We have double french doors. The casing around the window that holds the window in place, was pieced on (meaning they aren't the length & width of the window, only pieces adding up to the right size!) Consequently, they are warping from the extreme weather changes. It is some kind of a plastic, with a connected dowel (all one piece)that slides under the window itself, more than likely to hold it in place.
I have looked at local hardware store and they don't carry anything like that. Any ideas where I can begin my search for replacing it?

 

I'd have to say we're going to need some pictures...a couple showing the whole area...and a couple closer so we can see what you see. I've never seen multipart frames myself.

http://www.doityourself.com/forum/el...-pictures.html

 

I have to agree, I can't visualize to what you are referring.

 

You are talking doors in one sentence then windows in the next, so yeah, let's have those pix. Anyone from AZ has got to be cool, right, Vic? And with a location named Chandler, double cool.

 

Pix would help, but in my mind I am imagining a window in one or both french doors that has the usual plastic trim around it with screws & plugs on the interior side of the frame. They sometimes do break at odd places due to extreme expansion and contraction due to extreme heat/cold, which could be misinterpreted as being done that way originally "in pieces".

I would just guess that you will need to order a new vinyl frame (inside and out) for your glass... and it may just be a good idea to get new glass at the same time to make the whole process easier. If you can take outside measurements of the plastic frame, and take them to a box store or lumber yard they can usually find you a match. That is, if the way I'm picturing your door glass & frame in my mind is correct.