Door and window repair in Pacifica

Postwar doors and damp air in Pacifica

The City's neighborhood guide dates Westview's Cape Cod-style homes to the late 1940s and most of Pacific Manor to the late 1940s and early 1950s. Doors in houses that age have been through decades of fog and wet winters. Wood takes on moisture and swells, hinges sag, and a strike plate that lined up when the house was new no longer meets the latch.

The cure is usually hinge screws, a moved strike or a planed edge rather than a new door. For patio sliders we lift the panel, replace worn rollers, clean the track and set the height. A ten-second video of the door swinging tells us more than a still photo. Windows get new locks, cranks, balances or fresh mesh in existing frames.

Worth knowing about Pacifica

• A City planning report says Pacifica's fog and roughly 30 inches of yearly rain reflect a climate more like the Pacific Northwest, with year-round fog in Sharp Park.
• The San Andreas Fault, the closest active fault, crosses Pacifica's northeastern tip, and the strongest ground shaking expected in the city would come from it.
• The City's neighborhood guide dates Westview's Cape Cod-style homes to the late 1940s, Linda Mar's tract homes to the 1950s and 1960s, and Park Pacifica's large modern homes to the 1970s.