A restaurant’s front door gets pulled more times in a Friday dinner rush than most office doors see in a month. The back door gets propped open by a delivery, slammed by a dish crew, and rained on all night. Both have to work, and one of them is the first thing every guest touches.
All Pro Door Repair services restaurants, bars, cafes and food-service operations across Dallas-Fort Worth. Here’s what breaks and what it costs you when it does.
Front entry doors and the hardware that fails first
Restaurant entries are aluminum storefront in most cases, and they’re built light so guests can pull them easily. That’s the right design and it’s hard on hardware.
What we get called for:
- Closers that have lost fluid, so the door either slams behind guests or won’t pull shut
- Worn pivots that let the door drop and scrape the threshold
- Exit devices and panic hardware that stop latching reliably
- Continuous hinges sagging on heavy glass doors
- Weather stripping and sweeps worn through, letting conditioned air out
A slamming front door is worse in a restaurant than anywhere else, because guests hear it from every table. And a door that’s gotten hard to pull is an accessibility issue. The ADA Standards cap opening force on interior hinged doors at 5 pounds and don’t set a figure for exterior hinged doors, but a front entrance that takes real effort is still a barrier for guests using a wheelchair or a walker. Usually that’s just a closer adjusted too tight.
More on our storefront entry door repair page.
Glass, patios and the dining room
Restaurants have gone glass-heavy, and for good reason. Patio doors that open a dining room to the outside, full-view glass at the front, and glazing that makes a small room feel bigger.
North Texas complicates it. We get a stretch of triple-digit days most summers, so glass on a west-facing wall is a comfort and energy problem, not just a design choice. And hail season is real. A single storm can take out storefront glass across a whole retail strip.
We handle commercial glass and glazing, glass replacement, emergency board-up, glass partitions for private dining rooms, and window security film. Film is a sensible spend for restaurants, which sit closed and dark with cash handling equipment inside most of the night.
The other glass issue restaurants hit is water. Storefront leaks put water on a hard floor in a room full of guests and staff carrying trays, which is a slip claim waiting to happen.
Back of house, receiving doors and roll-up windows
The service entrance takes a beating. Deliveries all morning, trash runs all night, and a hollow metal door that gets propped open in July with a milk crate while the closer arm takes the strain.
Hollow metal doors rust at the bottom where wash water and grease sit, frames rack out of square, and closers give out. We repair and replace hollow metal doors and frames, closers, exit devices and hinges.
Restaurants with a drive-thru, a walk-up window or a bar that shutters have rolling counter shutters or roll-up windows, and those cycle constantly. We service rolling steel doors and counter shutters, barrels, guides and operators. Any restaurant with a loading area or an enclosed service yard usually has an overhead door too, covered on our overhead door page.
Getting work done without closing
The scheduling problem in food service is obvious. You can’t take the front door out of service at 7pm, and most kitchens are running from prep through close.
We’re available after hours and on weekends, which usually means working between close and open. For a broken front entry or glass, we answer emergency calls 24/7 and can get you secured immediately even when the permanent fix has to wait for a panel to come in.
Common questions from restaurant owners and operators
Our front door slams every time. Can that be fixed cheaply?
Usually yes. Closers have separate speed and latch adjustments, and most slamming doors just need them set correctly. If the closer is leaking fluid, it needs replacing.
Can you replace broken glass overnight so we open on time?
We can secure the opening immediately with a board-up and schedule the glass once the panel is in. If the panel is a stock size, that turnaround is short.
Our back door won’t latch anymore. Is that urgent?
Yes. A door that doesn’t latch isn’t locked, no matter what the deadbolt does, and on a back entrance that’s your main after-hours exposure.
Do you handle the patio glass, the front door and the receiving door?
All of it. Glass, entry doors and overhead or roll-up doors are all in-house.
Get a restaurant door and glass estimate
All Pro Door Repair has been family owned and operated since 2001, fully insured, with at least five years of field experience behind every technician. Estimates are up front with parts and labor spelled out, and there are no hidden charges.
Call (972) 624-1515 or request a free estimate.