Savannah Window Co provides professional patio and sliding doors in Savannah, GA for residential and commercial properties across the lower Savannah and Ogeechee basins. A patio door is the biggest opening in most Savannah walls, and it is generally the lowest one as well. Both facts drive how we handle it, and neither is what a showroom conversation tends to be about.
Swapping a slider for a slider in the existing opening is straightforward work and does not appear on the city's permit list, because the size has not changed. Widening the opening for a three-panel or a multi-slide unit does change it, and that puts the job into permit territory with a declared value attached to it.
On a newer house away from mapped hazard areas, that is just a permit and a fee. On an older house sitting below base flood elevation it is a line in a five-year cumulative total measured against half the appraised value of the structure, and a wide door carries a large number. We put both versions on the quote so the choice is visible.
The hardware is what you will actually live with. Glaze a door panel with a sealed unit and it passes a hundred pounds comfortably, all of it hanging on two or four rollers in a track. Tandem stainless rollers with adjusters at both ends are the difference between a door you open with a finger and one you shoulder. Ask which is fitted before comparing prices.
Thresholds are the Savannah-specific part. A sliding door sill sits at floor level with only a small upstand between your living room and the weather, and wind-driven rain against a west or south elevation will find it. We fit a pan flashing under the sill with end dams and a back leg, sloped outward, so anything crossing the track drains away rather than into the subfloor.
Tracks silt up here faster than most places. Pollen in spring, fine grit off unpaved lanes, and salt haze near the marsh all collect in the channel and block the weep holes at the outboard edge. Once those are blocked the track holds standing water against the sill. Vacuum it out twice a year and the door lasts decades longer.
On the coast we do recommend impact-rated units for patio doors more readily than for windows, and the reason is area. A large glazed door failing in a storm admits an enormous volume of air very quickly, and the pressure that follows is what removes roofs. If you are protecting one opening on an exposed house, protect this one first.
Repair is often the honest answer. Rollers, tracks, handles, latches and the sealed glass unit inside a panel are all replaceable while the frame stays where it is. A door that drags, or has fogged glass, or will not lock is usually a parts job. We would rather do that and be called again than sell a replacement to somebody who needed an afternoon of work.
Our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — pultruded fiberglass frames ordered to the measured opening, insert sash packs fitted inside an existing jamb, sill pans with end dams and a sloped back leg, flood-damage-resistant frame materials under FEMA Technical Bulletin 2, laminated impact glazing over a 0.090-inch interlayer, warm-edge spacers in argon-filled insulating glass units — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Savannah and nearby communities including Pooler, Garden City, Port Wentworth, Thunderbolt.
What We Handle
Everything our patio and sliding doors in Savannah covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of patio and sliding doors work in Savannah, GA. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
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- patio door replacement savannah ga
- sliding glass door repair savannah
- patio door roller replacement
- multi slide patio door
- patio door track cleaning
- impact rated sliding door coastal georgia
- three panel sliding door
- patio door threshold height
- sliding door screen replacement savannah
- patio door lock replacement
- wide sliding door span
- patio door sill pan flashing
- gliding door installation chatham county
- replace patio door same size
Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our Savannah services.
Materials, equipment and how we do patio and sliding doors
The difference between patio and sliding doors that lasts and patio and sliding doors that gets redone in three years is almost always preparation and materials, not the finish you see on day one. We work with pultruded fiberglass frames ordered to the measured opening, insert sash packs fitted inside an existing jamb, sill pans with end dams and a sloped back leg, flood-damage-resistant frame materials under FEMA Technical Bulletin 2, spec them to the job instead of to the invoice, and write the material grades into the free estimate so you know exactly what you are buying.
Every Savannah job runs the same way: site walk and measurements, written scope and fixed price, protection of the surrounding area, then the work itself with a daily clean-up. Years of window work in the lower Savannah and Ogeechee basins means we have already met whatever your property is going to throw at us — awkward access, older construction, an HOA with opinions.
Where we do patio and sliding doors outside Savannah
Savannah Window Co covers Savannah and the surrounding communities of the lower Savannah and Ogeechee basins. Crews run out to the same nearby cities every week, so an out-of-town job does not mean an out-of-town price.
- Patio and Sliding Doors in Pooler, GA — Chatham County, population 25,711
- Patio and Sliding Doors in Garden City, GA — Chatham County, population 10,289
- Patio and Sliding Doors in Port Wentworth, GA — Chatham County, population 10,878
- Patio and Sliding Doors in Thunderbolt, GA — Chatham County, population 2,556
- Patio and Sliding Doors in Tybee Island, GA — Chatham County, population 3,114
- Patio and Sliding Doors in Wilmington Island, GA — Chatham County, population 15,129
Start on the Savannah Window Co homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why Savannah Chooses Savannah Window Co
- ✓We look up your flood zone, base flood elevation and pre-map status before a tape measure comes out, and put the answer in the quote
- ✓Openings that need a permit are priced in a separate column, with the valuation we would declare shown next to them
- ✓Every unit is ordered to the measured opening rather than trimmed or packed out to suit a stock size on a shelf
- ✓Sill pans with end dams on every installation, including the ones where nobody would ever see whether we fitted one
The standards behind patio and sliding doors
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The patio and sliding doors work we do in Savannah follows published industry standards: NFRC sets the U-factor and SHGC ratings on every window label, and ENERGY STAR defines the efficiency thresholds by climate zone. If a contractor cannot tell you which standard a detail comes from, that is worth asking about before you sign.
Every patio and sliding doors project in Savannah gets the same attention, whether it is a single room or a full commercial job. We show up on schedule, keep the site clean, and stand behind the work — the estimate is free and there is no pressure.
Ready to get started? Call (844) 511-2320 for a free patio and sliding doors free estimate in Savannah, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.