This is the most urgent repair work we do. A shop or restaurant entrance on Brigade Road or Church Street cannot be out of action during trading. So almost everything here is either made safe at once, or fixed before you open. Most of it turns out to be the closing parts, not the glass. That is why it usually takes one visit.
Making a broken shop front safe first
If glass is broken, the first visit clears it and covers the opening. Then you can keep trading, and the footpath stays safe.
Then we make the new panel. Toughened glass (safety glass) is cut and drilled first, then toughened. Nothing can be done to it after that. So a made-to-size panel takes a few working days.
We would rather tell you this plainly at the first call than promise a next-day panel that does not exist.
Floor springs, and why they fail here
A door on this stretch is opened hundreds of times a day. The floor spring (the part under the door that pulls it shut) wears out. It does not last forever, and in the end it stops working or starts to leak oil.
You notice it as slamming, drifting open, catching on the floor, or a door that will not lock. Changing one is usually a two to three hour visit, and our van carries the common parts, clamps and handles.
Send a short video of the door moving before we come. It tells us more than words, and it means the right part is already on the van.
Handover a repaired MG Road entrance before trading starts
A public entrance is not finished when the new part is bolted in. We run the door through slow and normal closes, then test the latch and lock without lifting or pushing the glass. The closing speed must not slam, and the final movement must still pull the door securely onto its stop.
For a repaired shop front, every exposed edge and fixing is checked before covers come off. The owner or opening staff tries the door with us and receives the part and scope in writing. That handover matters on MG Road and Brigade Road because a fault noticed after the team leaves can immediately interrupt the next trading period.
We also record any temporary boarding and the return date for made-to-size glass, so opening staff know which condition is final and which is only keeping the premises secure.
Aluminium windows, sliding doors and mosquito nets for MG Road businesses
What we repair here depends on the business.
For a shop on MG Road or Brigade Road, the urgent job is a lock that has stopped catching. It is usually on a sliding door or an aluminium window. The cause is often a worn roller, a broken latch or a bent track. A roller is the wheel a sliding door rides on, and it wears flat. We change the failed part and check that the door locks before we leave.
For an office near Residency Road or Museum Road, the complaint may be noise. These streets carry heavy traffic. Worn seals and gaps around a window frame let that noise in. We renew the seals on aluminium and uPVC windows, and fit double glazing where a meeting room must be quiet.
For a restaurant, we can fit a mosquito net on a window kept open for air. The mesh sits in its own frame, so the window still works.
How the job works
- Tell us about the jobSend a few photos, rough sizes and what you need. Use WhatsApp or the form. For a repair, a short video of the door moving helps a lot.
- We call you back in about 2 minutesWe confirm what you need and a time to visit. Where we can, we give you a rough price on the call.
- We come and measureWe measure the opening and check the walls, floor and ceiling around it. Anything made to size is made to these measurements, so they must be right.
- You get a written priceIt lists each item, with GST as its own line. If anything about the job changes, we tell you before we go ahead.
- We fit itYou approve the price and pay the advance. Our own team fits the work, checks that every door and window opens and closes properly, and clears up. Most jobs are done in 3 to 4 days.
