Door and window repair in Dublin

Dublin heat, sliding doors and loose latches

Dublin has no NOAA normals station of its own; the nearest, in Livermore about 5.7 miles east, averages 57.1 days a year at 90°F or more and a summer high of 87.2°F. Heat and dry air shrink wood doors and frames, so latches that lined up in winter can miss their strike plates by August, and sun-baked weatherstripping goes hard and stops sealing.

Patio sliders take the most wear, with rollers that flatten and tracks that fill with grit; fresh rollers and a scrubbed track usually end the drag. A ten-second clip of the slider in motion tells us most of what we need. Window work covers locks, cranks, balances and new mesh in the screen frames already on the house, and weatherstripping and door sweeps can go on during the same visit.

Worth knowing about Dublin

• The nearest NOAA normals station, in Livermore about 5.7 miles east, averages 57.1 days a year at 90°F or more and a summer high of 87.2°F.
• The Calaveras Fault runs just west of San Ramon Road, and liquefaction potential is higher along Dublin Boulevard, Village Parkway and Tassajara Road, per the City's Safety Element.
• Only 19.4% of Dublin's 25,157 housing units were built before 1980; the busiest building decade was the 2010s, with 30.6% of units.