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Door Adjustment

Post by Chriss » July 24, 2021, 1:49 pm

Can anyone enlighten me how to square a swing door in the frame.

Just had a new 2 way aluminium swing door installed, walls have been rendered, silicon squirted and hardened, time to rip off the bubble wrap, fit the lock and handles and open the door for the first time… it rubs on the foot plate at the front edge.. the frame is true and plumb so I just need the door adjusting to bring the front edge up, or the back edge down, not sure…. It doesn’t have hinges connected to the side of the frame it has pins in the top and bottom…. Any ideas..?



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Re: Door Adjustment

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Re: Door Adjustment

Post by Chriss » July 24, 2021, 3:29 pm

Doodoo wrote:
July 24, 2021, 2:05 pm
https://www.doityourself.com/stry/how-t ... door-frame

Google offers loads of examples
Thanks but thats squaring an uneven frame and wooden as well. I'm looking to adjust an aluminium 2 way swinging door to sit square in an already square aluminium frame

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Re: Door Adjustment

Post by tamada » July 24, 2021, 3:45 pm

Can you post a picture of these 'pins' that the door swings on plus a picture of the whole door? Someone may already have the same type of door and solved the same issue.

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Re: Door Adjustment

Post by laksnrub » July 24, 2021, 4:58 pm

Open the up the door, look at the end of the door frame where the pin hinge is, you SHOULD see some screws to adjust the door, you will need to lift the door from the bottom screw, there SHOULD be 2 nuts, 1 is a lock nut, the other adjusts the pin height, the top pin SHOULD float in a casement tube, or on a bearing, allowing it to rise and fall when you adjust the bottom pin height, there SHOLUD be a left right adjustment also in the pin holding frame, if the pin is on the left side of the door, when you loosen the top pin slide, it will allow you to lift or fall the door on the other side, so if the door is sagging, on the opposite side of the pin hinge, by loosening the pin slide you can lift the door up, retighten the screw/ bolts,

If the whole door is rubbing, then the bottom pin needs lifting, Should be adjustment nuts, to wind up the door, one nut adjusts the other locks it into position, A good pin hinge door hardware will have both left right and lift lower adjustments, or you got a chineese fix pin hinge with no adjustment, see photo
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Re: Door Adjustment

Post by Chriss » July 25, 2021, 8:55 am

Thanks for the replies, unfortunately there are no adjusting screws or bolts on view, top or bottom, including hidden behind draft excluder, apart from the soft closing damper adjustment. Builder has no idea, he's a concrete, bricks and mortar guy. We're expecting the window team in during the week, maybe they can sort it.

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Re: Door Adjustment

Post by Niggly » July 25, 2021, 12:25 pm

Is it a commercial aluminium door with concealed closing damper? If so, there’s usually some adjustment screws behind the “name plate” on the door. It looks like it’s just screwed into the frame but is actually hollow behind giving access to the closure mechanism & adjustments.
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Re: Door Adjustment

Post by Chriss » July 25, 2021, 6:12 pm

Niggly wrote:
July 25, 2021, 12:25 pm
Is it a commercial aluminium door with concealed closing damper? If so, there’s usually some adjustment screws behind the “name plate” on the door. It looks like it’s just screwed into the frame but is actually hollow behind giving access to the closure mechanism & adjustments.
Thanks for the reply, there is a name plate on the door in front of the damper, pop riveted on. We spoke with our window man, he said these adjustments will only alter the actual closure of the door, how fast, where it stops etc, he says there is no adjustments to square the door in the frame and as long as the frame is true the door should be as well. He's here Wednesday to have a play.

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Re: Door Adjustment

Post by Niggly » July 25, 2021, 6:38 pm

Chriss wrote:
July 25, 2021, 6:12 pm

Thanks for the reply, there is a name plate on the door in front of the damper, pop riveted on. We spoke with our window man, he said these adjustments will only alter the actual closure of the door, how fast, where it stops etc, he says there is no adjustments to square the door in the frame and as long as the frame is true the door should be as well. He's here Wednesday to have a play.
Fair enough.
The doors I’ve come across before are sort of hanging from the closure in the top corner so to get the sides vertical, the whole closure mech arm is tilted up or down so the door hangs more upright. Bit difficult to put into words, sorry.

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Re: Door Adjustment

Post by Chriss » July 29, 2021, 3:47 pm

Mr Niggly I guess you got it pretty right. Had a window and door manufacturer take a look. It wasn't the screws behind the name plate but actually on the damper. Loosen the screw and a lock nut square the door in the frame, tighten the screw and lock nut. But you need a thin spanner to get at the lock nut... job done, thanks for your replies.

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Re: Door Adjustment

Post by Niggly » July 29, 2021, 5:28 pm

Boomshakalaka........

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