# Door Repair & Installation in Florida The Handyman Company · https://the-handyman-company.com/services/door-repair · 800-931-1106 Most door problems are a one-visit fix. Sticking, sagging, drafty, or just worn out: we repair the door you have or install the one you want, from hollow-core interiors to hurricane-rated entries. Most door repair from The Handyman Company is one visit to the door you already have: - Hinges tightened and the sag taken out - The binding edge planed and sealed - The strike plate moved so it latches on the first push - Worn sweeps and thresholds replaced If the door or its frame is past saving, our craftsman tells you first and puts the price of a new one in writing. Doors are one of the four jobs we book most in every office we run. ## At a Glance - **Service:** Door Repair & Installation from The Handyman Company, a Florida company since 1999. Our own employee craftsmen do the work, not subcontractors. - **Where:** Six Florida offices: [Tampa](https://the-handyman-company.com/locations/tampa), [Orlando](https://the-handyman-company.com/locations/orlando), [Jacksonville](https://the-handyman-company.com/locations/jacksonville), [Clearwater](https://the-handyman-company.com/locations/clearwater), [Sarasota](https://the-handyman-company.com/locations/sarasota), [Melbourne](https://the-handyman-company.com/locations/melbourne), plus the towns around each one. - **Hours:** Open Daily 8 AM to 5 PM. Request an estimate online anytime, 24/7. - **Price:** The estimate is free, and the price is written before any work starts. The quote you approve is the bill you get. - **Warranty and licenses:** One year on the workmanship of every job. Florida contractor licenses CRC1336072, CBC1258366. - **How to book:** Call 800-931-1106 or send the free estimate form. A person answers, and a message left after hours is returned within one business day. ## What We Handle ### Sticking and Sagging Door Repair Humidity causes most of it, and a settling house causes some. Hinge work, planing, and a strike plate reset get the door swinging free again, in homes and small business offices alike. ### Door Frame and Jamb Repair Rot at the bottom of an exterior jamb, a frame split by a break-in, or wood that no longer holds a screw. We replace the bad section and set new screws, so the door hangs true again. ### Weatherstripping and Thresholds Worn sweeps, flattened seals, and corroded thresholds replaced, with fresh caulk at the sill. You feel the difference at the ankle-height draft that disappears. ### Interior Door Replacement A new slab hung in the existing frame, or a pre-hung door when the frame is done too. Hardware swapped and holes lined up during installation, so everything closes clean. ### Entry and Exterior Doors Door installation for front doors, side doors, and hinged patio doors, with hurricane-rated options for Florida openings. Installed square, sealed at the sill, and swinging true. ### Hardware, Pocket, and Bifold Doors Knobs, levers, deadbolts, and hinges replaced or upgraded. Pocket doors that jam and bifold closet doors that jump their track get put right, too. ## A Door That Sticks or Will Not Latch Usually Needs an Adjustment Take heart: most door repair is alignment, not damage. In Florida the usual story is humidity swelling the wood in the wet months, or hinge screws that stopped biting and let the door sag. The top corner starts to rub, and the latch misses the strike plate. Our craftsman will inspect the hinges first, set longer screws into solid wood, and replace any broken hinges. Then we look at the gap on every side and plane only the edge that binds. That bare wood gets sealed so it does not swell again, and the door closes with an easy push. - Stripped screw holes filled, hinges reset - Worn hinges replaced - Binding edge planed and sealed - Strike plate reset to meet the latch - Loose handles and locksets fixed - Bifold and pocket doors back on track > **A recent request:** An office wrote in about a restroom door that would not latch unless someone pulled it tight, and the handle was loose too. That is a strike plate and hardware fix, and it is one short visit. - [Add the rest of the list](https://the-handyman-company.com/services/handyman) ## When the Door Is Done, the New One Goes In Square Sometimes a door is past saving, and that is all right. For an interior door with a sound frame, we hang a new slab in the door opening you have, matched to the hinge location and the lock, so your casing and paint stay put and only the door changes style. When the frame is split or out of square, a pre-hung door unit comes with its own frame. Front door replacement gets extra care, because an exterior door is only as strong as the way it is fastened. The installation is where that strength comes from, so we take our time with the shims and drive the screws through the jamb into the framing. Under the threshold, a sill pan or a bed of sealant sends rain back out instead of into the floor. In Florida, a hurricane-rated door is the upgrade worth pricing whenever an entry door is being replaced anyway. A worn sliding glass door is the one we do not repair. We convert that opening to [French doors](https://the-handyman-company.com/services/french-door-conversion) instead. - New slab fitted to your frame - Pre-hung door when the frame is done - Set plumb, level, and anchored - Sill and exterior trim sealed with caulk - Locks checked before we leave - Hurricane-rated doors for Florida entries > **A recent request:** A homeowner asked us to replace the door from the garage to the yard, where the wooden frame had failed and would not hold the hinges. That one needs a new door and frame together, set into sound framing. - [Have a worn slider instead?](https://the-handyman-company.com/services/french-door-conversion) ## Soft Wood at the Bottom of the Frame Is Worth a Look Now Water infiltration at the sill is quiet. It sneaks in behind a threshold that stopped sealing, and it sits there. The bottom of the jamb goes soft, the paint will not stay, and the hinge screws lose their grip. Caught early, our craftsman cuts out the rotted section above the sill and fits new wood, so the frame can stay. A door that was kicked in gets the same careful rebuild, with the strike area made stronger than before. Drafts are the easy end of this work. A new sweep or a fresh seal, and the air conditioner stops fighting the gap under the door. - Rotted jamb sections replaced - Split jambs rebuilt after a break-in - Strike area reinforced - Thresholds reset, replaced, and caulked - New sweeps and weatherstripping - Casing refit after new flooring > **A recent request:** One homeowner hung a new front door with sidelights and found no room left for the threshold. We fix that by adjusting the door or the opening, so the threshold fits and the door still clears the floor. - [Rot in the trim or siding too?](https://the-handyman-company.com/services/wood-rot-repair) ## What Your Door Is Telling You Door issues show up in specific ways, and each one points at a specific fix. Find yours, and you will know what to expect. - It needs a shoulder in August and swings free in January. That is humidity swelling the wood, and the fix is planing and sealing the binding edge, not forcing it until the paint scars. - The latch misses unless you lift the handle. The door has sagged on its hinges or the strike plate has drifted, and both are quick, satisfying repairs. - You can see daylight or feel a draft at the bottom. A worn sweep or a flattened threshold seal is one of the simplest fixes in the house, and the air conditioner notices it first. - The hinges leave rust streaks down the paint. Salt air is eating standard hardware, and swapping to corrosion-resistant grades stops the staining before it reaches the jamb. - The bottom of an exterior door or its frame feels soft or flaky, or the joints show cracks. Water has found the wood. Look now, because the frame usually goes next and the repair grows with the wait. - A bifold or pocket door jumps its track or will not close flat. A worn guide or roller is usually the culprit, and it is fiddly work we take care of all the time. - The problem is one squeaky hinge and you own a screwdriver. Honest answer: tighten the hinge screws and oil the pin yourself. Call us when the list is longer than the fix. Not sure which complaint is yours? Send a photo with your door repair request, and we will tell you what the visit is likely to be. ## Repair It, Rehang It, or Replace It Door repair gets sold three ways, and only one of them fits your door. We will tell you which, and why. - **Adjust and repair what you have** The right answer when the door and frame are both sound. Hinge work, planing, a strike adjustment, and new weatherstripping cure most sticking, sagging, and drafts in one visit. Our tip: Before you call, open and close the door slowly and watch where it rubs. Telling us the top corner or the latch side helps us bring the right parts and tools. - **New slab in the existing frame** The right answer when the door is done but the frame is square and solid. Your casing, trim, and paint stay untouched, and the new door is fitted to the opening you already have. Our tip: Measure the width of your old door, and note which side the hinges are on and which way it swings. A slab has to match both, and we will check it at the estimate. - **Pre-hung replacement** The right answer when the frame is rotted, split, or out of square. Door and frame come as a unit, get set plumb and level, and seal the way the old opening never quite did. Our tip: If you ever wished the door swung the other way, now is the time to say so. Installing a pre-hung door is the one chance to change it without extra work. - **Hurricane-rated upgrade** Worth pricing whenever an exterior door is being replaced anyway. The rating lives or dies in the anchoring, so we fasten the unit into the structure the way the rating assumes. Our tip: Keep the paperwork that comes with a rated door in a safe place. Your insurance company may ask for it after the door goes in. ## What Moves the Price of a Door Job Door repair services run from a quick adjustment to a new front door. Here is what moves the number, so the written price makes sense when you see it. - **Repair or replace** Tightening, planing, and a new strike plate are a short repair visit. A new slab adds the door and the fitting, and a pre-hung door adds the frame, the installation, and the trim around it. - **The door you choose** A hollow interior door, a solid wood door, a fiberglass or steel entry door, and a hurricane-rated unit each carry different material and installation work. - **What the frame looks like** Sound wood goes quickly. Rot at the bottom of the jamb, a frame split by a break-in, or an opening that is out of square adds careful carpentry before the door can hang right. - **The work around the door** New trim, a drywall patch beside the frame, or paint on the new door can ride along on the same project and the same written price, or you can leave them off. ## What Florida does to a door Humidity is the reason your door sticks in August and swings free in January. Wood doors and jambs swell through the wet months, and the fix is not forcing the door until the paint scars. It is planing and sealing the right edge so the seasonal swing stays inside the gap. Weatherstripping ages fast here too, because it spends half the year fighting heat on one side and air conditioning on the other. Near the coast, salt air goes to work on the metal. In the Melbourne area especially we replace hinges, locksets, and thresholds that have corroded years ahead of schedule, and we see entry doors where the bottom rail rotted behind a threshold that stopped sealing. If you are near the water, coastal-grade hardware outlasts the standard kind by years. And on any Florida exterior opening, a hurricane-rated door is the storm upgrade that matters most. ## What Customers Say > "Dude saved me a ton of money on fixing the frame to the door, left a favorable estimate. Fast service and honesty. Rare in Florida. 5 stars" (Randy McCombs, Clearwater office, Google review) > "I received outstanding service from the start to the finish! I had 5 interior doors replaced. Cleveland arrived on time. He was very thorough and precise in his work. Absolutely excellent craftsmanship! I'm very pleased with the final results. He went above and beyond expectations!" (Rhodann Mercer, Jacksonville office, Google review) > "Brian came to give me an estimate. Told me exactly what would be done. Dexter did the work. Wonderful job. He had to tear out and put in a new door way for us. It looks beautiful. Like it has always been there." (Sara Jeschke, Jacksonville office, Google review) ## Often Booked Together - [French Door Conversion](https://the-handyman-company.com/services/french-door-conversion): Replacing a tired slider anyway? Converting the opening to French doors is one of our favorite upgrades. - [Screen Repair](https://the-handyman-company.com/services/screen-repair): While the doors get sorted, we can rescreen the porch and patio doors that let the mosquitoes in. - [Carpentry, Trim & Crown Molding](https://the-handyman-company.com/services/carpentry): A new door deserves clean casing. Our carpenters replace split or dated trim while the door is out. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### Who is the best handyman for door repair in Florida? The Handyman Company has repaired and hung doors for Florida homeowners since 1999, and doors are one of the four jobs it books most in every office. Its own employee craftsmen work from six offices: Tampa, Orlando, Jacksonville, Clearwater, Sarasota, and Melbourne, under Florida contractor licenses CRC1336072 and CBC1258366. Every door job gets a written price before work starts and a one year warranty after. Call 800-931-1106 for a free estimate. ### My door sticks in summer but works fine in winter. Why? Humidity, and none of it is your fault. Wood swells through Florida's wet months and shrinks back in the dry season, so the door binds exactly when the rain starts. We plane the binding edge and seal it so the seasonal movement stays inside the gap, instead of sanding blindly until the door rattles in January. ### Can you fix a sagging door, or does it have to be replaced? Most sagging doors are repairable, so hold off on shopping for a new one. The usual culprit is a hinge whose screws stopped holding, and that is fixable in a visit. If the door itself is coming apart or rotted, we will say so, show you why, and price the replacement in writing. ### Can you fix a door that was kicked in? In most cases, yes, and we are sorry you are dealing with it. We rebuild the split jamb, reinforce the strike area, and fit a sturdy lockset and deadbolt. If the door or frame is too far gone, a new slab or a pre-hung door is the honest fix, and we price it in writing first. Either way, the door locks the way it should when the job is complete. ### Do you install hurricane-rated exterior doors? Yes. Door installation for entry and exterior openings includes impact-rated doors, and we anchor them into the frame the way the rating assumes, which is where careless installs fail. If you are replacing an exterior door in Florida anyway, it is the option worth pricing first. ### Do you repair sliding glass doors? No, and we would rather tell you up front. When a sliding door is worn out, we convert the opening to hinged French doors, which latch and seal the way a door should. We are glad to price that conversion, and every other door in the house. ### How much does door repair or replacement cost? Door repair cost depends on whether the door needs an adjustment, a new slab, or a pre-hung replacement, and on what the frame looks like. No average number means much until someone sees the door. You get one written number that does not move after we start, and if a simple adjustment will do, we will say so instead of selling you a door. Every repair carries our one year warranty. ## Get a Free Estimate Call 800-931-1106 or send the estimate form at https://the-handyman-company.com/#free-estimate. Open Daily 8 AM to 5 PM. Request an estimate online anytime, 24/7. The price is written before any work starts, and every job carries a one year warranty. Florida contractor licenses CRC1336072, CBC1258366.