Door Repair and Installation Etobicoke

Etobicoke · City of Toronto

Door Repair and Installation for Etobicoke Homes

Door repair in Etobicoke changes depending on how close you are to the lake. Along Lake Shore Boulevard in Mimico, New Toronto and Long Branch, exterior doors take wind and damp all winter, and the seals are what give out first.

I am Sercan, and I handle everything myself, from a bedroom door that drags on carpet to a full pre-hung exterior unit. Inland, in Humber Valley and Islington Village, the older houses came with heavy solid doors that are usually worth rehanging. Quotes are free, and the price I give you is the price you pay.

The lakeshore streets of Mimico, New Toronto and Long Branch take wind straight off the water, so front and back doors there lose their weather stripping and sweeps far faster than doors a few kilometres inland, and a door that shuts sweetly in July whistles in January. Inland the 1950s Humber Valley houses came with heavy solid doors worth rehanging rather than swapping. In the older apartment blocks along Kipling and Islington I work to the building's hours and use the service entrance.

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Door Repair and Installation in Etobicoke

Areas covered

Mimico New Toronto Long Branch Alderwood Humber Bay Shores Islington Village The Kingsway Sunnylea Markland Wood Eatonville

Booking

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

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Door Repair and Installation Jobs in Etobicoke

New weather stripping on lakeshore front doors

Rehanging heavy solid doors in Humber Valley houses

Interior door swaps in older Kipling apartment units

Garage-to-house door adjusted to close and latch properly

Patio door sweeps replaced after a windy winter

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 Etobicoke

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 Etobicoke

The wind off the lake comes straight through my front door. What can be done?

In Mimico and Long Branch that is nearly always the weather stripping and the door sweep, both of which harden and shrink after a few winters. I replace them, then move the strike so the door pulls tight against the new seal instead of resting against it. If the slab itself has bowed away from the frame, I will show you that first so you can decide how far to go.

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