There are three types of hinges used on upvc doors.
How to adjust upvc french doors hinges.
A philips head screw driver.
How to adjust door hinges door height compression and weather tightness for your conservatory or french doors.
Adjust the door s until the required position s are achieved.
Luckily leveling your doors is as easy as tightening or loosening your hinges until the doors are back in place.
If 4mm of adjustment is required adjust both doors by 2mm each.
Vertical adjustment again for the doors and lock to operate correctly the.
A flat headed screw driver.
Follow our easy step by step guide on how to adjust a flag hinge on a on a upvc door in just 3 easy steps.
What you will need.
3 with an allen key adjust bolt.
Please note some flag hinges may vary.
Most modern upvc doors are equipped with flag hinges that allow you to make height lateral and compression adjustments.
Usually a feature of older upvc doors these offer either lateral adjustment only or no adjustments at all.
If there s a grub screw in the centre of the hinge face on this must loosen before you adjust the pin as it holds the pin in place.
If you ve made your adjustments to the hinges and you still feel a draft coming inside you may need to add new weatherstripping on the inactive door to seal it.
Compression adjustments move the door closer to or away from the door jamb.
Over time french doors will start to loosen in their frame and hang crooked making it difficult to open or close.
Or if you need to slide the door towards the hinge side of the frame rotate the horizontal slot on every door hinge counterclockwise 1 full turn.
These hinges only allow you to make height and lateral adjustments.
1 insert flat screwdriver on to plastic tab.
The image below illustrates a yale 3d flag hinge a type of adjustment commonly found on flag hinges.
Compression adjustments move the door closer to or away from the door jamb.
If you have a butt hinge and need to adjust the height you may need to.
Adjust all the door hinges in the same manner.
The next step is to identify what type of door hinge you have.
Hinge adjustment on a dropped door.
2 firmly tap inward to release cover plate.
For example if you need to raise the door slightly in the frame rotate the vertical slot on every door hinge clockwise 1 full turn.
A 5mm allen key.