Door repair in Pickering is mostly hardware, not doors. The 1970s and 80s houses in Bay Ridges, West Shore and Amberlea came with sliding patio doors and wide bifold closets, and it is the rollers, pivots and tracks that give out long before the doors themselves do.
I am Sercan and I do this work on my own. If new hardware will fix it, that is what I will tell you. If the frame is finished, I will say that too. Either way you get a free quote and a price agreed in advance.
Pickering's 1970s and 80s neighbourhoods, Bay Ridges, West Shore and Amberlea, were built with wood-framed sliding patio doors and full-width bifold closets, and both fail the same way: the track and the pivot hardware go while the doors are still sound. Nearer Frenchman's Bay the wind pushes rain hard at the back doors, so sweeps and weather stripping there need renewing more often. The newer Duffin Heights towns are the opposite, with narrow halls and light doors that mostly need latch work.
Mon – Sat: 8:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Sunday: By appointment
I look at the gap around the door before touching anything. Where it is tight, where it is wide, and how the latch meets the strike tells me whether the trouble is the hinges, the jamb, the floor or the door itself.
Most doors come right by resetting hinge screws into framing, plugging stripped holes, shimming a hinge leaf or re-cutting the strike plate. Planing stays a last resort, and any bare edge gets sealed once the fit is correct.
Where a door or jamb is past saving, the hinge jamb is set plumb and shimmed behind every hinge, the reveal is checked from top to bottom, and hardware is bored and mortised to fit rather than forced into place.
The door is swung through its full arc, left at several positions to confirm it stays put, then latched and unlatched repeatedly with the strike adjusted until it catches cleanly without needing a shove.
Adjusting a door that drags is usually short work, and several doors in the same visit share one setup. Cost rises with an opening that is out of plumb, a sagging or split jamb, hardware that has been repaired badly before, or an exterior door where the threshold and weather stripping also need attention. Fitting a slab into an existing jamb takes longer than hanging a pre-hung unit, because the hinges have to be mortised and the hardware bored. Doors and hardware can be supplied either way, and the price is agreed before work starts.
Nothing starts before the price is agreed. Send a photo or two with your request and I can usually quote without a site visit.
Almost always. On the wide closets built into 1970s and 80s Pickering houses the top track sags in the middle and the pivot pins wear round, so the doors lose their hold. New pins, new guides and a track screwed back into solid framing will hold it. If the panels have delaminated at the corners, I will suggest replacing them while the track is already down.
Tell me what needs fixing and get a free, no-obligation quote — I usually reply within one business day.