaf.
- 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 gearbox makes a grinding noise when the handle is liftedWear inside the multipoint gearbox, which usually fails completely soon after this starts.
Need it looked at soon?Call and we will tell you honestly when we can get there.
Click to Call (205) 619-2895Prichard 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.
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.
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 Prichard Stadium area and the rest of Prichard.
Local factors we account for in Prichard: salt air and sustained humidity — typical of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
One call gets you an answer.We will tell you what is wrong and what it takes to fix.
Click to Call (205) 619-2895French door repair work we handle in Prichard
- Frame squaringCorrecting frames that have moved and taken the doors out with them.
- Flush bolt repairHead and sill flush bolts on the inactive leaf repaired or replaced.
- Hinge repair and re-hangingCorrecting sag with proper fasteners into framing and re-hanging leaves plumb.
- Interior French door serviceAlignment, hardware and hinge work on interior pairs.
- Multipoint lock repairRepairing and replacing multipoint gearboxes, drive rods and keepers.
- Threshold and sill workNew adjustable thresholds and sill seals under a pair of doors.
- Security upgradesReinforced strikes, longer fasteners and better flush bolts on exterior pairs.
Get a real diagnosis, not a sales pitch.We fix doors for a living.
Click to Call (205) 619-2895How a Prichard french door repair visit works
- Look at the pair as one assemblyFrench doors fail as a pair. Adjusting one leaf without reference to the other just moves the problem across.
- Check both leaves independentlyOne door usually causes the problem, and treating both the same way makes it worse.
- 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. Coastal jobs get stainless or coated fixings as standard, since anything else here is a return visit waiting to happen.
- Cycle both leaves fullyOpen, close and lock each leaf several times, including the flush bolts, before we call it finished.
Broken, stuck, or will not lock?Talk to someone who works on these every day.
Click to Call (205) 619-2895What affects the cost of french door repair in Prichard
What a french door repair job costs comes down to a handful of things, and we would rather be straight about them up front:
- multipoint lock repair versus full gearbox replacement
- whether the frame itself has moved and needs correcting
- interior versus exterior pairs, since exterior work includes weatherproofing
- whether one leaf or both need re-hanging
- 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 Prichard.
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 Prichard
Prichard coverage runs across Downtown Prichard, the St. Stephens Road corridor, Alabama Village and Eight Mile, and out to the areas around the Prichard Stadium area, Eight Mile Creek and the I-165 corridor.
We also cover the nearby Mobile County and the Alabama Gulf Coast 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.
Click to Call (205) 619-2895French door repair in Prichard: questions we get asked
My French doors bind in summer but are fine in winter. Is that normal?
Some seasonal movement is normal in Prichard, 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 inactive door keeps moving when I close the active one. Why?
The flush bolts at the top and bottom of the inactive leaf have failed or are no longer reaching their keepers. Both need to be solidly engaged or the whole pair loses its reference point.
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.
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.
How long does French door repair take?
Most alignment and weatherstrip jobs in Prichard take two to four hours. Multipoint gearbox replacement or glass work can add time, especially if parts need ordering for a specific manufacturer.
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.
Most doors we see are repairable.Call and find out before you price a replacement.
Click to Call (205) 619-2895Other door repair services in Prichard
- Sliding Door Repair Prichard
Sticking, jumping, or dragging sliding glass doors put back on smooth-rolling track.
- Door Lock Repair Prichard
Deadbolts, latches, cylinders and strike alignment repaired on residential and commercial doors.
- Door Frame Repair Prichard
Rotted, split, kicked-in and out-of-square frames rebuilt so the door fits again.
- Door Handle Repair Prichard
Loose, broken and seized handles, knobs and levers repaired or replaced.
- Door Hinge Repair Prichard
Sagging doors, stripped hinge screws, squealing pins and worn knuckles put right.
- Patio Door Repair Prichard
Sliding, French and multi-panel patio doors repaired, realigned and resealed.
- Door Glass Repair Prichard
Broken, cracked and fogged door glass replaced, including tempered and insulated units.
- Commercial Door Repair Prichard
Hollow metal, aluminum and high-traffic doors kept working for businesses and property managers.
- Storefront Door Repair Prichard
Aluminum storefront entrances repaired: pivots, closers, locks, glass and alignment.
- Door Closer Repair Prichard
Closers adjusted, rebuilt and replaced so doors shut properly instead of slamming or hanging open.
- Automatic Door Repair Prichard
Automatic sliding and swing doors, operators, sensors and safety systems serviced.
- Screen Door Repair Prichard
Sliding screens, storm doors and screen panels rescreened, rerolled and rehung.
- Interior Door Repair Prichard
Sticking, sagging, rattling and damaged interior doors made to work properly again.
- Exterior Door Repair Prichard
Front and back entry doors resealed, realigned, reinforced and repaired.
- Window Repair Prichard
Sashes, balances, glass, seals and hardware repaired on residential and commercial windows.
French Door Repair near Prichard
We cover the surrounding Mobile County and the Alabama Gulf Coast communities as well:
- 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 Citronelle
- French Door Repair in Grand Bay
All door repair services in Prichard · French Door Repair across Alabama · All Alabama service areas
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) 619-2895