Residential · Patio & French doors
Patio & French Door Repair, Replacement & Installation
Sliding doors that won't slide, French doors that won't latch, and units that have reached the end. We repair what's fixable and replace what isn't.
Why patio doors fail faster than front doors
A patio door opening is twice as wide as an entry door opening and the units are heavier. When the clay soil under a DFW house moves — and it moves every summer — that wide opening racks first.
The result is a door that drags on the track, a French door pair that won’t meet in the middle, or a slider that takes two hands and a shoulder. It looks like a broken door. Usually it’s a moved opening.
We look at the opening before we quote the door.
Repair, when repair is the answer
Most patio door complaints come down to hardware, and hardware is replaceable.
- Rollers and tracks
- Handles, latches, and locks
- Sliding door alignment
- French door hinges and strike alignment
- Weatherstripping and seals
- Foggy or broken glass
- Screen doors and screen tracks
- Thresholds
A slider that’s hard to open is usually worn rollers and a damaged track. That’s a small job, not a large one.
Replacing the doors, keeping the frame
If the frame is sound and the doors themselves are the problem — rot on a wood French door, a failed panel, impact damage — we can replace the doors and leave the frame in place. Less disruption, less cost, and the right call more often than most companies will admit.
Full replacement
Replacing the whole unit
When the frame has gone — rot at the sill, a racked opening that won’t square, water finding its way into the wall — the unit comes out and a new one goes in.
Old unit removed, opening prepared and squared, new unit set plumb and level, flashed and sealed against water, interior and exterior trim finished.
On patio doors the flashing matters more than anything else, because a leaking patio door doesn’t announce itself until the flooring starts to lift.
Sliding patio doors, French doors, and multi-panel units.
Conversion
Converting a slider to French doors
If you’ve never liked the slider, it can become a French door. It’s a bigger job than a straight replacement, but it’s the most noticeable change you can make to the back of a house.
Tell us what’s there and what you want and we’ll walk through what’s involved before you commit to anything.
Built for Texas
South and west-facing patio doors take direct afternoon sun for hours, and the glass area is enormous compared to an entry door. Failed seals, fogged glass between panes, and warped vinyl are what that heat does over time.
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