Door Repair and Installation Markham

Markham · York Region

Door Repair and Installation for Markham Homes

Door repair in Markham depends on which part of town you are in. The newer freehold towns in Cornell, Wismer and Box Grove have tight halls where doors get in each other's way. Unionville and Markham Village have older frames that have settled instead.

I am Sercan, and I come out alone and do the job myself. Sometimes the answer is a rehang, so the door swings the other way. Sometimes it is planing and a set of new hinges. I look first, explain the options in plain terms, and agree a price before starting.

Many of Markham's newer homes in Cornell, Wismer and Box Grove are narrow three-storey freehold townhomes, and the doors there fight each other: a bathroom door and a bedroom door swinging into the same short hall, or a door that hits the stair railing. Rehanging one so it opens into the room, or onto the opposite jamb, solves it more often than a new door would. In Unionville and Markham Village the frames have settled instead, leaving a gap wider at the top than the bottom.

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Door Repair and Installation in Markham

Areas covered

Unionville Markham Village Milliken Mills Thornhill Cornell Wismer Commons Berczy Village Greensborough Box Grove Cachet

Booking

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

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Door Repair and Installation Jobs in Markham

Rehanging a door to swing into the room

Bathroom and bedroom doors that clash in narrow halls

Third-floor bedroom doors adjusted in freehold townhomes

Planing and shimming doors in older Unionville houses

New pre-hung door for a main-floor den

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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 Markham

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 Markham

Two doors in my townhouse hallway hit each other. Can that be changed?

Usually it can. In the narrow three-storey towns around Cornell and Wismer the answer is often a rehang, so one door swings into the room rather than the hall, or moves to the opposite jamb. That means fresh hinge mortises, a relocated strike and some filling on the old side. I check the light switch and the trim first, because they sometimes decide which way the door can go.

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