Sagging door, grinding hinges, a handle that spins, a latch that won't catch? We repair and replace door hinges and hardware across Ottawa and the Ottawa Valley — re-hanging dropped doors, sourcing commercial-grade hardware, and getting your doors swinging, latching and locking the way they should. Most jobs done same day.
The hinges and hardware on a door are the parts you touch every single day and notice only when they start to fail. A door that has begun to drag on the floor, a hinge that announces every opening with a grind, a handle that turns but no longer pulls the latch back, a deadbolt you have to lift the door to throw — these are the small daily frustrations that quietly tell you the hardware holding your door together is wearing out. At Fix My Door Now Ottawa, hinge and hardware repair is some of the most common and most satisfying work we do, because the fix is usually fast, affordable, and turns a fight back into a door that just works.
Most hardware problems are not random. A door is a system, and the hinges, handle, latch, and strike all have to stay in alignment with the frame for the door to operate smoothly. When one part wears or loosens, it loads up the others — a sagging hinge throws off the latch, a worn latch chews at the strike, and a door that's hard to close gets slammed, which loosens everything further. We diagnose the actual cause rather than just swapping the part that's complaining, so the repair lasts.
A door that drags on the floor, rubs the frame at the top corner, or swings open or closed on its own is almost always sagging on its hinges. The usual culprit is the top hinge: the short screws that came with the door have worked loose and pulled out of the jamb under years of the door's weight, letting the hinge — and the whole door — drop on the latch side. The fix is straightforward but has to be done right. We re-anchor the hinge with long screws that pass through the jamb and bite into the wall stud behind it, replace any worn or bent hinges, and re-hang the door so it sits square in the opening, clears the floor, and latches without being lifted or forced.
Hinges wear out. The pin and the knuckles it rides in slowly grind against each other, and the result is a squeal, a grind, or a gritty resistance every time the door moves. On exterior doors in Ottawa, hinges also rust and seize through the freeze-thaw seasons. We service hinges by cleaning and lubricating the pin where the hinge is sound, and we replace worn, bent, or rusted hinges with new units matched to your door's weight and finish. Heavy exterior and commercial doors get heavy-duty ball-bearing hinges built to carry the load without sagging again.
Knob sets, lever handles, and entry handlesets take constant use, and their internal springs and latch mechanisms eventually wear out. A handle that spins without retracting the latch, a lever that droops, a door that won't stay closed, or a latch that no longer springs back are all signs the set has failed inside. We repair and replace knob sets, lever handles — including ADA-friendly levers — and full entry handlesets, and we make sure the new latch lines up cleanly with the strike so the door closes and holds without needing a shove. Hardware that interacts with the lock cylinder ties into our lock repair and replacement service.
Door sagging, sticking, or won't latch? Call 613-265-3667 for fast, flat-rate hinge and hardware repair across Ottawa & the Valley — most jobs done same day. Or request a free quote online.
The strike plate is the metal piece on the jamb the latch and deadbolt seat into, and it's where a lot of "the door won't close" complaints actually originate. When the door drops or the frame shifts, the latch stops lining up with the strike opening and the door either won't latch or has to be pulled tight before it catches. We realign and, where needed, reposition or upgrade the strike plate — and on exterior doors we fit a reinforced strike anchored with long screws, which both fixes the alignment and hardens the door against a forced entry. Persistent alignment problems sometimes trace back to the frame itself, which is where our door frame repair service comes in.
A door closer that slams the door, lets it drift without latching, or has stopped closing it at all is both an annoyance and a real problem — a slamming door is a pinch hazard, and a door that doesn't fully close is a security and energy leak. We adjust and replace closers on residential storm and entry doors and on commercial doors, setting the separate sweep, latch, and backcheck speeds so the door closes smoothly and latches every time. Commercial closer work ties into our commercial door repair service.
Higher-end entry doors and most patio and French doors use multipoint hardware — lifting the handle throws several hooks and bolts into keepers around the frame at once. They seal beautifully when aligned and jam frustratingly when they're not, because every point has to meet its keeper at the same time. When multipoint hardware won't engage, it's usually the door dropping out of square; we adjust the door, reset the keepers so every point catches, and replace the multipoint gearbox when it has failed internally. This work often overlaps with our patio door repair service.
Hardware problems often travel with frame, lock, and alignment issues. If your situation is bigger than the hinge or handle alone, these pages will help:
Most hinge and hardware trouble is easy to diagnose once you know the signs:
A multipoint locking edge on an Ottawa door — keepers realigned and hardware reset so every point engages cleanly.
The hooks and bolts on this multipoint door were missing their keepers because the door had dropped. We reset the hardware and keepers so the handle lifts smoothly and every point engages and seals.
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Deadbolts, knob sets, smart locks and strike plates — serviced, repaired, or upgraded same day for homes and businesses across Ottawa.
Lock Repair Ottawa →Cracked, split or kicked-in frames repaired and reinforced — restoring the alignment your hinges and latches depend on.
Door Frame Repair →Sliding and French patio doors that drag, derail, draft or won't lock — rollers, tracks, handles and multipoint hardware.
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