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How to adjust an iron front door: practical recommendations. How to adjust a sagging front door How to adjust an iron door

Entrance metal door, ready for operation

Any thing, even the most reliable, is subject to wear and tear over time. The same thing happens with metal entrance doors, which, for all their strength and durability, can start to creak or fit poorly into the porch. The reason may be temporary wear of parts of the structure, errors when installing the door, or simply a marriage. In any case, the solution to the problem depends on the model of your front door and the reason that caused this problem.

If the door creaks

Usually, problems with the door begin when the warranty period for it has expired. Or maybe it didn’t exist at all, or even this door is your production. In this case, there is nothing left to do but arm yourself with the necessary tools and get started.

Door creaking is the most common phenomenon that occurs with each owner of such a door. No manufacturer can guarantee you the complete absence of noise for many years. There are two reasons for the creak - the door leaf touches the box or the door hinges are clogged.

Before you start work, you need to find out the cause of the squeaks. Once you do this, it will become clear what steps to take next.

Troubleshooting

If the door rubs against the frame, then you can easily find traces of friction. If you found a problem in the early stages, then you will need to determine the problem area by ear. Found - now you need the following tools:

- Socket wrench 17;

- "Candle" key;

- Hex key.

The lock on the front door must be properly adjusted, and the lock tongue must fit into the hole on the door frame without interference

Depending on how many hinges your door has, you need to loosen one or two middle ones first. Then loosen the top or bottom loop, depending on which one is closer to the source of the squeak.

Carefully move the canvas away from the box, and then return to its original position. On the extreme loop, you tighten the nut and try to gently shake the canvas. In this case, all loops should be in their “long-haunted” places.

We open and close the door several times. This must be done with the handle down. If the noise source is not eliminated, you need to repeat all the steps again.

If after this adjustment a gap appears between the end of the door and the frame, lubricate this door end with a grease containing graphite.

Getting rid of dust

Dust often clogs the door hinges, and they begin to creak angrily. Moreover, dust most often gets there during repair work.

The solution to this problem is quite easy - the loops are blown with pressurized air and then lubricated.

Not all products are lubricating - a vivid example of this is a WD-type product, which removes only traces of "boiling" formed on threaded and swivel joints.

Photo gallery of lubricants for door hinges

Multipurpose grease is often a lifesaver when it comes to lubricating hinges. Conventional household lubricating oil has long proven its worth Teflon sanitary hinge grease is colorless and waterproof

Rebate adjustment

If the porch is incorrect, the door closes loosely or vice versa - too tightly. There are explanations for this phenomenon, and, based on each of them, they draw up their own plan of action.

If you initially install the front door correctly, you will later be able to avoid major problems.

Adjustment when the rebate is too light (video)

But the reverse case - a too light vestibule - is usually explained by a worn seal on the pretend part of the canvas. The situation is corrected by replacing the sealing tape.

Before replacing the tape, check the width of the rebate along the entire length of the canvas - if the width is the same everywhere, glue the entire edge with a sealant, if not, glue the sealant only where the gap is largest.

However, it may not be the seal. In this case, you will need to adjust the antennae of the plate, where the lock tongue enters.

All of the above methods only work if your door was initially leveled without errors. If mistakes were made during the installation of the door, then the door may need to be replaced, or it will have to be reinstalled. One way or another, adjusting the front door is not a difficult task, so anyone can handle it.

In the modern world, plastic windows and doors are very popular. They have a low weight of the entire structure, tightness and relatively low cost. However, over time, problems arise during their operation, which may require adjustment of the mechanisms.

We reveal defects

Identified damage is usually visible to the naked eye:

• The door lets cold air into the room, the tightness of the structure is broken. In order to confirm the specified deficiency, it is necessary to perform some actions. A sheet of paper is clamped between the frame and the door, the structure is locked. After the paper is pulled out. If it gives in, then the clamp is broken. The operation is carried out around the entire perimeter of the door leaf. In addition, the defect manifests itself with the onset of frost. If the seal is broken, condensation forms on the double-glazed windows.

• Warped or sagging door leaf. If the door has sagged, then this is easily detected with a pencil, which circles the sash in the closed state. In the case when, with the door open, the drawn line is parallel to the frame, it can be argued that there are no distortions. Under its weight, the door structure may sag. This becomes noticeable when, when opening, the sash touches the threshold, and when closed, it forms a gap in the upper corner. Causes of occurrence: constantly open doors, improper wedging during installation.

• Friction on the box. The door is difficult to move, the canvas catches on the box or creaks. If there is no adjustment for a long time, the upper PVC layer is rubbed off, which can result in damage to the profile. Friction introduces discomfort into the operation of the fittings, wears them out, and as a result, disables them.

• The handle is loose, the fasteners are loose. Usually the reason is frequent exploitation or a wasteful attitude.

• Force is required to turn the handle. In this case, damage to the core of the lock or handle is likely, as well as various types of debris or wear. The handle does not close all the way. A deficiency occurs if the following is noted:

1. sagging of the door leaf makes it difficult for the pins to work;
2. littering.

• Jamming of the locking mechanism. The reasons can be different - from the simplest in the form of pollution to the more complex, depending on the design.

Required Tools

To adjust the plastic door yourself, you need to stock up on a set of tools:

• Hex keys of different diameters (from 2.5 to 5 mm).
• Flat screwdriver.
• Crosshead screwdriver.
• Roulette.
• Pliers.
• Set of plastic pads.
• Lubricant and care product for seals (if necessary).
• Instruction.

Instructions for self-configuration

Manufacturers complete plastic entrance doors with various mounting hardware and control elements. However, the principle of setting the door structure for all models is the same. It should be noted that such products are characterized by the absence of a swing-out mechanism, as well as the presence of special type loops.

There are three door settings:

• The height of the structure is adjusted by pulling the loop from below. For this purpose, a decorative cap is removed in its end part in order to free access to the central adjusting screw. Turning the hex wrench clockwise raises the door, counterclockwise lowers it.

• Web offset to the right or left is adjusted using the side and top loops. The door is fully opened in order to unscrew the trim on the middle and upper hinges, which performs a protective and decorative function. After it can be removed, but initially the canvas is closed. Adjustment is carried out using a long adjusting screw located horizontally. Uniform shear is achieved by tightening the horizontal screw equally in the middle and top hinges. If the canvas sagged, then in the upper part - stronger.

The degree of pressing the mechanism is changed by twisting the trunnion. This element is also called an eccentric. Usually it has a risk - an indicator. If the eccentric is turned with a risk to the room, then the pressure decreases, the direction to the street will increase the sealing.

If a creak is heard when opening, then it is necessary to lubricate the hinges. To do this, remove the protective caps and put the agent into the opened holes. Lubricants must take into account climatic conditions, perfectly tolerate temperature changes.

Setting up hinges and awnings

On plastic and metal-plastic entrance doors, closed overhead hinges are most often installed. Their number is calculated individually depending on the functional characteristics of each model.

In the absence of a double-glazed window in the design, its weight is significantly reduced. So, it is enough to equip such a door with two canopies. Accordingly, if the sash is based on glass, as in the case of metal reinforcement, the structure can have three or more curtains.

To adjust them, there are three methods described above. It is important to understand that by twisting only one part, you can cause a curvature of the entire profile, since the change in position will occur only at one point. Illiterate adjustment leads to squeaks and distortions.

If defects were discovered during the warranty period, it is best to contact the specialists of the seller. It will be free and will not cause any hassle.

In order to avoid breakdowns, it is better to identify the reasons indicating the need for adjustment in time. Tight closing of the door, drafts, gaps between the frame and the canvas are the first signs of problems. Prevention of malfunctions in the operation of hinges and canopies of PVC doors significantly increases the service life. It can be carried out both independently and with the help of specialists.

If a decision is made to independently adjust the door structures, be sure to be patient, carefully read the instructions, and check that all the necessary tools are available. If you have questions, consult with experts.

In addition, professionals advise not to place high hopes on the adjustment of door elements, since it can only provide a displacement of a few millimeters. If the door structure was initially installed with technological violations, then the setting will not help.

How to pull up in height?

Door structures with a tilt-and-turn mechanism are more complicated than the entrance ones, but they are easy to adjust. If the canvas rubs with the bottom edge on the threshold, then it's time to adjust the vertical adjusting screw, that is, you need to lift the door up.

The algorithm for setting up is as follows:

1. Inspect the fasteners for breakage and to select the necessary tool. Instead of a hex key, an asterisk may be needed. If broken hinges are identified, unfortunately, you will have to call a specialist. With their integrity, you can start setting up.
2. Remove the decorative protective covers from the hinges.
3. Open the door for easier access to the adjustment hole.
4. Find a hex screw on the top hinge and turn it clockwise, keeping track of the verticality of the sash. With a small shift, this will be enough.
5. In case of a strong shift, the screw on the lower hinge is tightened. Clockwise adjustment raises the door, counterclockwise lowers it.

With the help of an angle adjustment screw in the upper end of the frame, the problem of the upper part of the frame getting caught on the sashes can be eliminated. If the door still has defects after adjustment in the closed state of closing, then the adjustment must be repeated.

How to align?

In order to align the balcony door in a horizontal plane, it is necessary to use the adjusting screws located under the technological holes of the hinges.

The screws can be easily accessed by opening the door. The shift of the door leaf to the right occurs by turning the adjusting element counterclockwise. If you turn it clockwise, then the shift will be to the left. This method provides a door stroke of 2-3 mm, allowing you to eliminate various types of distortions.

Experts note that sometimes in order to make adjustments, it is required to remove the door leaf from the standard clutch. To do this, with the sash open, press the tongue at the end and transfer the structure to the "ventilation" mode. This will allow you to get to the top canopy adjustment screws. After adjustment, the door must be returned to its original state.

What to do for a tight closure?

If it blows from under the door, it means that the function of pressing it against the box is broken. To eliminate the defect, frontal adjustment of the eccentrics is performed. Changing their position by turning makes it possible to change the degree of pressing the door to the frame. For the upper part, it is possible to adjust by rotating the pin, for the lower part - by a screw located on the side edge of the canopy.

Scheme of actions when adjusting the pressure at the bottom of the door:

1. Release the hinges from the decorative protection.
2. Open sash. Press the lock against the seal.
3. Move the top of the door leaf to expose the eccentrics.
4. Turn the screw to the desired degree of pressure.
5. For prevention, lubricate moving parts.
6. Press the blocker, set the sash to its original position.
7. To increase the pressure, turn the eccentrics to the maximum level, for which lower the locking bolt, move the elements, and tighten the fastening.

The position of the eccentrics must be adjusted depending on the season. Experts advise in winter to reduce the gap between the frame and the door, and in summer to loosen the pressure so that the seals do not dry out and to provide additional ventilation.

Difficulty closing

There have been cases when in order to close the door, you need to make some effort. Often the reason is to set the door to "winter mode". Then just loosen the adjusting screws.

Sometimes the root cause of poor closing is a clogged latch. Elimination is either blowing the lock and lubricating it, or disassembling the door and cleaning all mechanisms.

For preventive purposes, the lock is adjusted every time the door frame pressure mode is changed from summer to winter, and vice versa.

If the sash hung on one hinge, this indicates that the canvas was opened in two modes at once. To eliminate this, you need to find a tongue-shaped blocker in the middle of the end, bring it to a horizontal position. Pressing the door against the frame, set the handle to the “ventilation” mode, and then to the “opening” mode. Thus, the defect will be eliminated.

To prevent the causes of sagging of the sash, a supporting element is installed - an opening limiter. Sometimes it is also called a door closer. The element is not a mandatory equipment, but is popular.

Functionally, the closer is designed not only to support the open door, but also to adjust the closing speed.

Adjusting the hinge

The durability of door structures is ensured through the use of durable materials. For example, hinges are made from Teflon.

Due to the fact that the hinges of plastic doors are a hinged mechanism, the adjustment work is associated with an understanding of the principles of operation of such a design.

Ball type bearings built into the door hinges provide ease of opening and reduce wear. They need to be lubricated and adjusted to work well.

Depending on the identified shortcoming, there is the possibility of horizontal, vertical and frontal adjustment.

The main thing is not to postpone, otherwise, with poor-quality operation, the door will loosen and the moment of complete destruction of the mechanism will come. It will be impossible to restore it.

We change the seal

In the presence of drafts, even after adjusting the web pressure in various directions, it can be concluded that there is a poor-quality sealant. The life of the seal is several years, but it may become unusable as a result of external damage or illiterate use. Door gaskets are not repairable, they can only be replaced.

Types of seals:

• Rubber and rubber. The most common, with increased wear resistance to climatic changes.
• PVC based polymer. The service life is low, it is afraid of temperature changes.
• Polyethylene.

If you follow certain preventive rules, then the replacement of the seal can be carried out much less frequently:

• Carrying out repairs in the apartment, the windows must be closed to avoid dust settling on the seals.
• Washing windows gives an excellent effect, but subject to the use of non-caustic household chemicals.
• Treating the gaskets with silicone grease or regular glycerin will greatly increase the service life.

DIY replacement

A competent operation to replace the seal will require scissors and silicone glue.

Repair steps:

1. Acquisition of a sealant with the required parameters. This must be taken care of in advance. If necessary, visit a hardware store with a sample of the old gasket, where, with the help of a consultant, choose an analogue.
2. Removing the old seal with improvised tools from the groove. The operation must be performed carefully so as not to damage the canvas.
3. Thorough cleaning of grooves. Dirt will not allow you to lay a new insulating layer with high quality.
4. Apply silicone adhesive to corners. This will prevent the rubber from shifting.
5. Laying the insulation in the groove, starting from the attachment point of the old gasket. Even distribution is required, without sagging, folds and tension.
6. Fastening the joint closely. Sometimes the seal is cut at a 45 degree angle to ensure a snug fit at the end.
7. Quality checking. Cold air must not enter the room.

When carrying out this procedure, it is important to ensure that the gum does not tear, otherwise you will have to change the seal again.

Adjusting the handle

Balcony handles are classified into mobile and stationary. Stationary function - the point of application of force to open the door. Movable models are necessary not only for actions with the canvas itself, but also for adjusting the lock. They, in turn, are swivel and push. Based on the installation method, door handles are divided into mortise and overhead.

For balcony doors, bilateral models are most often used, since they open from two sides. Among the advantages, there is a solid mechanism, a variety of options, and among the disadvantages is low security for doors that are in general accessibility.

The easiest way to adjust a door is to repair a loose handle mechanism. To do this, put the door in the "open" position, remove the protective cover at the base of the handle, opening access to the screws. Using a Phillips screwdriver, tighten the mount, thereby eliminating the defect.

If the handle turns tight, as a rule, the reason is the incorrect position of the door leaf. When this factor is eliminated, the opening function should return to normal. Otherwise, the handle together with the lock will have to be completely replaced.

A broken handle can be replaced by yourself. You should first set it to the "open" mode, then unscrew the screws from the mount, remove the entire mechanism along with the core. Insert a pre-selected new handle in place of the old one and fix it with screws.

How to adjust for the winter?

Pressure adjustment is associated with the expansion and contraction of the material of the seals with temperature fluctuations. Depending on the season, it is possible to adjust the modes using eccentrics. When they are moved towards the street, a winter position will be provided, since the door leaf is pressed more tightly. Summer mode implies a shift in the opposite direction, providing a sufficient gap between the elements of the door and the frame. As a result of such prevention, the doors will last much longer.

It is worth noting that eccentrics are advised to move in one direction, the same way. Rotation can be done both manually and with the help of special tools, such as pliers.

In addition to the above steps for warming the balcony structure, you can also check the quality characteristics of the insulation, and, if necessary, change or lubricate with silicone grease.

How to repair a metal-plastic balcony door?

With long-term operation, metal-plastic doors require repair, and this does not depend on their price. Major troubles, of course, will require the involvement of a specialist, but prevention and adjustment of mechanisms can be done independently.

It should be remembered how the door leaf is adjusted:

• Vertical elements move the door up and down.
• Horizontal mechanisms make it possible to move the upper and lower corners, move the canvas left and right.

Other minor troubleshooting can be done on your own.

Depressurization

There are two ways to remedy the deficiency:

• Seal replacement. With prolonged use or extreme climatic conditions, rubber seals lose their elasticity. Today, the construction market offers a huge selection of seals from various materials. Before replacing, it is necessary to carefully remove the remnants of the old gasket, if difficult, use a screwdriver or other improvised tool. The main thing is not to damage the grooves. Degreasing the surface is also an important stage, after which it is required to apply glue and, without stretching, lay the sealant.
• Pin adjustment. The eccentrics that ensure the sash is pressed against the frame relax over time, which requires their regular adjustment. Since the elements are located around the entire perimeter, each should be configured individually. Standard trunnion positions:

1. The summer mode is characterized by a loose pressure, the eccentrics are directed towards the street.
2. The winter mode causes a tight pressure and the trunnions are adjusted towards the room.
3. The demi-season position of the eccentrics in the center provides a moderate pressing.

Hardware problems

All running elements of the door structure must be lubricated from time to time with machine oil or special means to improve their functionality. If the handle loosens during operation, then it is easily tightened with a screwdriver. However, the main thing here is not to overdo it. If the hinges are loose, it is enough to tighten them with a hex wrench.

If the lower mount is torn out, you will have to change the loop. There can be two reasons for this error:

• When installing a door, irresponsible manufacturers put ordinary window fastening options instead of reinforced ones, and therefore the hinge cannot withstand the load of a heavy door leaf.
• The presence of a short reinforcement inside the door. In this case, the fixing screws cling only to the plastic part of the frame, so the weight of the door cannot withstand.

The consequence of the previous breakdown may be the deformation of the upper loop. Due to the fact that the lower fastener no longer supports the sash, it hangs on the upper one, which is not designed for vertical loads. In this case, the hinge also needs to be replaced.

With frequent opening and closing of the door in public places, the handle mechanism makes extraneous noises. Since it consists of moving parts, they wear out with frequent movement. If after lubricating the parts the problem does not go away, then it is time to replace the locking system.

In addition, the breakdown of the lock may be due to a violation of the connection of the handle with the core or damage to other internal elements. To troubleshoot, remove the protective caps and unscrew the fixing screws.

For information on how to properly adjust the door, see the following video.

If a cut pin is found connecting the handle to the core, its remnants should be knocked out and a new one inserted. In the event of a malfunction of the handle itself, it will have to be replaced. If the lock is broken, you need to pull out the core. By unscrewing the latch at the end of the door, the mechanism is removed. Install a new one by repeating the steps in reverse order. If there is a need to purchase a new lock, then it is recommended to choose an analogue of the same company that was previously.

Other defects

Scratches and other deep defects are inherent in door structures in families with small children. Dents are typical for public doors. Experts advise purchasing Cosmofen at a hardware store. It is a liquid plastic that is used to treat a scratched surface.

Defect elimination algorithm:

1. Cleaning the surface of the canvas with any household means.
2. After complete drying, it is required to degrease the treated parts.
3. Apply a thin layer of putty with a spatula.
4. After drying with fine sandpaper, the surface is polished.
5. Depending on the material of the door, the canvas is coated with a matte or glossy varnish.

Even strong metal doors break periodically. One of the types of malfunction is the subsidence of the web, which occurs due to wear or skew of the loops, a change in the geometry of the porch or cracks in the welding seams of the canopies. If the front door has sagged, then this can lead to friction on the threshold, knocking off the paint, violation of tightness and sound insulation. Sometimes this design can block the exit from the house. Here are some suggestions for what you can do to fix the problem.

Sagging door hinge adjustment

In 70% of cases, friction on the threshold or touching the vertical post of the box is associated with a change in the position of the mortise internal hinges. Everyday use, claps and blows contribute to the loosening and displacement of knots. You can adjust the metal door, if it has sagged, using a hexagon and a candle key (by 17). For this you need:

1. Open the sash 90 degrees for free access to the hinges.
2. Substitute a wooden bar under the hanging edge of the canvas, which will unload the hinges and allow them to be manipulated without holding a large weight of the structure. The work is best done by two, but you can do it yourself.
3. The hinges have four fixing screws and two slotted plates for adjustment. An eccentric is placed in the middle of each. First, the clamps at the corners of the plates are released.
4. After completing this operation, the eccentrics are also loosened on each loop.
5. The doors must be swayed and slightly raised, which will help to align the seats between the plates on which the recesses are made.
6. Then the central nuts and fasteners are sequentially tightened.
7. The canvas needs to be closed several times to make sure the problem is solved.

It is necessary to act differently if the entrance metal door with welded canopies has sunk. Such elements are usually installed on massive products of 80-180 kg in order to hold a powerful sash. With this weight, the hinges wear out faster and sooner or later the doors begin to rub against the threshold or catch the box.

Troubleshooting work is carried out in the following sequence:

1. The sash is opened 90 degrees so that it is possible to raise its dimensions above the box.
2. The crowbar acts through the bar, like a lever, and lifts the canvas up until it is completely removed from the sheds.
3. In such a system, there can only be a steel pin, an axle and a ball on it, or full-fledged bearings. In the first case, a washer is selected whose inner and outer diameters correspond to the parameters of the loop. The thickness can vary from 1.5-3 mm, depending on how much the sash has sunk. In other cases, the ball and bearings will need to be replaced.
4. Installed new elements must be lubricated with grease.
5. The structure is going back.
6. You can see the result immediately by increasing the gap at the bottom, but for reliability it is worth testing the performance.

Fixing cracked canopies in a sagging door

It's not always possible to get by with adjustments alone. If the front door has sagged due to a crack in the canopy, then welding will be required. Since the structure has already shifted to the side or down, it is impossible to simply apply a weld on top of a crack. First, a loop is cut. To do this, use a grinder and a thin cutting disc for metal.

It is better to carry out the work on an ajar sash, under which a wooden beam is preliminarily placed so that under the influence of gravity the second canopy is not torn off. The place under the cut piece is cleaned from traces of the old seam. The loop is disassembled and lubricated.

To restore the door to working capacity, it is necessary to close and place wooden wedges in the gap between the leaf and the box, ensuring a uniform gap on each side. To do this, you need an assistant inside. A second person outside sets up the canopy and tack welds each plate in two places. Then full-fledged seams are applied and the area is painted over.

Repair of the geometry of a sagging door

If the doors were damaged by the actions of vandals who tried to bend the corner of the canvas or squeeze out the place next to the lock, then the swelling of the profile at the bend will prevent the sash from closing and create difficulties for closing, although the symptoms may look like sagging of the hinges, you need to act on the door frame . To repair, you need a gas burner, heating the damaged area, aligning the geometric shape and grinding.

If the entrance iron door sank due to shrinkage of the house, then they try to eliminate the skew by drilling holes in the opening with a puncher, next to the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe box on which friction is observed. Reinforcement is inserted into the hole, the edge of which is clogged and pulls the box along with it. This may help expand the porch. But when this method did not help, then the entire door block will need to be replaced.

The Verny Choice online store provides services for the repair of metal doors that have sagged. We align the geometry of the structure, adjust the mortise hinges, change the welded canopies, eliminate damage. It is convenient to seek help through feedback.

Each mechanism needs to be adjusted to one degree or another; adjusting doors with your own hands is not an easy task, but quite real. Next, we will analyze in detail how to adjust the hinges, we will try to adjust the clamp and lock. And the owners of Chinese doors will learn how to adjust the doors from China at home.

Self-adjusting the door is not as difficult as it might seem at first glance.

How to prepare doors for customization

Before adjusting the doors yourself, they must be well lubricated. Often, a slight creak in the door after a competent lubricant change completely disappears. There are 3 most common causes that lead to an imbalance in the mechanism.

1. Bad lubrication. If the cause of the squeak is a lack of lubrication or the wrong lubricant, then you can consider yourself lucky. Replacing door grease is not tricky and takes no more than an hour, and such work does not require special professional skills;
2. Canopy imbalance. The problem is serious, but fortunately fixable. Effective adjustment of door hinges largely depends on the type of mechanism. In principle, any canopy can be adjusted at least a little, but the only question is whether fine tuning is provided for this design, and what is its amplitude;
3. Basically, this "disease" is inherent in new buildings and the reason here is the low professionalism of installers. A new house always shrinks, and when installing doors, the craftsmen must leave a tolerance for this shrinkage. With minor deformations, the problem can be solved with your own hands, and to eliminate a serious skew, you need to call craftsmen with special equipment.

With minor deformations, the structure can be corrected by hand, and to eliminate a radical skew with a change in the geometry of the canopies, it is necessary to call professionals

Important! If the iron door was installed officially, under the contract, and at the time of the creak or minor problems, the guarantee is still valid, repairing the doors with your own hands will lead to the fact that the company will waive its obligations and will be right under the law, so don’t risk it, immediately call the masters.

How to grease doors

In case of any breakdowns, the adjustment of the front door should begin with a lubricant change. This procedure is not tricky and it is divided into 2 stages, first you need to try to remove the old grease, and then upload a new one in its place.

The easiest way to change the lubricant is on removable papa-mother type hinges. To clean the canopies, the door leaf needs to be removed, but the metal door weighs decently, so put a wooden beam next to the door and use a crowbar to lift the canvas with a lever. It is not advisable to do this alone, someone must insure the canvas so that it does not fall.

Then take a clean rag and remove all the dirt along with the old grease. According to the rules, in order to completely remove the grease from the mechanism, it must be washed with kerosene, but sheds are not such a complex mechanism and a clean rag is enough here.

Simple door canopy is easy to clean with a rag

Advice! To remove corrosion and emergency lubrication of mechanisms, there is now such a wonderful tool asWD-40. It is sold in an aerosol can with a tube for remote pumping. The agent is injected into the mechanism and after half an hour the mechanism can be developed.

WD-40 is intended for emergency removal of corrosion and development of the mechanism, but after its application, the mechanism must in any case be lubricated with profile grease

If it is not possible to remove the doors from the canopies, then use the WD-40 tool. On simple male-mother type loops, there must be a hole for lubrication on the top or side. It can be closed with a screw or completely open.

You need to pump WD-40 into this hole and after half an hour wipe everything that flows out from under the canopy. Further, profile lubricant is pumped into the same hole. With hidden awnings, we act in the same way. Pour in WD-40, wipe off the dirt and pump in normal grease.

Advice! To make the old grease come out of the mechanism faster, the canopy can be heated with a hairdryer, but you need to heat it without fanaticism. So when heated with a gas burner or a blowtorch, the metal will simply lead and the canopy will jam completely.

Each canopy has a hole for pumping grease, ideally this should be closed with a screw, but this rule is not always observed.

Now a few words about how door hinges are lubricated.

• At the moment, silicone grease is considered the best composition, it is all-penetrating, water-repellent and perfectly protects the metal. True, compared to competitors, the price is higher there, but you need a little of it;
• Second in quality is gun grease, it performs well in locks and sheds, the only problem is that such oil is not sold in every hardware store;
• The most affordable is household universal machine oil, in the common people a spindle. The price of the composition is affordable and the fluidity is good, but this oil is not advisable to use at low temperatures.

The most common products designed to lubricate awnings and door locks

There are also thick lubricants, such as grease, lithol and the like. But in order to lubricate the canopy with high quality, you must either remove the door leaf from the hinges, or use a special syringe to pump the composition into the mechanism, which is not always possible in domestic conditions.

Greases are great for door canopies, but you need a special syringe to pump the compound inside.

How to adjust the door yourself - 5 options

Now let's talk about how to adjust the front door. First you need to find out why the door began to close poorly or creak. Often, after lubricating canopies and locks, the true cause of the breakdown “crawls out” by itself.

Option number 1. If the awnings are not adjustable

Canopies for metal doors are divided into adjustable and unregulated. Unregulated include canopies such as dad-mother, they are also called garage hinges. They are arranged simply, a part with a pin, called the father, is welded to the supporting frame, and a reciprocal glass (mother) is welded to the door leaf.

If we exclude the skew of the box, then most often such doors sag under their own weight and begin to touch the threshold. You can save the situation and raise the door leaf with the help of gaskets. For such cases, 3 types of gaskets are used.

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	Such bearings are sold and are relatively inexpensive. To purchase the desired model, you need to accurately measure the diameter of the pin and the outer diameter of the canopy, after which you go to the market and select the required model. Then you remove the doors, put the bearing on the pin and return the canvas to its place.
	To raise the canvas by 1 - 2 mm, you can put it on a pin, the so-called grower, but this is more of a temporary option. As already mentioned, steel doors have an impressive weight, and with intensive use, even the durable metal of the growers is erased quickly enough.
	An old tried and true method. Find a steel ball from the bearing (there are balls on the market) and put it inside the glass. To prevent the ball from falling out when laying, the glass is pre-stuffed with grease. The strength of the metal in such balls is so great that they can easily withstand even the weight of garage doors, not to mention the front doors.

Important! Whichever gasket you choose, it must be installed on all canopies welded to the canvas. If you install the gasket on only one canopy, then the entire mass of the door leaf will fall on it and over time, either the canopy will crack or the doors will deform.

Option number 2. Adjustable hinges

Hinged hinges are installed on many domestic doors with the ability to fine-tune horizontally. In this case, the adjustment of the entrance doors does not require the dismantling of the canvas, respectively, you can handle it alone. The algorithm of actions is approximately as follows:

• Open the doors and find the internal screw on the side of the glass;
• Usually these screws are made for an internal hexagon, you need to loosen it, you should not completely turn it out;

The fixing screw on the side needs to be loosened.

• Then the doors close and on the front side you need to loosen the adjusting screw, this screw is under the canopy;
• After loosening it, the door leaf can be moved to the right or left up to 3 mm;
• To move a heavy door leaf horizontally, you do not need to rest, it is enough to lay some kind of plate suitable in thickness, for example, a ruler, at the problem point;

To move the door leaf horizontally, loosen the bottom screw

After leveling the canvas, all screws must be returned to their original position. This is done in the reverse order, first clamp the bottom screw, and after it, open the doors and clamp the side screw.

When aligning the doors, only the canopy that is closer to the problem point is adjusted. Often the canvas clings to the box either from below or from above. For example, if the problem arose from above, then only the upper canopy is regulated, in the case when there are 3 canopies, the middle and upper canopy is weakened, the lower one remains clamped.

Option number 3. Setting up plastic doors

Metal-plastic doors are of 2 types - balcony and entrance. Sheds on them are installed different, respectively, and the setting is different. But first things first, when the balcony door does not close well, you need to do the following:

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	Step 1 If the balcony door rests on the side hooks on the box, it must be moved horizontally away from these hooks. But first, decide on the amount of shift, often a couple of millimeters is enough, but in general in this way you can move the canvas up to 10 mm.
	Step 2 Balcony canopy with ventilation mode consists of two parts. You need to open the door leaf and find a hole for the hexagon at the very bottom of the canopy, you need an H4 bit here.
	Step 1 The vertical is also regulated by the lower canopy, only this time we need the upper part of it. First, remove the cover from the top of the canopy. She moves up.
	Step 2 The vertical is also regulated by the H4 hexagon. To get to the vertical adjustment point of the doors, you need to insert the hex from the top, so the tool here is needed with a long sting. Depending on which direction you turn the hexagon, the doors will go up or down.
	For the clamp in the balcony doors and plastic windows, eccentrics or, as they are also called, trunnions are responsible. The trunnions have 3 clamping positions - weak, standard and strong clamp. When the eccentric is rotated, it takes the desired position. Round pins are adjusted with a hexagon, oval with pliers.

Now we will study the algorithm for adjusting the canopies on the entrance plastic doors.

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	All such awnings are covered with a plastic overlay, in order to get to the adjusting mechanism, you need to remove this overlay. To do this, open the door leaf and find the screw at the end of the canopy that needs to be unscrewed.
	After removing the box, the adjustment mechanism will open for you. The required screw is located at the end of the mechanism. The head there is made for a hexagon, the diagram on the left shows the principle of adjustment.
	The adjustment screw for fine adjustment of the vertical is located at the top of the canopy. To get to it, you need to remove the plug, it is either unscrewed or simply removed. Important! The pressure on the entrance plastic doors can be adjusted either with trunnions (similar to balcony doors), or with the help of a hexagon installed at the bottom of the canopy.

Adjustment of aluminum doors is carried out in the same way as adjustment of plastic ones; they have similar canopies. True, sometimes there are new, somewhat modified canopies on aluminum doors, they are regulated a little differently.

The diagrams below show the general principle of setting up aluminum doors, and in the video in this article you will find step-by-step instructions for aluminum doors.

Standard adjustment scheme for aluminum doors

The principle and possibilities of fine adjustment of canopies for aluminum doors

There are often problems with the lock in plastic and aluminum doors, and the lock itself seems to work, and the doors do not close tightly or do not close at all. Usually the problem is caused by the striker of the lock, it is adjustable in such mechanisms (the striker is located on the door frame).

The technology for setting the striker is simple and accessible even for a complete amateur. You need to loosen the fixing screws next to the bar, after which the bar hook can be moved horizontally. Then slightly push the hook in the right direction and tighten the fixing screws again.

To adjust the clamping bar, you need to loosen the 2 screws located next to this bar.

Option number 4. Chinese door customization

It is a stretch to call a Chinese iron door, the metal there is thin, plus many mechanisms are made of incomprehensible alloys. Professionals rarely take up the adjustment of Chinese doors, so the owners have to come up with something themselves.

To be honest, not all mechanisms in such designs are adequately tuned. In order for the Chinese door to close normally, it is usually necessary to adjust the hinges. Next, we will talk about how real the setting of canopies is and how to adjust the internal hinges from our friends from the Middle Kingdom.

Even if it seems to you that the canopies on the doors are clean and beautiful, still spray WD-40 into them and put scrap under the bottom of the canvas, try to lift the doors slightly. Such a step will allow the lubricant to penetrate more deeply, and at the same time you will find out what kind of play the doors have.

You can measure the backlash of Chinese doors by lifting them with a crowbar

When you buy Chinese doors, you need to carefully inspect all the awnings. According to the rules, under each internal canopy there should be 2 special washers (they are clearly visible when the doors are open).

Half of Chinese firms put such expansion joints on only 1 canopy, as a result, the entire load falls on it and the doors quickly fail. And it’s painless to add such a washer, you can only while the doors are not yet inserted into the opening.

Under each canopy of Chinese doors there should be 2 compensating washers

• After lubrication, it is necessary to release 4 hexagon bolts, the bolts go along the perimeter of the canopy;
• In the center we have an adjusting screw, but this screw is lockable, so first we release the nut by 17;

To get to the adjusting screw, you must first loosen the screws around the perimeter, and then loosen the locknut in the center

Advice! Often the hex screws that go around the perimeter are over tightened. The metal on them is weak and if you apply force, the edges will stick together, so before unscrewing, spray WD-40 on them.

• Inside the canopy, the adjusting screw has the shape of an eccentric, in fact, due to this, the mechanism is adjusted;
• But in half of the Chinese doors this eccentric either does not exist, or it does not work. If you are faced with such a situation, then take a powerful screwdriver and rely on the door leaf, according to the principle of a lever, move the canopy to the desired position;
• When the door is in place, tighten the fixing screws around the perimeter and tighten the nut in the center.

If the adjusting screw does not work, you can try to move the plate with a screwdriver

Option number 5. How to adjust door pressure

If your new doors are difficult to close, then the reason may be thick seals around the perimeter. There is nothing wrong with that, after a couple of weeks the seal will take its place and the doors will start to close normally.

You should not save on the quality of the sealing tape, cheap models will have to be changed every 2 months

It is worse if the door frame is deformed, in which case it will have to be leveled, but first you need to determine the problem area. This is done simply, take a sheet of paper and clamp it with a door leaf. If, after closing the doors, the sheet is removed, then the box is deformed at this point.

A sheet of paper after closing the doors is removed only in those areas where the box is deformed

In the doorway, the box is fixed either with anchor bolts or iron crutches. With anchor bolts, everything is simple, you will need to unscrew a couple of anchors in the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe deformed box.

It is impossible to remove the crutches, they are cut off by a grinder, and after leveling the box, they are hammered into a new place and welded to the eye.

Professionals usually fix the door frame with anchor bolts.

If the rack of the box is pressed into the doorway, then you need to drive the crowbar between the rack and the wall, and then bend the rack according to the lever principle. When bending to any other side, the rack is leveled with a sledgehammer or a powerful hammer.

In order not to spoil the box and increase the contact area upon impact, a wide and thick plank is superimposed on the rack. At the end of the procedure, the doors are again fixed with anchors or crutches. Often, after such alignment, new holes have to be drilled under the anchor.

If the rack is bent outward, then you can level it with a sledgehammer or hammer, through the gasket

Advice! After such radical procedures, the mounting foam around the perimeter of the box will probably crack. To prevent leakage through the cracks, they must either be blown out again with foam or covered with sealants.

Conclusion

As you can see, with a strong desire to adjust the doors with your own hands, it’s quite realistic, at least the methods that were described above definitely work. If after studying the diagrams, photos and videos in this article there are questions or vice versa, you have something to add, then welcome to the comments, let's chat.

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How to adjust the locks on the entrance metal doors - setting the correct entry of the tongue and lock bolts

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