Austin Locksmith Guide to Patio Door Multi-Point Locks
Patio doors take a beating in Central Texas. Summer heat swells wood, winter cold shrinks it back, and hill country dust crawls into every crevice. I have replaced or tuned hundreds of multi-point locks on sliding and hinged patio doors around Austin and San Antonio, and the same patterns keep showing up. When a patio door binds, rattles, or refuses to lock, the family feels it every day. When it locks smoothly, the whole house seems to breathe easier. Here is a field gu