Door Repair and Installation Ajax

Ajax · Durham Region

Door Repair and Installation for Ajax Homes

Door repair and installation in Ajax depends on which side of Taunton Road you live on. In Pickering Village and south Ajax the doors are older and solid, hung in frames that have moved. North of Taunton the subdivisions are recent, with lighter hollow-core doors and bifold laundry closets.

I am Sercan, and I do the work myself. Older doors usually want planing, shimming and a set of new hinges. Newer ones usually want hardware or a straight swap. I look at yours, quote for free, and agree the price before I start.

Ajax splits neatly in two for this trade. South of Kingston Road and through Pickering Village the houses are older and smaller, the doors are solid wood, and the frames have moved with the ground, so the work is planing, shimming and new hinges. North of Taunton Road the subdivisions are recent: hollow-core slabs, laundry closets shut by bifolds that jump their guide, and unfinished basements that need three or four new doors hung as the space gets finished.

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Door Repair and Installation in Ajax

Areas covered

South Ajax Central Ajax Northeast Ajax Pickering Beach Duffins Bay Lakeside Westney Heights Applecroft Nottingham Riverside

Booking

Mon – Sat: 8:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Sunday: By appointment

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Door Repair and Installation Jobs in Ajax

Planing and shimming solid doors in Pickering Village

Laundry closet bifolds put back on track

New interior doors hung as a basement is finished

Hollow-core bedroom doors replaced north of Taunton

Patio slider hardware renewed on fenced backyards

Included

What Door Repair and Installation Covers

Sticking and dragging doors adjusted
Loose hinges reset into solid framing
Strike plates re-cut so latches catch
Pre-hung interior doors installed and cased
Slab doors mortised, bored and hung
Bifold and sliding closet doors repaired
Patio door rollers replaced and adjusted
Weather stripping, sweeps and thresholds fitted
Doors undercut for new flooring

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How It Runs

From Message to Finished Job

1

Read the reveal

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.

2

Fix the cause

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.

3

Hang or replace

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.

4

Work the door

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.

What Affects the Price in Ajax

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.

Asked in Ajax

I am finishing a basement in north Ajax. Should I buy the doors myself?

Either way works. If you want a particular style, buy them and I will hang them for you. If you would rather not guess, I will measure the rough openings and tell you exactly what to order, or collect them as part of the job. What matters is measuring after the flooring is chosen, because the gap under each door depends on it.

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