Door & Window Repair After Break-In | Frame Repairs

When a door is forced, the lock is rarely the expensive part. The frame splits where the keep is screwed in, the leaf twists, the architrave goes, and sometimes the whole jamb has to come out. Fitting a new lock into a broken frame simply means the next push opens it again.

This is where a background in carpentry, kitchens, bathrooms and building work matters more than a van full of cylinders. We repair the structure the lock is fixed into, then refit the security properly.

What we repair

Split and splintered frames: new jamb sections scarfed in and the keep reinforced, rather than filler and hope.
Dropped and binding doors: hinges, packers, re-hanging and easing.
Damaged UPVC and composite doors: hinges, keeps, gaskets, multipoint strips, handles and panels.
Shopfronts and aluminium doors: pivots, closers, bottom rails and narrow-stile hardware.
Fire-damaged and water-damaged joinery, including making good after an insurer's strip-out.
Glazing and beads made good so the unit is weathertight.
Security upgrades fitted at the same time: London bars, hinge bolts, reinforcing plates.

Repair rather than replace, where that is honest

Most forced doors do not need replacing. A hardwood frame with a split jamb can be repaired to be stronger than it was; a UPVC door with a wrecked multipoint needs a strip, not a new door. We will quote the repair where the repair is right, and tell you plainly when it is not. A composite leaf that has been kicked through is finished, and pretending otherwise wastes your money.

Working with the insurance claim

We photograph before and after, separate the emergency attendance from the permanent repair on the invoice, and describe the damage in the terms a claim handler needs. If your insurer requires the replacement locks to meet a named standard we will fit to it and put that on the paperwork.

The whole job, one team

Boarding up, entry, lock replacement, frame repair and the security upgrade afterwards are all the same visit or the same short sequence of visits with the same people. You are not coordinating a locksmith, a carpenter, a glazier and a handyman, and nobody gets to blame the trade before them.

Questions we get asked about door & window repairs

Can a forced door frame be repaired or does it need replacing?

Most can be repaired. A new section of jamb let into the damaged area, with the keep reinforced and through-fixed into the structure behind, is usually stronger than the original and far cheaper than a new frame. Badly split frames and kicked-through composite leaves are the exceptions.

Do you do the repair and the locks, or just one?

Both, which is the point. One team covers entry, boarding, frame repair, new locks and the security upgrade, so there is no gap between trades and no argument about whose work failed.

How long after boarding up can you do the full repair?

Usually within a few days: long enough to get the right timber, glass or door section. Standard sizes can often be done next day.

Will the repair match the rest of the door?

We work to match existing mouldings, finishes and paint where we can, and we will tell you before we start where a visible difference is unavoidable.

Boarding up

Break-in, smashed window, storm damage or a door that will not shut. We make it secure and weatherproof tonight, then put it right properly.

Fire doors

A fire door is only a fire door if it was fitted like one. We hang them, seal them, and make sure they actually close.

Door locks

Front doors, back doors, flat entrances, communal doors and internal doors, fitted to a standard, not to whatever was in the van.

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Free estimates. Tell us roughly what has happened and where you are, and we will come back to you with a price and a realistic date.

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Door and window repairs after damage or forced entry