Is this the right service for your job?
Choose this to repair movement, locks or fittings on an existing aluminium door.
- If only the rollers on a sliding door are worn, see the Sliding Door Roller Replacement. The narrower job replaces those parts and sets the door height.
- If you need a new sliding door and frame, compare the Aluminium Sliding Doors. It covers making and fitting a complete door to the opening.
What goes wrong with an aluminium door
The door drops at the hinge side and scrapes the floor or the frame. The hinges have worn, or the screws holding them have pulled out of the aluminium.
The lock jams, or the key turns and nothing happens. The lock body or the cylinder has worn out. Sometimes the keeper on the frame has moved.
The door slams or will not close. The overhead door closer, the arm at the top of the door, has lost its oil.
The glass rattles in the frame. The rubber gasket that holds the glass has shrunk with age and sun.
The corner joints have opened, so the frame is no longer square. The door binds at one corner and gaps at another.
All of these are repairs. None of them needs a new door.
Hinged, sliding and folding doors
A hinged aluminium door swings on two or three hinges. Shop and office doors usually have an overhead closer as well. On these we repair the hinges, closer, lock and gasket.
A sliding aluminium door runs on rollers along a bottom track. On these we repair the rollers, track, guides and lock. Rollers and tracks have their own pages.
A folding door opens right back, on a balcony or a shop front. It runs on a top track, with hinges between the panels. It has the most moving parts, so it needs the most adjustment. We reset the panels so they fold without binding.
Aluminium windows have their own repair pages. We also repair uPVC doors, and change hinges, locks and handles on wooden and steel doors.
Standard parts, and parts that are no longer made
Most aluminium doors are built from a few standard sections. The hinges, locks, handles, rollers and closers that fit them are standard too. A photo of the failed part, sent when you book, helps us bring the right one.
Older doors sometimes need a part that is no longer made. We tell you that before we start. Usually a near equivalent fits with a small change. Sometimes the better answer is a different type of lock, fitted into the same door.
Gasket comes in a few sizes. We measure the glass thickness and the channel, and fit the size that matches.
What decides the price
A repair visit starts at ₹2,070. It covers travel and up to two hours of work, including any setting or adjustment. Re-squaring a door on its hinges, resetting a lock keeper or tightening a frame is inside that.
Parts are on their own line, at a fixed price each. That means a pair of hinges, a lock and handle set, an overhead closer, or rollers. Gasket is priced by the running foot.
If the glass in the door has cracked, that is a separate job, priced by the square foot. We make the door safe on the same visit.
Sometimes the bottom of the frame has corroded badly, usually on a door that stands in rain. A repair on that frame will not hold. We tell you so before you pay for one.
