Marietta Window Replacement provides professional french doors in Marietta, GA for residential and commercial properties across Cobb County and northwest metro Atlanta. The usual rule is that hinged doors seal better than sliding ones, because a hinge and a latch can compress a gasket in a way a roller never will. On a single hinged door that rule holds. On a French pair it depends entirely on one component.
That component is the astragal, the vertical member on the inactive leaf that the active leaf closes against. It is the one place where a door meets a door rather than a frame, and it is where nearly every leaky French door in Cobb County leaks. A flat astragal with applied weatherstrip and a pair of surface bolts is the cheap version, and it will underperform a well-built sliding door.
The good version has a multipoint mechanism in the inactive leaf that drives flush bolts into the head and sill simultaneously, plus a multipoint lock in the active leaf that throws hooks into the astragal. Both leaves get pulled tight against continuous compression seals. That assembly will beat any slider we sell, and the price difference between the two versions is smaller than most people expect.
Swing direction is the next decision and it is a local one. Inswing doors put the sill's weather leg on the outside where it belongs and shed water more forgivingly, which suits the exposed rear elevations of houses without deep overhangs. Outswing doors seal against wind pressure rather than away from it and free interior floor space, but they need hardware and a threshold built for it.
On Marietta's ranch stock the deep eave changes the calculation. A rear door under a three-foot overhang sees far less driven rain than a door on a 1990s two-story with a two-inch cornice, and that means we specify differently on those two houses even when the client asks for the same product.
Glass in a French door is safety glazing by definition, so it is tempered or laminated. We recommend laminated on any pair reachable from a fenced back yard, for the same reason we recommend it on ground-floor rear windows: it turns a quiet break-in into a loud and slow one that most people give up on.
Screening is the practical drawback. A hinged pair cannot take a fixed screen without something retractable, and retractable screens are a maintenance item. If you open the doors constantly in April and October, which in this climate is exactly when you want to, factor that in.
For an opening under six feet, we usually recommend a single French door with a fixed sidelite over a pair. One operating leaf, one gasket line, no astragal at all, and the light stays the same. It is the tightest exterior door assembly on our list, it costs less than a pair, and most clients who see the two side by side stop asking for the double.
Our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — compression gasket, interlocking meeting stile, fusion-welded corners, pultruded fiberglass, warm-edge spacer, polyamide thermal break — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Marietta and nearby communities including Smyrna, Kennesaw, Acworth, Powder Springs.
What We Handle
Everything our french doors in Marietta covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of french doors work in Marietta, GA. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
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- inswing vs outswing french doors
- astragal weatherstrip french door
- multipoint lock french doors
- double door air leakage
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- single french door Cobb County
- french door threshold sill
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- french door glass options
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- active inactive leaf door
- french door screen options
Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our Marietta services.
Materials, equipment and how we do french doors
The difference between french doors that lasts and french doors that gets redone in three years is almost always preparation and materials, not the finish you see on day one. We work with compression gasket, interlocking meeting stile, fusion-welded corners, pultruded fiberglass, 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 Marietta 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 Cobb County and northwest metro Atlanta 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 french doors outside Marietta
Marietta Window Replacement covers Marietta and the surrounding communities of Cobb County and northwest metro Atlanta. Crews run out to the same nearby cities every week, so an out-of-town job does not mean an out-of-town price.
- French Doors in Smyrna, GA — Cobb County, population 55,663 at the 2020 census
- French Doors in Kennesaw, GA — Cobb County, population 33,036 at the 2020 census
- French Doors in Acworth, GA — Cobb County, population 22,440 at the 2020 census
- French Doors in Powder Springs, GA — Cobb County, population 16,887 at the 2020 census
- French Doors in Austell, GA — Cobb County, population 7,713 at the 2020 census
- French Doors in Mableton, GA — Cobb County, population 40,834 at the 2020 census
Start on the Marietta Window Replacement homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why Marietta Chooses Marietta Window Replacement
- ✓We put the air-leakage rating at the top of the quote. In a county with a short winter and a long humid summer, the gasket is the only specification that returns something in both seasons.
- ✓We measure the clear opening in every bedroom before quoting. On the wide, short openings of Marietta's 1960s ranches, an insert can drop the escape opening below the code minimum without anyone noticing.
- ✓We flash behind the brick. On veneer houses the head flashing has to lap the water-resistive barrier rather than get caulked to the first course, and we will tell you if the brick will not allow it.
- ✓We price the smaller job when the smaller job is right. Fogged sealed units get reglazed, dragging patio doors get rollers, and tired entry doors often get a weatherstrip kit rather than a new slab.
The standards behind french doors
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The french doors work we do in Marietta 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 french doors project in Marietta 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 french doors free estimate in Marietta, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.