Setting plastic doors - professional instruction

With the advent of plastic windows, doors made of the same material appeared. They immediately gained popularity and are now actively being established in residential buildings, commercial, office, industrial and warehouse buildings.

Plastic doors are constantly in use and therefore over time there is a partial wear of all parts: rubber seals and accessories. Problems with opening / closing begin.

Basically, in order to solve this problem there is an easy way: setting up the doors, which must be done to restore all its functions.

Types of plastic doors

Plastic doors can be mounted with various fittings:

• Ordinary. The plastic door closes on a simple handle and is held on special adjustable canopies;
• Tilt-turntable. When using this hardware, the door works like a window - the sash can open and fold back.

Depending on the type of fittings installed, the doors are adjusted accordingly.

Preparation for adjustment

In order to adjust the plastic door will need the following tools:

• hex keys for 2.5, 3, 4, 5 mm;
• a set of keys "stars";
• Phillips screwdriver;
• straight screwdriver;
• passages.

Problem definition

Before starting the adjustment of plastic doors, first of all it is necessary to determine the problem that has arisen.

There are several major problems:

• hard enough to close / open the door
• door skew;
• the door knob is turned;
• draft from the door (see. What to do if it blows from the front door: we eliminate the draft).

If the door leaf is slack, or the door is not tightly closed, either the adjustment of a separate element of the fitting is carried out, or the complex adjustment of all mechanisms is carried out.

Tip: carefully inspect the rubber seal - very often drafts can arise precisely from the appearance of cracks and cuts on it.

Before you set up a plastic door, you need to carefully inspect and identify the problem area. To do this, you must inspect the rubber seal and where it will be pressed (top or bottom), the door will be shifted in this direction.

Door setting with tilt and turn fittings

Setting up a plastic door, which is installed rotatable - folding fittings is almost no different from the settings of window fittings. Its adjustment is quite simple.

Adjusting the door if the sash is slack and clings to the bottom of the frame

In the case when the door is displaced in the upper part, the work is carried out in this order:

1. Doors are opened and decorative plastic covers are removed, which are on the bottom loop.
2. Using a hex key (as a rule, a bolt of 4 mm is installed there), we tighten the stop screwwhich is located at the top of the canopy
3. In order to shift the bottom of the door, you need to make a few turns of the screwwhich is installed at the bottom of the loop.

Adjusting the door if the sash clings to the top of the frame

Sometimes the door can cling to the top of the sash. It is possible to eliminate this defect with the help of a special screw located in the scissors.

To make the adjustment, it is necessary to open the door and use the adjustment screw to rotate the hexagon to adjust the correct position of the sash.

Clamp adjustment

Для увеличения прижима необходимо отрегулировать ту часть нижнего навеса, который находится на раме двери (см. Clamp adjustment пластиковых дверей.

The order of work is as follows:

1. The protective decorative cap is removed.
2. In the lower part of the canopy there is an adjusting screw, which can be used to change the clamp using a hexagon or an asterisk key.
3. To change the clamp in the upper part of the door, it is necessary to change the position of the screw - eccentric, which is located on the scissors (the system of metal slats, which holds the door in the tilting position).
4. Open the sash, press it to the compactor and hold the blocker.
5. Carefully remove the upper part of the door from the box, so that scissors would normally appear.
6. The hexagon is inserted into the eccentric and, depending on the type of fittings, must be rotated clockwise or counterclockwise.
7. After adjustment, again press the blocker against the compactor and put the sash in place.
8. The last stage of the adjustment of the clamp: set the eccentric trunnion to a position that will provide maximum clamping. To do this, use a hexagon or a pliers to release a little mounting bolt, shift to the desired position and tighten the bolt.
9. We close the doors and trust the work of the whole mechanism.

Tip: to improve the work of accessories and increase its service life, it is necessary to periodically lubricate the accessories with machine oil.

Adjustment of doors with conventional fittings

When a plastic door is adjusted with conventional fittings, the adjustment is easier (see How to adjust the plastic door).

Adjusting the door if the sash and clings to the top or bottom of the frame

In order to make the adjustment of the door leaf, which hung or rose it is necessary:

1. Remove decorative covers from awnings.
2. Using a hex key, unscrew the screw located on the back of the door;
3. Now the position of the door can be adjusted by rotating a long horizontal screw that will mix the doors to the desired position. In order for the sash not to cling to the top of the doors, you need to release the top two horizontal screws and the doors will lower.
4. It is necessary to make several turns and check how the door closes.

Tip: if you need to completely move all tight doors, this can be done by rotating all three screws.

Clamp adjustment

Over time, at the balcony doors, the clamp may loosen and small drafts will appear in the room. To solve this problem, you can use the reciprocal bar, which is located on the profile.

A hexagon of the appropriate size is inserted into the hole, which is on the reciprocal plate, and is rotated half a turn.

The video below will more clearly demonstrate the principles of adjustment. We specially selected a video for adjusting the clamping of PVC windows, since they have a similar design and adjustment principles.

Knob adjustment

Another problem that may appear is that the pen has become loose. To solve it, you need to remove the decorative plastic cover and tighten the two screws.

Tip: in the case when the handle starts to close tightly or squeaks and crunching appear, you must do a full check of the lock mechanism.

If you have not yet completed the warranty on plastic doors, it is better to call a specialist who will do everything correctly and quickly. Well, in the case when the warranty is over, using our advice, you can make an adjustment of the plastic door yourself.