I've a hinged, UPVC patio door that's not very secure. It seems to have dropped on its hinges, allowing the locking mechanism to move outside the bits they slide into.
I've loosened the hinge fixings into the frame in the hope I could slide them a bit, to no avail: tinyurl.com/boa7ww3
I've removed this screw in the hope they may have eccentric hinge pins that could be turned to adjust, but it seems it's there to lock the hinge pin in place (seems pointless as any burglar could unscrew the hinges from the frame): tinyurl.com/cxrf6bg
It looks like the only option is to pack the bolt locations or the hinges to adjust the thing, unless anyone can advise otherwise? : tinyurl.com/btr63ya
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Inges are worn b/t and need 2b replaced.
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You may find that the door is kept ' squared off ' by your double glazing unit. Our front door is.
To adjust the height of the ' locking edge ' of the door, the glass has to be taken out and wedges inserted into the frame at certain points to support the panel.
Not very technical, I'm afraid.......my builder son in law did mine a few months ago when it was only half locking. Perhaps someone more knowledgeable will be along to explain better.
Your hinges look the same as mine, our door is about 15 yrs old. The 3 yr old back door has a much more sophisticated system.
Ted
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Can you see what has moved and where? Is it the entire frame?
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Aren't those packing pieces above and below the door part of the hinge?
PS, could do with a clean as well!
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There's no packing pieces in there. I'll tell the butler to have a word with the housekeeper.
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A google came up with these, There seem to be a few online suppliers of upvc spare bits and pieces. As said above if the door has dropped out of square the glass will have to be re-shimmed. I think you will find there are shims between the edge of the glass and the frame, you will not be able to see them.
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They are red in this picture.
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Last edited by: Old Navy on Sat 30 Mar 13 at 17:56
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Thanks for that ON.
Your reply led me on to this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJQZXylJNRs
Looks like it could need 'toe and heeling'.
Last edited by: bathtub tom on Sat 30 Mar 13 at 19:40
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These are what you need:
www.screwfix.com/p/glazing-packers-24mm-225pcs/96089?_requestid=468884
You will wonder how you managed DIY without them. Loads of other uses.
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That's what I meant in my ramble above. I have a bag of them, different thicknesses have different colours. The vertical edge needs to be packed as well at some point.
Ted
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I sounds as if you need an expert. From my own experience of a similar problem, avoid Checkatrade leads and ask around for personal recommendations.
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An interesting difference in design to my doors.
Each of my standard sized doors has three conventional looking fixed hinges ( that appear to be stainless steel ) but with no adjustments.
My third 36 inch wide door also has three similar hinges.
All the adjustments are on the lock side.
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I would go for some new hinges shouldn't be to hard to do.
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Adjusting UPVC hinged door - Dog
