Rotted or rusted bottom section — one panel, not a door — across Scarsdale, Bronxville, Hartsdale, White Plains, Eastchester, Larchmont, Mamaroneck, New Rochelle.
A bumper tap on a narrow drive, a plough-thrown block of ice, a bottom rail that has finally gone soft — one bad section can make a solid door look finished. Usually it is not. If the frame, tracks and remaining sections are sound we replace the damaged panel alone: profile, gauge and material matched to the run, hinges and struts transferred or upgraded, and the door back to full structural strength the same visit.
In this county there are two versions of the same failure. On steel doors the bottom section rusts from inside the channel where salted slush sits for months. On the many original wooden doors still in service in Scarsdale, Bronxville and Larchmont, the bottom rail rots from ground moisture and splash. Either way it is the section the lifting brackets anchor to, so it is structural rather than cosmetic — and either way, one section costs a fraction of a door.
On an original wooden door there is a real preservation argument, and we make it. A well-built 1920s or 1930s door suits these houses in a way no replacement quite manages, and a sound one with a new bottom rail, properly sealed end grain and new hardware will outlast most modern doors. Where a village or a historic district has a view about appearances, that is usually the answer everyone prefers — and we would rather repair it than sell you something that looks wrong on the building.
Frame, tracks, struts and sections checked — and the bottom rail and jamb probed for soft timber rather than viewed.
Profile, gauge and material or timber sourced, one exact number approved before ordering.
Damaged panel out, new panel in, end grain sealed, hinges and struts transferred, new galvanised seal fitted.
Weight change means re-tension — the door is balanced and cycled before we call it done.
Tell us what your door is doing and we'll call you right back. No prices online — cost depends on the door, parts, and size, so we give an exact on-site quote.