Happy Sukkot from BH Door Solutions: Holiday Hours and a Patio Door Check for Meals Outside

Chag Sameach from all of us at BH Door Solutions. Sukkot begins at sundown on Friday, September 25, 2026, and our team is taking the first two days of the holiday off. Here is when we are closed and when we are back, a little about the holiday itself, and a short check for the door between your kitchen and your yard, which does more work over Sukkot than at any other time of year.

Sukkot holiday hours

The first two days of Sukkot fall on a weekend this year, so the change to our schedule is short.

• Friday, September 25: open our regular Friday hours, 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Sukkot begins at sundown that evening.
• Saturday, September 26: closed, as on every Saturday. This year it is also the first day of Sukkot.
• Sunday, September 27: closed for the second day of Sukkot. We are normally open on Sundays from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, so please note the change.
• Monday, September 28: back to our regular hours from 9:00 AM.
• While we are closed you can still send us a message through our contact page, and we will pick it up on Monday morning.

What is Sukkot?

Sukkot, the Feast of Tabernacles, is the Jewish harvest festival. Its best known custom is the sukkah, a small temporary hut built in a yard or on a balcony, with a roof of cut branches laid loosely enough to let the sky show through. Families eat their meals in the sukkah during the festival, a reminder of the huts used at harvest time and of the shelters the Israelites lived in on their journey through the desert.

In Metro Detroit, candles are lit at 7:06 PM on Friday, September 25, and the first two days end at 8:03 PM on Sunday, September 27 (times from Hebcal for Oak Park, MI). Outside Israel those first two days are full holiday days, which is why we are closed for both.

The usual greeting is "Chag Sameach", which means "a happy holiday". "Happy Sukkot" works just as well.

A patio door check for meals outside

Over Sukkot the busiest door in a lot of homes is the one to the backyard. Plates, pots and chairs go out through it and come back in at every meal, often carried by someone with both hands full, and the first meals of the holiday are eaten after dark. None of the following needs tools, and each point takes a minute or two.

• Clean the bottom track. Leaves, grit and grass get carried in on shoes and settle in the track of a sliding door, and a door that grinds or sticks is the one that gets shoved. Vacuum the track and wipe it down. If the panel still drags once the track is clean, the rollers underneath are usually worn.
• Make sure the door closes flush with one easy push. A patio door that stops an inch short, or has to be leaned on before it meets the frame, is the one that gets left open a crack all evening, letting in cold air and insects. That usually means the rollers or the latch have drifted out of line.
• Look at the screen. Slide it open and closed a few times. It should glide in its own track and stay there, and small tears are easier to patch now than after a week of traffic. A screen that pops out at a light push will bend the first time someone backs through it with a tray.
• Lock the front door while everyone is out back. When the whole family is in the sukkah, the front of the house is empty and out of sight. Throw the deadbolt on the front door before the meal, not just the spring latch in the handle.
• Keep the doorway clear. If the sukkah stands close to the house, check that the patio door still opens all the way, and keep folding chairs, extension cords for the lights and anything else off the path. A clear doorway matters most when your hands are full.

See you Monday

If a door gives you trouble while we are closed, send us the details through our contact page. Your message will be waiting for us when we reopen on Monday, September 28 at 9:00 AM.

Once we are back, you can ask about anything the check turned up, from a slider that drags on worn rollers to a front deadbolt that no longer lines up with its strike. Our sliding door repair, door repair and locks and hardware pages cover most of what is on this list.

From all of us at BH Door Solutions, Chag Sameach to everyone celebrating, and a good harvest season to all of our customers across Metro Detroit. See you Monday.