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.

Chris
--
Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK


Have dancing shoes, will ceilidh.

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 .. .

--
Paul - xxx

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.

--
Kev

Ret. wrote:

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.

--
Paul - xxx

Paul - xxx wrote:
Ret. wrote:

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!

--
Kev

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m...
Paul - xxx wrote:
Ret. wrote:

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.
--
Kev

SS wrote:
"Ret." wrote in message
m...
Paul - xxx wrote:
Ret. wrote:

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

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m...
Paul - xxx wrote:
Ret. wrote:

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

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

SS wrote:
"Ret." wrote in message
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SS wrote:
"Ret." wrote in message
m...
Paul - xxx wrote:
Ret. wrote:

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

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

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Paul - xxx wrote:
Ret. wrote:

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

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

Kev thanks for the input, I am trying anything that might work, as I
mentioned I do have an improvemnt so will keep plodding away.
I just moved to this house a few weeks ago and prior to that had wooden
doors and windows, hate these damn plastic things.

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Paul - xxx wrote:
Ret. wrote:

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

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

Kev thanks for the input, I am trying anything that might work, as I
mentioned I do have an improvemnt so will keep plodding away.
I just moved to this house a few weeks ago and prior to that had
wooden doors and windows, hate these damn plastic things.

I prefer the plastic! I have plastic windows, plastic doors front and side,
plastic patio doors at the rear, plastic eves, plastic soffits, plastic roof
tile end caps... Completely maintenance free! I used to hate painting
window frames.

--
Kev

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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

Kev thanks for the input, I am trying anything that might work, as I
mentioned I do have an improvemnt so will keep plodding away.
I just moved to this house a few weeks ago and prior to that had
wooden doors and windows, hate these damn plastic things.

I prefer the plastic! I have plastic windows, plastic doors front and
side, plastic patio doors at the rear, plastic eves, plastic soffits,
plastic roof tile end caps... Completely maintenance free! I used to
hate painting window frames.

--
Kev

My previous house although wooden window frames was not painted it was a
preservative, Butinox or something similiar sounding, I only done them 3
times in 21 years and the wood was still sound. I agree though maintenance
free is the way to go, the only prob with this house is the previous owner
has not maintained anything, still I got a good reduction on the house price
because of it and basically its just general maintenance stuff and internal
painting, salmon pink and blue walls with grey skirtings and rads must have
put loads off a decent house.

My previous house although wood frames was not painted, it had a

SS wrote:

And this is where it is catching..

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

Have you tried tightening all the screws holding the frame to the
surrounding brickwork. If it has worked a little loose, the
plastic frame could easily have bowed slightly. Similarly, on the
hinge side, if it is not solidly held, there could have been
movement.

Chris
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Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK


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In article ,
Chris J Dixon wrote:

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

Have you tried tightening all the screws holding the frame to the
surrounding brickwork. If it has worked a little loose

Or indeed, taking off the lock plate, cleaning surfaces up, and then
reinstalling it nice and tight: that pic looks as though it's only the
lock plate which is catching.

J

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In article ,
Chris J Dixon wrote:

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

Have you tried tightening all the screws holding the frame to the
surrounding brickwork. If it has worked a little loose

Or indeed, taking off the lock plate, cleaning surfaces up, and then
reinstalling it nice and tight: that pic looks as though it's only the
lock plate which is catching.

J

I will obviously try the suggestions, I have now checked it with a spirit
level along the top of the door
and it is off the level so it seems the frame is sagging towards the latch
side.

How would I adjust the frame? I will try and tighten other screws and
fixings as this will short term stop it catching, however I would like to
get the source of the problem sorted, which does now appear to be the main
door frame.

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "SS"
saying something like:

134 lines of previous postings

My previous house although wood frames was not painted, it had a


For ****'S SAKE!
Snip, you buggers!

On Jun 22, 12:52*pm, Grimly Curmudgeon
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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "SS"
saying something like:

134 lines of previous postings

My previous house although wood frames was not painted, it had a

For ****'S SAKE!
Snip, you buggers!

Reply in the thread FFS!

MBQ

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "Man at B&Q"
saying something like:

For ****'S SAKE!
Snip, you buggers!

Reply in the thread FFS!

I did, you fecker!
Not my fault your reader's broken.