We cover Selmont-West Selmont and the rest of Dallas County, from the US-80 corridor across to Selmont, and we are out this way often enough that Selma and Valley Grande are on the same run.
Door problems in Selmont-West Selmont 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.
Broken, stuck, or will not lock?Talk to someone who works on these every day.
Click to Call (205) 619-2895The french door repair problems we see most in Selmont-West Selmont
These are the french door repair faults we are called out to most often in Selmont-West Selmont. If you recognise one, the underlying cause is usually the second half of the line.
- Daylight visible along the astragalWeatherstrip compressed flat or missing entirely.
- 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 multipoint lock will not throwThe door is not sitting in the frame correctly, so the lock points do not line up with their keepers.
- A visible gap at the top or bottom of the meeting stileThe pair is out of alignment and no longer parallel.
- The multipoint locks at the top but not the bottomThe active leaf has dropped, so the lower keeper is now below the shootbolt.
- You can see the meeting stiles are no longer parallelOne leaf has racked, which no amount of adjustment at the lock will correct.
Most doors we see are repairable.Call and find out before you price a replacement.
Click to Call (205) 619-2895What Selmont-West Selmont weather does to french door repair
The wet winter and dry late-summer cycle here is severe enough that a door adjusted perfectly in February can bind badly by September.
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.
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.
Knowing that is the difference between a repair that holds through a Selmont-West Selmont summer and one that does not.
Local factors we account for in Selmont-West Selmont: heavy rainfall and soil movement — typical of the Black Belt.
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) 619-2895What we repair
- Alignment and reveal correctionSetting both leaves so the reveal is even and the doors meet cleanly top to bottom.
- 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.
- Frame squaringCorrecting frames that have moved and taken the doors out with them.
- Interior French door serviceAlignment, hardware and hinge work on interior pairs.
- Flush bolt repairHead and sill flush bolts on the inactive leaf repaired or replaced.
- 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) 619-2895What happens when we get there
- 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.
- Get both leaves back in planeIf the door faces are stepped, no amount of lock adjustment will make the pair meet correctly. 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.
- 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.
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 Selmont-West Selmont
There is no single price for french door repair in Selmont-West Selmont, because two doors with identical symptoms can need very different work. Here is what makes the difference:
- glass replacement in individual lites
- whether one leaf or both need re-hanging
- interior versus exterior pairs, since exterior work includes weatherproofing
- multipoint lock repair versus full gearbox replacement
- 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 Selmont-West Selmont.
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 Selmont-West Selmont
Our Selmont-West Selmont service area includes the US-80 corridor and Selmont and the surrounding Dallas County communities, out around the Alabama River and the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
We also cover the nearby Dallas County and the Black Belt communities listed further down this page.
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 in Selmont-West Selmont: questions we get asked
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.
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 Selmont-West Selmont 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.
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.
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.
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 Selmont-West Selmont
- Sliding Door Repair Selmont-West Selmont
Sticking, jumping, or dragging sliding glass doors put back on smooth-rolling track.
- Door Lock Repair Selmont-West Selmont
Deadbolts, latches, cylinders and strike alignment repaired on residential and commercial doors.
- Door Frame Repair Selmont-West Selmont
Rotted, split, kicked-in and out-of-square frames rebuilt so the door fits again.
- Door Handle Repair Selmont-West Selmont
Loose, broken and seized handles, knobs and levers repaired or replaced.
- Door Hinge Repair Selmont-West Selmont
Sagging doors, stripped hinge screws, squealing pins and worn knuckles put right.
- Patio Door Repair Selmont-West Selmont
Sliding, French and multi-panel patio doors repaired, realigned and resealed.
- Door Glass Repair Selmont-West Selmont
Broken, cracked and fogged door glass replaced, including tempered and insulated units.
- Commercial Door Repair Selmont-West Selmont
Hollow metal, aluminum and high-traffic doors kept working for businesses and property managers.
- Storefront Door Repair Selmont-West Selmont
Aluminum storefront entrances repaired: pivots, closers, locks, glass and alignment.
- Door Closer Repair Selmont-West Selmont
Closers adjusted, rebuilt and replaced so doors shut properly instead of slamming or hanging open.
- Automatic Door Repair Selmont-West Selmont
Automatic sliding and swing doors, operators, sensors and safety systems serviced.
- Screen Door Repair Selmont-West Selmont
Sliding screens, storm doors and screen panels rescreened, rerolled and rehung.
- Interior Door Repair Selmont-West Selmont
Sticking, sagging, rattling and damaged interior doors made to work properly again.
- Exterior Door Repair Selmont-West Selmont
Front and back entry doors resealed, realigned, reinforced and repaired.
- Window Repair Selmont-West Selmont
Sashes, balances, glass, seals and hardware repaired on residential and commercial windows.
French Door Repair near Selmont-West Selmont
We cover the surrounding Dallas County and the Black Belt communities as well:
- French Door Repair in Selma
- French Door Repair in Valley Grande
- French Door Repair in Moundville
- French Door Repair in Livingston
- French Door Repair in York
- French Door Repair in Butler
- French Door Repair in Eutaw
- French Door Repair in Greensboro
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Most doors we see are repairable.Call and find out before you price a replacement.
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