Commercial Glass Door Repair

Aluminum storefront doors have a narrow aluminum frame (the stiles and rails) around the glass. They hang on offset pivots or hinges and close with an overhead concealed closer or a surface closer. This is the door on most strip-center shops, offices and apartment lobbies.

All-glass doors, often called Herculite-style doors, are heavy tempered glass with no frame. Commercial all-glass doors use 3/8" or 1/2" tempered glass. Metal patch fittings clamp the top and bottom corners of the glass, the door turns on a top pivot, and a floor closer set into the floor under the door controls the swing.

On both, the parts that carry the door's weight and control its swing wear out long before the glass or the frame does.

When a new door or a full entrance makes sense, we cover it under storefront and entrance replacement.

We service all three closer types:

• Surface closers: mounted on the face of the door or frame, with a visible arm.
• Overhead concealed closers: hidden in the header above the door, driving an arm in the door's top rail. Standard on aluminum storefront doors.
• Floor closers: set in a steel box under the floor at the pivot point of the door. Standard on all-glass doors.

A closer has separate valves for sweep speed, latch speed and backcheck (the cushion that keeps the door from being thrown open). A door that slams or stops short of latching needs those valves set, and when the closer isn't leaking, that's the whole repair. A closer that leaks oil has failed seals. Its hydraulic body is sealed at the factory, so a leaking closer is replaced, not refilled.

A door that drags on the threshold or sits low at one corner has a worn pivot, not a warped door. On aluminum doors, the bottom offset pivot carries the weight, and once its bearing wears, the door drops. We replace top, bottom and intermediate pivots.

On all-glass doors, the patch fittings grip the glass with pads and set screws. When the pads wear, the glass slips and the door drops. We reset or replace the patches, the top pivot and the floor closer spindle so the door hangs square.

We repair and replace storefront deadlocks, flush bolts on the inactive leaf of a pair, bottom-rail locks on all-glass doors, pull handles and push bars. A door that won't lock is a security problem, so tell us when you call.

A loose or cracked threshold is a trip hazard at the entrance. We reset or replace thresholds, door sweeps, the pile weatherstripping in the frame, and the astragal where a pair of doors meets.

We replace broken glass in storefront doors, sidelights and transoms. Glass in doors and certain locations near doors, floors and walking surfaces may require tempered or other safety glazing. We identify the applicable requirements when measuring replacement glass. Insulated door glass is matched to the existing storefront, and we assess laminated glass where additional security is a consideration.

Glass in an all-glass door can't be cut after it's tempered, so the new door panel is measured on site and manufactured to the exact size, with the notches and holes for the patch fittings, handles and lock made before tempering. We re-use the existing hardware when it's in good shape.

Contact American Screen & Glass about board-up service. For urgent after-hours securing, contact an emergency remediation company. We assess the damaged door, glass and framing and provide an itemized estimate.

For storefront windows and larger glass, see commercial storefront glass and our commercial glass services.

American Screen & Glass is a Virginia Class A contractor, fully insured to meet large property owner requirements, and already set up on the vendor portals you use: Ops/RealPage, Vendor Credentialing, Vendor Marketplace, Vendor Café, Vendor Shield, NetVendor and Paymode.

• Paperwork: send your COI requirements and request our W-9 through our professional services team.
• Estimates: electronic and itemized, so each line item goes straight into your approval workflow.
• One vendor for the glass: door hardware, door glass, storefront glass, windows, screens and mirrors across your properties.

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