Small repair on a wash visit

Door sweeps

This is a small exterior fix on a cleaning visit, not a licensed trade, and it is refused when it is plumbing, electrical, or structural.

The daylight under an exterior door.

Daylight under an exterior door is usually a worn or missing sweep. I replace the sweep and check whether the threshold is loose. The price is for that piece, agreed before anything comes off.

If the bottom of the door is swollen, the jamb is soft, or the gap is the house settling, a sweep will not close it honestly. I stop, and the new scope is a new conversation.

What I check

• Where the daylight is: the bottom, the sides or the top. A sweep only closes the bottom.
• Whether the threshold is loose, or the door drags on it.
• Whether the bottom of the door is swollen or soft.

When a sweep is worth it

A sound door with a worn or missing sweep is the easy case. A new sweep stops the draft, the leaves and the bugs for a lot less than a new door. If the door itself is failing, I tell you instead of screwing a new sweep to old wood.

What I won't touch

Rebuilding a rotten jamb, hanging a new door, locks, and anything wired to the door, like a doorbell or a camera. Those are a carpenter, a locksmith or an electrician.

What to have ready

A photo of the gap from inside in daylight with the lights off, and one of the bottom of the door from outside. Tell me if it is a wood, steel or fiberglass door. Send the photos here.

The price is agreed before anything comes off the house. If opening it up shows more than the quote covered, I stop and we talk.

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Longer answer: A door sweep is not a new door · Every small repair I do, and what I won't