Our Susan Moore customers are spread from the AL-75 corridor to the Locust Fork of the Black Warrior and out around Sand Mountain's western edge, and we serve the surrounding Blount County communities on the same schedule.
The mix of housing here matters for door work. Older Susan Moore 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.
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Click to Call (205) 619-2895What Susan Moore customers call us about
These are the french door repair faults we are called out to most often in Susan Moore. If you recognise one, the underlying cause is usually the second half of the line.
- You can see the meeting stiles are no longer parallelOne leaf has racked, which no amount of adjustment at the lock will correct.
- 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 doors rub where they meetOne or both leaves have dropped on their hinges.
- Screws visible pulling out of hingesHinge fasteners failing under the weight of a heavy glazed leaf.
- The handle set turns but nothing engagesBroken multipoint gearbox or a failed drive.
Need it looked at soon?Call and we will tell you honestly when we can get there.
Click to Call (205) 619-2895What Susan Moore weather does to french door repair
Elevation means wind. Doors on exposed western walls take a beating that the same door in a sheltered valley subdivision would never see.
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.
Freezing weather makes the astragal weatherstrip between the two leaves brittle, and once that seal cracks the middle joint of a French door becomes the draftiest part of the house.
We factor that in on every french door repair job around Sand Mountain's western edge and the rest of Susan Moore.
Local factors we account for in Susan Moore: storm wind and winter freezes — typical of the Sand Mountain and Lookout Mountain plateau.
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 services in Susan Moore
- Threshold and sill workNew adjustable thresholds and sill seals under a pair of doors.
- Astragal and weatherstrip replacementNew seals on the meeting stile so the middle joint actually closes.
- Multipoint lock repairRepairing and replacing multipoint gearboxes, drive rods and keepers.
- Individual lite glass replacementReplacing failed or broken glass in single lites without replacing the whole door.
- Flush bolt repairHead and sill flush bolts on the inactive leaf repaired or replaced.
- Alignment and reveal correctionSetting both leaves so the reveal is even and the doors meet cleanly top to bottom.
- Sliding French door serviceRollers, tracks and hardware on sliding French systems.
Need it looked at soon?Call and we will tell you honestly when we can get there.
Click to Call (205) 619-2895How we approach french door repair
- 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 each leaf on its ownWith the inactive leaf bolted, we test the active one, then reverse it. Faults that look shared usually are not.
- 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 and weatherstrip get replaced together, because that centre joint is where the draft and the water come through.
- 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. On the mountain we check weatherstrip condition carefully, because repeated hard freezes make it brittle long before it looks worn.
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) 619-2895What affects the cost of french door repair in Susan Moore
Every french door repair call in Blount County is a little different, and the cost follows what the door actually needs:
- whether one leaf or both need re-hanging
- interior versus exterior pairs, since exterior work includes weatherproofing
- glass replacement in individual lites
- 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 Susan Moore.
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 Susan Moore
Susan Moore coverage runs across the AL-75 corridor, and out to the areas around Sand Mountain's western edge and Blountsville nearby.
We also cover the nearby Blount County and the Sand Mountain and Lookout Mountain plateau 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 Susan Moore: questions we get asked
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.
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.
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 Susan Moore winters.
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.
How long does French door repair take?
Most alignment and weatherstrip jobs in Susan Moore take two to four hours. Multipoint gearbox replacement or glass work can add time, especially if parts need ordering for a specific manufacturer.
One call gets you an answer.We will tell you what is wrong and what it takes to fix.
Click to Call (205) 619-2895Other door repair services in Susan Moore
- Sliding Door Repair Susan Moore
Sticking, jumping, or dragging sliding glass doors put back on smooth-rolling track.
- Door Lock Repair Susan Moore
Deadbolts, latches, cylinders and strike alignment repaired on residential and commercial doors.
- Door Frame Repair Susan Moore
Rotted, split, kicked-in and out-of-square frames rebuilt so the door fits again.
- Door Handle Repair Susan Moore
Loose, broken and seized handles, knobs and levers repaired or replaced.
- Door Hinge Repair Susan Moore
Sagging doors, stripped hinge screws, squealing pins and worn knuckles put right.
- Patio Door Repair Susan Moore
Sliding, French and multi-panel patio doors repaired, realigned and resealed.
- Door Glass Repair Susan Moore
Broken, cracked and fogged door glass replaced, including tempered and insulated units.
- Commercial Door Repair Susan Moore
Hollow metal, aluminum and high-traffic doors kept working for businesses and property managers.
- Storefront Door Repair Susan Moore
Aluminum storefront entrances repaired: pivots, closers, locks, glass and alignment.
- Door Closer Repair Susan Moore
Closers adjusted, rebuilt and replaced so doors shut properly instead of slamming or hanging open.
- Automatic Door Repair Susan Moore
Automatic sliding and swing doors, operators, sensors and safety systems serviced.
- Screen Door Repair Susan Moore
Sliding screens, storm doors and screen panels rescreened, rerolled and rehung.
- Interior Door Repair Susan Moore
Sticking, sagging, rattling and damaged interior doors made to work properly again.
- Exterior Door Repair Susan Moore
Front and back entry doors resealed, realigned, reinforced and repaired.
- Window Repair Susan Moore
Sashes, balances, glass, seals and hardware repaired on residential and commercial windows.
French Door Repair near Susan Moore
We cover the surrounding Blount County and the Sand Mountain and Lookout Mountain plateau communities as well:
- French Door Repair in Oneonta
- French Door Repair in Cleveland
- French Door Repair in Locust Fork
- French Door Repair in Blountsville
- French Door Repair in Snead
- French Door Repair in Hayden
- French Door Repair in Remlap
- French Door Repair in Smoke Rise
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Most doors we see are repairable.Call and find out before you price a replacement.
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