Adjusting metal doors - to avoid repairs

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Serious damage to the metal door sometimes leads either to high costs for its repair, or even to larger ones - when repair is impossible and the door needs to be changed. To prevent this from happening, it should be regularly inspected and resolved those minor problems that are inevitable.

Types of adjustment

Adjusting the metal door may include:

• Lubrication and adjustment of door hinges.
• Pulling up loose fittings.
• Seal replacement.
• Adjustment closers.
• Removal of dust from the working parts of the structure.

If you periodically carry out such preventive works that do not take much time and do not require the investment of large funds, your door will retain its decorative and functional properties for a long time.

How to adjust the metal doors, and in what cases it is necessary, and will be discussed.

How to adjust the loop

Poor hinges may be caused by mechanical wear, dust accumulation, swaying of the door under their own weight, etc. As a result, problems such as creaking, tight closing, door leaf friction on the box, jamming of the door lock, and the appearance of drafts arise.

If you do not want to call the master, but do not know how to adjust the metal door yourself, we will tell you about it. If after the installation of the door in the apartment, the repair and construction work continued, most likely, a lot of dust and dirt accumulated on the hinges.

Therefore, before starting the adjustment, blow the loops well and lubricate them. WD-40 automotive lubricant is excellent for this purpose. If there is visible wear on the ends of the door, and the creaking does not stop even after lubrication, then you need to tighten the hinges.

How to adjust the metal door in this case:

• First loosen the screws on the middle loop. and, swinging the door, listen to the creak from above or below. 
• Depending on this, loosen the corresponding loop., move the canvas to the box or move it away from it depending on where it rubs against the joint. 
• Retighten the screws and shake the doorto loop sat on the place.
• Open and close the door several times.to check how successful the adjustment was. Repeat all actions if necessary. On some door hinges with a steel ball inside there is an adjusting screw in the lower part that allows you to adjust the position of the door vertically. To do this, you need a hex key.

Cleaning and adjusting locks

How to adjust the metal doors, if there are no visible signs of subsidence, hinges work fine, but the lock began to jam? Most likely, the matter is in the lock itself (see Repair of locks in metal doors). It also needs to be periodically cleaned and lubricated.

This is easy to do if the invoice lock or can be removed from the door without violating its design. Otherwise, this work should be done by a specialist.

Adjustment of the closers

In the past, springs were often installed on the entrance doors, which ensured that the door would close, even if you forget it. But now their place was taken by door closers, capable of more careful attitude to the doors.

They also enclose a spring, but it is placed in a body filled with oil and equipped with a special mechanism that makes the door move smoothly.

The convenience of using the door also largely depends on the correct operation of the door closer. Therefore we will tell about how to adjust metal doors with the closer.

In general, its adjustment must be made by the master even during installation (see Installing the door closer on a metal door - this is easy), but during long-term operation, as a result of fluctuations in ambient temperature, the oil in the door closer may thicken.

So:

1. If the door began to close too slowly or, conversely, too quickly, turn one adjustment valve clockwise or counterclockwise.
2. When it is necessary to change the speed of the slamming, the second valve turns either clockwise or opposite to it.
3. Spring tension is adjusted by adjusting the nut - turning it in the right direction.
4. If it is necessary to adjust the valve, which does not allow abruptly to swing the door open, its adjusting nut is turned counterclockwise to reduce the angle of opening, and clockwise to increase it.
5. If the door must be left for some time in the open position, it must be opened 90 degrees and tighten the lock. Fixation will be removed automatically when the door is closed.

Attention! Adjusting valves should be rotated no more than two turns, otherwise the oil can flow out of the door closer and it will have to be replaced.

What to do when drafts appear

It is not always the cause of the appearance of drafts from the entrance door (see What to do if it blows from the entrance door), the noise and odors entering the apartment is its misalignment. Often this is due to the worn sealer, which is always put on the metal doors - how to adjust them in this case?

You just need to tear off the old seal and replace it with a new one. Rubber tape of the desired thickness on a sticky basis can be purchased at any construction market, and glued to the entire contour of the porch.