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Paul - xxx wrote:
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Paul - xxx wrote:
Chris J Dixon wrote:

SS wrote:

Does anyone know how I can adjust these hinges on a PVC door
(dropping at the latch side)

I hope the links work.

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h1...20Dates/h1.jpg

This one looks off center..

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h1...0Dates/h11.jpg

The hinge is deliberately made with an eccentric pin. By rotating
the plastic wheel (and hence the pin) using the screwdriver slot,
you can get some degree of adjustment. When you replace the
plastic cap, which should have a couple of pegs on the underside,
it stops the wheel from rotating in normal use.

+1

Be careful to try and adjust them all evenly. It looks like one
is different to the others, so I'd reset all of them, then back
out again a notch at a time. This stops the door or frame moving
as much. I know they're not supposed to 'much', but UPVC doors do
experience thermal expansion and in our school I have to adjust
them every season, it seems.

One problem is they're usually delivered as a pre-set
door/frameset to a building site and some builders just whack
them in any old how, not caring if they're hung well or true, so
it might be worth making up a plumb line to check the verticals
and a spirit level for horizontals and make a decent job of it.

OTOH, a lot of the time it's suck it and see, a twiddle here, a
twiddle there and job's a good 'un .. .

My uPVC front door (which is the typical type with a frame with a
'sandwich' filler of part glass and part moulded plastic)
occasionally drops slightly and catches at the bottom. I have found
that this has nothing to do with the hinges - but is the frame
itself slipping out of shape (In effect the top and bottom of the
door frame start to slope down slightly). If I bend down and grip
the underneath of the door at the latch end and heave up, this
puts the frame back into shape and the door no longer catches. I
perhaps have to do this once or twice a year.

When I refer to the door 'frame' in this context - I am not talking
about the frame into which the door fits - but rather the outer
frame of the door itself, into which is fitted the moulded insert.

That's interesting, never come across this yet, but I can see how it
might happen .. and we may have a door with exactly this symptom
where everything's plumb and square but it still 'drops' and
catches on the bottom edge occasionally, however the hinges are
set. I'll give it a try next time, cheers.

You're welcome!

I managed to adjust the the hinges which gave me an improvement but
the door is still catching slightly on the latch side.

If your door is of the same type as mine - ie having a frame like a window -
but having a moulded insert instead of a sheet of double glazing - then try
my suggestion. Just bend down and place both hands under the door at the
latch end and heave upwards (not too hard or you might lift the door off its
hinges!). You should hear a 'creak' as the door frame readjusts itself - and
you then may find that the door no longer catches.

--
Kev