UPVC Door & Window Repairs in Petersfield
Most UPVC doors and windows that "need replacing" need a mechanism, a hinge or an adjustment. Boorer Lock & Safe maintain, adjust and repair UPVC doors and windows across Petersfield, Hampshire and the surrounding counties, which is very often a fraction of the cost of a replacement door and takes one visit rather than a fitting date six weeks out.
Symptoms we fix
- The door will not close, or has to be shoved to close
- You have to lift the handle hard to lock it — the classic sign of a dropped door or a failing gearbox
- The handle has snapped, or has gone slack and does nothing
- The key will not turn, or turns without locking
- The door is locked shut and will not open
- A draught along one edge, or a door that has visibly dropped
- Hinges that have worn or seized, and windows that no longer sit square
- Failed or stiff window locks, espagnolette rods and shootbolts
Repair before replace
A multipoint mechanism, a gearbox, a set of hinges or a euro cylinder can nearly always be replaced in the existing door. The frame, the glass and the leaf are usually fine — the moving parts are what wear out. Where a door genuinely is beyond repair you will be told so plainly, rather than sold a repair that will not last.
Older and obsolete hardware
Hardware on doors and windows fitted twenty or thirty years ago is often out of production. Matching or adapting obsolete mechanisms and handles is routine here, so an old window does not have to become a new window.
Common questions
Why do I have to lift the handle so hard to lock my door?
Nearly always because the door has dropped slightly and the locking points are no longer meeting the keeps squarely, or because the gearbox inside the mechanism is beginning to fail. Both are repairable. Left alone, forcing the handle usually finishes the gearbox off, which turns a small job into a full mechanism replacement.
My UPVC door is locked and I cannot open it from either side.
That is a failed mechanism and it counts as an emergency — call 07462 185785. It can normally be opened without wrecking the door, and the mechanism replaced the same visit.
Is it worth repairing a twenty year old UPVC door?
Usually, yes. The frame and glass typically outlast the moving parts by decades. Unless the frame itself has failed or the glazing units have gone, replacing the mechanism and cylinder gets you a door that works properly again for a small fraction of a replacement.
Do you repair windows as well as doors?
Yes — window mechanisms, espagnolette rods, shootbolts, friction hinges, handles and locks, plus adjustment where a window has dropped out of square.
Can you upgrade the lock while you are repairing the door?
Yes, and it is the sensible time to do it. If the cylinder is unrated, swapping it for a TS007 3-star or SS312 Diamond anti-snap cylinder while the door is already apart adds very little to the visit.
UPVC Door & Window Repairs in Petersfield & across Hampshire
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