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Chris J Dixon wrote:

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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

Link below is the door it has glass but not full size. If you look at
the top of the frame it appears off the square.

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h1...ates/door1.jpg

And this is where it is catching..

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h1...ates/door3.jpg

OK - mine catches at the bottom when the door frame 'slumps' slightly.
Clearly your problem is not the same as mine! Sorry.

--
Kev