Entrance doors · Mississauga
Entrance doors that close, latch and lock the way they should
A lobby door that slams, a shop door that drifts open and never latches, a vestibule door scraping the floor, or a cracked pane in an aluminum frame. Most of these are one worn part, not a worn-out door. We connect shops, offices, rental buildings and condo corporations with an independent local pro who repairs commercial doors and their glass.
- Closers, pivots, hinges and locks
- Door glass replaced in the same frame
- Lobby work arranged with management
Closers
Closers that slam or won't latch
Most surface closers have small adjustment valves: one for the main swing, one for the final stretch before the latch. Small turns change a lot. In a lobby or a leased space, leave it to the pro or building maintenance.
Slams shut
Latch speed set too fast, or the closer has lost fluid. Slamming wears the hinges and can crack the glass.
Drifts and won't latch
Set too slow, or the door binds on its hinges or the floor. A door that doesn't latch is an unlocked door.
Oil on the frame or floor
The seals have failed. It can't be adjusted back and needs replacing, sized to the door's weight.
Arm loose or bent
Often from wind catching the door. The arm or bracket can usually be replaced on its own.
Hanging the door
Pivots, continuous hinges and dragging doors
Heavy glass doors hang on butt hinges, pivots at the top and bottom, or a continuous hinge that runs the full height. When a door starts to scrape the floor or the threshold, or rubs the frame on the lock side, the hinge or pivot has usually worn and the door has dropped.
Worn pivots and hinges can be replaced, and a sagging door rehung square without touching the glass. Doing it early saves the closer and lock from fighting a door that no longer lines up.
Locking
Locks, panic hardware and access-control interfaces
Locks and cylinders
Aluminum doors use narrow locks set in the stile. A failed lock body or cylinder is usually replaced on its own.
Panic hardware
The push bar that lets people out. When it sticks or won't latch, the pro repairs or replaces it and checks the door still closes on its own.
Fob readers and electric strikes
The reader and wiring often belong to a separate security contractor. The door pro handles the hardware in the door and frame.
Door glass
Replacing glass in aluminum-frame doors
In most aluminum entrance doors the glass sits behind removable stops. A cracked or smashed pane comes out and a new one goes into the same door. Door glass is typically tempered or laminated, and it's made to size, so the opening may be boarded or covered while it's on order.
Sidelights and transoms beside the door are replaced the same way. For shop fronts with a display window as well, see storefront glass repair; for house doors and inserts, see door glass replacement. Other building glass is on the commercial glass overview.
What affects the quote
What a door repair quote depends on
- The part: closer, pivot, continuous hinge, lock or panic bar
- Door size and weight, which set the closer size
- Glass type and size, if the pane is being replaced
- Whether the door needs rehanging or the frame is damaged
- Board-up, and any building rules on work hours
Film the door swinging shut on your phone. It shows a pro more than a written description can.
Lobbies and vestibules
Condo lobbies and vestibules
Cooksville has long had a dense mix of high-rise rental and condo buildings, and the City Centre has more towers still. Their entrance, vestibule and parkade doors take hard daily use. The manager books; the corporation decides. The property manager or management office arranges the pro, the access and the paperwork. The board, or the owner of a rental building, approves the spending.
If you live there and notice a door not latching, tell the management office rather than calling a pro yourself. Managers with several doors or buildings can send them as one list; see property managers, or condo glass for how corporations handle common elements.
Your options
Repair, refurbish or replace the door?
Repair
One part is worn: a closer, a pivot, a lock. Replace it and adjust the door. This is the most common outcome.
Refurbish
Several parts are tired but the aluminum is sound. New hinge or pivots, closer, weatherstrip and sometimes glass, all in the existing door.
Replace
The door or frame is bent, corroded or no longer fits the opening. A new door, or a new entrance, then makes more sense.
Questions
Commercial door questions
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Door pros work on shop, office and lobby entrances across the city, including Cooksville, City Centre, Malton and Streetsville.
Tell us the door type and what it's doing
Slamming, dragging, not latching, or broken glass. Send a photo or a clip, and a local pro who repairs commercial doors will quote it. If an adjustment will do, they'll say so.