— essential element decor in any apartment. The material from which the model is made, decoration, design - all this speaks about the taste, material condition of the home owner. With the help of walk-through structures, you can enlarge the room, make it lighter, more spacious, brighter. Any design, both expensive and the cheapest, requires periodic adjustment, which will extend its service life. Therefore, the question of how to adjust the interior doors with your own hands will be relevant at all times for many people. Not a single person is immune from major and minor breakdowns in the house. Each owner of the house should know how to adjust the interior door, eliminate any malfunctions in its operation.

Home owners often try to install the entrance group with their own hands. But in order to do this as successfully as possible, you need to have an idea of ​​its structure. Consider a device with an ordinary pass-through design.

Main elements:

• canvas (sash);
• box;
• platbands, which are needed to hide the seam when installing the structure.

These parts are the minimum you need for installation. entrance group.

If you decide to install a two-leaf structure in a room or a compartment door, then you will need a threshold, accessories, door closers or hinges, a connecting key, a false strip.

As a decorative element, you can use a crossbar, a transom, an additional strip. For decoration you will need handles, latches, latches, locks.

Possible causes of malfunctions

There are several main factors that cause malfunctions or the need to adjust bushing structures:

• installation of new sashes;
• violation of the geometry of individual elements;
• deformation of the box;
• poor fit of the loops.

When a problem occurs, a characteristic symptom occurs.

Correctly adjusted during installation

When the installation is almost complete, the box is in the opening with a fixed sash, you can proceed to adjusting the interior doors with your own hands. This is not difficult. It is necessary to adjust before filling the gap between the structure and the wall with foam. We check the operation of the product, measure the distance from the sash to the box.

We take into account the unevenness of the gap due to the uneven connection of the lintel with the hinge bar. To eliminate this, you should remove the box to adjust the joint of the beams.

Incorrect geometry of the wooden model is encountered. In this case, we adjust the box to the product design. To correct defects, tools such as a plane, a file, and sandpaper are useful.

If an inaccuracy is made during the installation of the box, irregularities are created between the opening and the canvas due to overtightening of the hinge fastener. We get rid of this defect, identify bulges and distortions, and also reduce the tension. The meter level will help with this.

There are times when the gap is so uneven that the door clings to the top or bottom jamb. Such an error indicates that after installation, you should carefully inspect the work performed and identify malfunctions.

Defect elimination methods

Often we are faced with the fact that the interior door, which previously opened or closed perfectly, began to bring us inconvenience. Over time, old doors begin to sag under their own weight, creak. To eliminate visible problems, you need to carefully study the adjustment instructions.

The sash has stopped closing

One of the problems of plastic and wooden models is the violation of the geometry of the canvas. This is immediately noticeable - needs to be corrected. The reason is excessive humidity, heat, dryness.

If the wooden structure is old, then a thick layer of varnish or paint accumulates on it. When the structure is closed, observe the pronounced clearances. If there are little or no gaps, remove the blade and remove the excess wood from the strapping with a plane. Thanks to these simple steps, you will fix the door and improve its appearance.

With an obvious skewing of the box and an illiterate installation, poor fastening of the beams or if the exact proportions are not observed when connecting the beams horizontally-vertically, the canvas may also fit loosely. The plumb line will help you recognize if the structure is really skewed. Remove the product when confirming your concerns. Make sure the beams are straight. After combining the beams at an angle of 90 degrees, strengthen all the joints. You should get a construction similar to the letter "P" with firmly fixed edges.

Do not forget about the hinges, which were originally installed in a horizontal plane in violation of the installation rules - they are distant from the outer part of the canvas. Eliminate the defect - remove, move the hinges closer to the front of the sash.

The sash is stuck in the opening

The canvas is difficult to open, sags - the box is deformed due to excessive exposure to moisture, improper fastening of the fittings, fixing the box itself in the opening.

We fix this defect. To do this, tighten the hardware holding the pretend beam in the opening. Then we remove the sash with hinges from the opening in order to put cardboard under it.

If it closes and opens arbitrarily

The box must be installed strictly vertically so that the sash does not open or close by itself.

Let's figure out how to adjust the interior door so that it does not close itself. Align the box with the hinge bar in height, and then attach the box to the opening. It is necessary to remember about inaccuracies in the installation of locking mechanisms. Now to answer the question of how to adjust interior doors so that they do not close themselves, everyone can.

Creak

Loose hinges are the most common cause of squeaking. They will help you to solve the problem simple tools- screwdriver, chopik. It is necessary to tighten the screws in the hinge with a screwdriver. If this algorithm of actions does not eliminate the squeak, you need to hammer the chopik into the hole, fix it.

The squeak causes wood to rub against wood. To eliminate it, remove the sash and lubricate the hinges. Check for squeaky rust. The solution is to clean the hinges with a steel wool. Be careful not to hurt yourself or damage the canvas.

Adjusting hidden hinges

Specific adjustment instructions must be followed:

1. Remove the cover from the hinge to expose the adjustment mechanism.
2. To eliminate vertical distortions, turn the bolt with a hex wrench - the sash will not sag.
3. There is a screw under the mechanism panel that adjusts the surface of the web.

An important point! Do not purchase hinges before installing the entrance group, without knowing its features and equipment. If you want to install a plastic, sliding or compartment door, then it would be wiser to buy hinges along with the canvas, taking into account the parameters and weight, choosing them according to the shade.

1. Adjustable in height. Align the gap at the bottom and top of the canvas.
2. We adjust horizontally. We set the gaps to align the canvas with the box.
3. We regulate with a clamp.
4. We twist the adjusting eccentric and observe how the leaf adheres to the frame in each part of the door.

The adjustment is done with special hexagons in several planes. When performing this work, the bolt must be tightened as much as possible, because it is this fastener that holds the canvas on itself - this will not allow the door to sag. Tighten the bolt with a Phillips screwdriver, but try not to rip or spoil its thread.

The adjusting size ranges from one to five millimeters, but this already depends on the manufacturer.

Once you are done adjusting, mount the decorative plates that hide the mounting bolts and adjusting holes.

Adjusting the locking mechanisms

The initial stage is the parsing of the device. It will depend on the design features whether it is necessary to dismantle the linings, locking mechanisms and remove the handles. The main way to adjust and make corrections will be determined by the symptoms of malfunctions.

Jammed door lock, grease the latches with machine oil or grease. While lubricating, rotate them so that the liquid spreads over all the insides of the mechanism.

If the lock has a short hidden tongue, then there are settings for the protrusion of the tongue, which is built into the handle. You can adjust the overhang by rotating a screwdriver in a special groove. This applies to both the tongue of the locking mechanism and the tongue of the handle.

How to adjust the handles correctly?

A complete disassembly of the structure is carried out according to the attached instructions. it is necessary due to the incorrect position of some of the fittings. Over time, they shift, loosen and deform, and therefore require replacement.

We carry out the adjustment of the handle. After disassembling the structure, analyze the strength of the torsion springs and key washer. The washer is freed from the locking elements securing it, then it is replaced or the location is corrected. The spring helps the handle and tongue interact.

You will need to check the stroke of the locking element and, if necessary, make the necessary adjustments, adjust the adjustment of the tongue protrusion.

We hope that the knowledge gained from this article will really help you troubleshoot interior doors, if any. When choosing a door, do not be guided only by its aesthetic characteristics and price. Carefully study the parameters of the product, the quality of material and workmanship.

It is best to buy auxiliary elements for installation with the canvas, so that during installation there are no troubles associated with unsuitable hinges. Knowing how to fix the problems described above, the process of purchasing and installing an entrance group will only bring pleasure.

The most common door breakdowns are poor opening or closing, as well as the clamping of the door leaf. To eliminate these problems, it is necessary to adjust the doors. With certain knowledge and a small set of tools, you can do the work yourself.

Front door adjustment

Front door adjustment is necessary if:

• when opening or closing metal door a creak is heard;
• the door is tightly closed;
• in the closed position, there is a large gap between the door leaf and the frame.

Eliminate squeaks

A door squeak can occur due to the following problems:

• absence in door hinges;
• displacement of the door leaf.

If the squeak is caused by incorrect operation door hinges, then it is necessary:

1. loosen the hinges with a screwdriver;
2. remove accumulations of dust and dirt with a damp cloth;
3. apply a special lubricant or ordinary machine oil.

If there is a mixing of the door leaf, then repairs can be made according to the following scheme:

1. at the first stage, it is necessary to determine the place where the door touches the frame. The task set is not difficult, since there will be traces in the place of seizing;
2. using the appropriate key, loosen the hinges that are located near the scuff;
3. align the door and tighten the hinges.

It is necessary to align the door leaf with the help of tools: a tape measure and a building level. Eye alignment is not permitted.

Elimination of tight closing

The reasons for tight closing can be:

• a large layer of sealant;
• displacement of the locking tongue.

For insulation, a special seal is applied to each entrance door.

If the reason for the tight closing is a large layer of sealing rubber, then it is not recommended to take any measures to eliminate the problem. Any intervention over time can lead to the formation of gaps.

When the tongue of the lock is displaced, it touches the strike plate. This problem is most often found in low-quality Chinese. To fix the problem, you must:

1. find out the place of injury. To do this, the tongue is smeared with chalk or a marker and the door is closed. After tearing off, an imprint will remain in the designated place;
2. excess metal is removed with a file.

When carrying out the operation, it is important not to allow excessive metal removal, as this can lead to the impossibility of correct operation of the lock.

Bridging the gap

The door gaps are bridged with an additional layer of sealing rubber. For this:

1. it is necessary to select the seal that is most suitable in size. As a rule, special seals are supplemented with an adhesive layer;
2. glue the seal in the place of the gap formation.

Interior door adjustment

Interior doors made of PVC, metal-plastic or wood also require periodic adjustment.

The reasons for the work can be:

• loose fit of the door leaf to the door frame;
• tight door opening;
• spontaneous opening or closing of the door.

Elimination of a loose fit

The reasons for the loose fit of the interior door can be:

• skewed door frame;
• insufficient deepening of the hinges in the door frame.

The skew of the PVC door frame (wooden or metal-plastic) is eliminated according to the following scheme:

1. door leaf ;
2. decorative elements and polyurethane foam are removed;
3. using a tape measure and others measuring instruments the place of the skew is found;
4. additional fastening of the embedded beams is made, on which the box is held;
5. if necessary, the box is fixed with additional self-tapping screws;
6. polyurethane foam is applied to the empty space, and the door and decorative trims are installed.

All work must be carried out as carefully as possible so as not to spoil the box or door leaf.

If the reason is insufficient deepening of the loops, then to fix the problem it is necessary:

1. tighten the self-tapping screws that fix the hinges as much as possible;
2. if point 1 does not help, then remove the hinges and deepen the niche.

Eliminating tight opening

The reasons for the tight opening are:

• strong deepening of the loops. To fix the problem, you will need to adjust the hinges or reinstall the fasteners;
• swelling of the door leaf or door frame.

How to fix a door frame defect with your own hands was described in detail earlier.

If there is a swelling of the door frame, which is typical only for wooden interior doors, then it is necessary to align the geometry of the door by removing a part of the tree in problem areas.

Elimination of spontaneous opening

Adjustment of door closing (door opening) is also performed by adjusting the position of the door frame.

If the door opens on its own, the box is aligned at the top. If the door is closed, then the bottom of the box is equal.

Adjusting the balcony door

The alignment of the balcony door is carried out:

• a hex wrench of a certain size;

• Phillips screwdriver.

The balcony door is adjusted:

• vertically;
• horizontally;
• by pressing.

Adjustment scheme:

1. horizontal adjustment is made by the upper and lower hinges. By rotating certain bolts in one direction or another, you can completely align the door leaf relative to the horizontal.

1. height adjustment is carried out using a bolt located on the lower hinge;

Quite often, the fact that you still need to adjust the doors is remembered at the most inopportune moments - when you need to urgently leave the apartment, when you cannot close the bathroom door tightly, when a blizzard begins to sweep through the balcony. And everything would be fine, but only these doors, skewed, loosely closing and always creaking, always do not have enough time, although if you think about it, then you don't need so much time - a couple of minutes every six months and problems with a jammed door, like never happened. You just need to pick up the tool and adjust the door so that it lasts a long time and does not cause trouble.

What are the doors

How the properties of doors affect the process of adjusting and finishing them to condition, so that they work well, you need to figure it out. Today, most often in private houses and city apartments, doors are traditionally installed from wood and metal, from which you can make a small classification of this building element of the building structure according to the material of manufacture:

• Metal doors;
• Wooden doors;
• Doors made from a combination of materials.

Certain features in how to correctly adjust door structures are available depending on where they are installed and their main purpose:

• Entrance doors;
• Interior doors;
• Balcony blocks;
• Doors to technical rooms;
• Doors to rooms with high humidity.

For entrance doors, today the installation of metal doors is gaining more and more popularity, they have a rigid structure, there is no need for them to assemble all the elements of the door frame, moreover, they have a higher degree of burglary resistance and do not require additional maintenance - all seals are installed at the factory. True, there is a small segment of this type of door structures, which are ordered by the owners from private craftsmen, and although they are not inferior in reliability to factory models, and possibly even superior, in the case of installing garage hinges, adjusting such models will have great difficulties.

Input wooden doors can be made both of their wood using traditional technology, and using a combined structure - there is a metal frame inside, and outside it is simply sheathed with wood.

Interior structures can have the form of both solid wood doors and doors with MDF sheeting. Interior doors made of metal in the equipment of private households are practically not used, except that they are installed for special rooms - repositories of valuable collections or special offices and laboratories.

Balcony doors today are usually installed from metal-plastic, but wooden models are still popular, but metal structures of this type are used mainly from anodized aluminum and mainly for office premises.

Bathrooms, kitchens and other rooms in which there is high humidity have doors that are no different from other interior doors, but at the same time they have their own specifics when adjusting, especially if the ventilation of the room has problems with the inflow and outflow of air.

The main design problems and methods for their elimination

For all types of doors of the traditional type, consisting of a door frame and a door leaf, connected by door hinges, the symptoms of the problems have similar features. As for metal doors, and for wooden doors with constant use, it is possible over time the manifestation of defects associated with:

• With defects in the door frame;
• Problems with the door leaf;
• Problems with door fittings;
• Loop problems.

During opening and closing, the door may have the following defects:

• Incomplete closing of the door;
• Difficulty closing and opening the door leaf;
• Problems with tight closure;
• Unusual sounds from the door.

For door leaves made of wood and the structure of the door frame, a specific moment is the material of the door. Natural wood from which doors are made has a lot of weight and is most often used for the construction of entrance doors, but for interior doors MDF on a wooden frame is usually used, solid wood is mainly used for door frames, and even then not always, more often it is used for boxes glued laminated timber. In addition, not all types of wood are equally well suited for such structures, oak, despite its strength and durability, is sensitive to changes in moisture, pine is prone to fungal attack, spruce is very loose and over time, screw connections require clamping or reinforcement of the installation site using synthetic glue, knowledge of these features significantly affects the amount of work on adjusting the door.

The most common problems associated with insufficient door care. A creak, a tight opening, a hard opening stroke is due to the fact that the grease in the door hinges has lost its properties and, instead of promoting the sliding of parts, prevents it. The elimination of this problem is extremely simple - lubrication of the hinges with ordinary industrial oil, however, any machine oil or liquid lubricant in a cylinder is suitable for this. It is not necessary to remove the door from the hinges; it is enough to apply a few drops to the junction of the rubbing parts of the hinges using an ordinary medical syringe with a fine needle and intensively close and open the doors for 1-2 minutes. To consolidate the success, you can repeat the operation in 10-15 minutes. For hinged hinges, for better grease penetration, it is recommended to raise the door so that the rod is exposed by 3-5 mm, drip oil into the resulting cut and lower the door into place.

Adjusting wooden doors

For interior and exterior doors, the main problem is most often the skew of the door frame, this is the most common problem with doors made of wood and MDF. For a more accurate identification of the defect and the optimal method for its elimination, an inspection of the door leaf and frame is carried out, in which it is necessary to pay attention to:

• Correctness of locking the door with a lock;
• The presence of frayed surfaces and problem areas both on the door and frame, and on door fittings;
• How tightly the doors fit to the frame around the entire perimeter;
• How firmly the hinge mounting screws are screwed;
• What are the gaps between the leaf and the frame around the entire perimeter of the door.

The skew of the box is also determined using a level and carpenter's corner, which check all box corners and conformity to the vertical position of the initial installation.

For practical work to adjust the position of the door, in addition to the usual carpentry tool, you will also need several wooden wedges to install and remove the door.

If the situation allows, then the position of the door frame is adjusted, for this the mounting plugs are removed and the anchor bolts are simply tightened. This method is suitable in cases where the doors are installed using polyurethane foam, when the box is tightly fixed in the wall, and this is most often the case in old houses, it is recommended to remove the doors and install the hinges in a new way.

For MDF doors, and wooden structures, especially in rooms with high humidity, often problems with skewing the frame or loose fit of the leaf are associated with the effect of moisture on the door leaf, as a result of which it loses its shape and deforms. In this case, it is necessary to check the canvas itself for defects and install the hinges in a new way, so that the deformed structure can serve for some time before its final replacement.

To install the hinges in a new way, but it so happens that they need to be moved by 2-3 mm, while changing the attachment point requires only one hinge, it is recommended:

• remove the door from the hinges;
• remove half of the hinge from the door frame, which is planned to be rearranged;
• in the places where the screws are screwed, carefully fill with a syringe with PVA glue and tightly hammer in the wooden plugs;
• process the surface of the box;
• mark and re-establish the loop.

After installing the door on the hinges, check the ease of movement of the door leaf, if necessary, change the position of the metal lock plate located on the door frame.

Changing the position of the hinges is most often used as an extreme way of adjusting, usually simply using a chisel or a plane to clean off the place where the door enters too tightly, this is most often enough to straighten the situation.

For doors that have sagged over the time since installation and rub against the floor when they are opened, height adjustment can be done by installing additional metal washers on the hinge axis, which raise the door a few millimeters.

Adjusting the metal door

The correct position of the metal door can be adjusted by changing the position of the special screws on the inner door hinges. For door models with external hinges that are welded to the door frame and the leaf, adjustment can only be made to change the height of the leaf itself; other operations cannot be performed without a special tool.

To change the position of the structure, you will need:

• hexagons;
• screwdrivers;
• pliers;
• liquid lubricant in a cylinder;
• household kerosene.

It is necessary to start adjusting after installing new seals on the canvas and frame, a fresh seal that has not been in operation requires an increased gap until it "sits" in place.

In order not to rip off the threads on the connections and not to lick the screw heads, it is recommended to treat all screw connections and all bolts with kerosene 25-30 minutes before starting work.

Adjustment of the hinges of a metal door begins with loosening the connections of the middle hinges, then the screws on the lower hinge are loosened and only then the screws on the upper one are slightly loosened. After finding the required position of the door, the upper hinge is fixed, the position of the lower hinge is checked and the screws are clamped. After the final check, the middle hinge connections are tightened.

The final adjustment of the adjustment is carried out by checking the operability of the locks - the position of the fixing plates on the door frame is adjusted from all sides for the upper and lower lock.

If a new seal is installed, after about 15-20 days it is necessary to check the door tightness and tighten the hold-down bolts by 1-2 mm.

During operation, some loads act on the doors; over time, the doors begin to creak, poorly close or open. Many of these symptoms are very easy to eliminate on your own, however, if the doors were installed by the craftsmen who provided a guarantee for the installation and the term has not passed yet, it is better to call them. In other cases, the interior doors can be adjusted independently, which will allow them to last longer with unchanged appearance and the operation process will not cause any special problems.

What tools may be needed to adjust the interior door

• Screwdriwer set
• Grease, preferably graphite
• Plane
• Hammer
• Chisel set
• Plumb bob or laser rangefinder

Defects that arise during the operation of the door and how to eliminate them

The doors do not close at all or are difficult to close. If the doors do not close or force must be applied to close them, the doors require adjustment. We will consider the most common reasons for this situation below:

• The door frame is not installed correctly or the door frame is warped as a result of natural shrinkage at home. In this case, it is imperative to check the joint fastening of all the beams of the door frame. If one or more of the bars attachment points are unreliable, it is best to remove the door frame and reinforce the connection with self-tapping screws.
• When carrying out installation work, door hinges were installed incorrectly. If the door hinges are not deep enough, the effect of pulling the door leaf back is created. In this case, it will be necessary to dismantle the door leaf and remove the hinges. Next, you need to double-check the correctness of their installation and, if necessary, deepen them to the required distance.
• Loose hinge attachment. Be sure to check the reliability of fastening the hinges to the door leaf and frame. Sometimes, during the operation of the door, they weaken and disrupt the trajectory of movement of the door leaf relative to the frame. Tighten the self-tapping screws of the door hinges, and if they are often loosened, use the threaded lock. If, after this, the door hinges are loosened again, dismantle the hinges and install them in new places. This procedure is performed only as a last resort.

The doors close easily, however, they are very difficult to open. This effect is popularly called the "binding" of the door leaf in the box. This suggests that the door leaf, under its weight, violates the correct path of the door leaf, as a result of which it closes and opens incorrectly. Most often, a similar situation occurs in the following cases:

• The beams of the door frame are not tightened. In this case, the box must be stretched towards the false timber. First, you need to check the curvature of the false beam - this will allow you to understand which sides need to be tightened. After that, the door frame is removed and the necessary sides of the box are tightened. If necessary, the box is completely tightened with self-tapping screws, with an accompanying check of the door leaf, which, after all work has been carried out, should move freely relative to the frame, as well as close tightly and effortlessly.
• Perhaps in the process of assembling the door frame, when installing the door hinges, they were too deep inside. In this case, you can slightly loosen the fasteners of the hinges, and if it does not help, the hinges are removed and thin sheets of cardboard are installed in their seats, after which the hinges are mounted back onto the installed cardboard.
• The hinges could be installed at shallow depths. In this case, the hinges can be tightened, and if it does not help, using a chisel, a thin layer of wood is removed from the hinge seats, after which they are installed back

The half-open door closes or opens on its own. A similar situation can arise as a result of improper installation of the door frame. In this case, the box will need to be reinstalled, guided by some rules:

1. If the half-open door opens on its own, then the top of the door frame is tilted forward.
2. If the doors are closing, the top is tilted back.

Based on these observations, the doors will need to be positioned in the correct position. In this case, a plumb line will come in handy, according to which it will be necessary to install the door frame. Usually, such an adjustment is required only for the timber on which the door hinges are installed. After all necessary work be sure to check the fastening of the door - it must be securely and firmly fixed in doorway or a false box.

A characteristic squeak is heard during opening or closing. This malfunction is easily eliminated - it will be necessary to lubricate the door hinges. For this, the door leaf is removed and the hinges are lubricated with grease or graphite-based grease. You can also use folk method: instead of grease, a piece of a pencil lead is placed in the door hinge joint.

As you can see from this article, it is quite possible to perform work on troubleshooting interior doors on your own. However, when performing any work, especially those work that relate to the door frame - do not forget that interior doors consist of two elements, the main of which is the door leaf. It is under it that all sizes are adjusted and with its help all verification work is performed. The geometry of the inner surface of the door frame should follow the contour of the door leaf with a small gap. Only in this case the doors will work correctly and for a considerable period of time.

Any mechanism sooner or later requires adjustment and doors are no exception. Adjusting the doors is not the easiest thing, but if you wish, you can master this science. Next, we will try to figure out how to adjust the hinges, blade pressure, lock problems, and more. We will pay special attention to the question of how to adjust the doors made by our Chinese friends.

Competent adjustment of the door will extend the service life of the mechanism at times.

In this case, it is not so important what kind of doors we are talking about, if the structure began to creak, something needs to be done about it. There can be 2 reasons for the squeak:

1. You are very lucky if the structure is poorly lubricated, you can eliminate this misunderstanding yourself and rather quickly. O different types door grease and the intricacies of using certain formulations can be read;
2. The second reason for the squeak is an unbalanced mechanism and here a fine adjustment of the door hinges is already required, but in front of it, in any case, the mechanism needs to be lubricated.

Keep in mind if you recently installed your iron door and the guarantee has not yet come out, you should not do the door adjustment yourself, call the master, but again, do not pull with the call of the masters, otherwise a slight creak can "crawl out" into a big breakdown.

A loop that is not lubricated or adjusted in time can lead to disastrous consequences.

If it is clearly visible that the hinges are completely rusted, and besides the squeak, they also move badly, there is no need to try to develop them by force or knock off the rust, for this there is such a good tool as WD40, splash a couple of times and after half an hour it will go faster.

The easiest way to look after conventional garage hinges such as dad / mom (as pictured). Ideally, it is better to remove the door leaf, but the metal structure is heavy and it is problematic to do it alone, so you substitute some kind of timber under the leaf and, leaning on it, slightly lift the doors with a crowbar, and then pump grease into the hinges.

The easiest way to remove old grease is with a rag or sponge.

Many people advise blowing the loops with air, for example, with a hairdryer, in order to remove old grease; this is an ineffective and often useless exercise. It's easier to take a clean rag and wipe everything that is possible with your hands, there will be more sense.

Front door adjustments begin by removing the old grease and applying a new one.

Methods for adjusting entrance doors

The question of how to adjust the front door is not as straightforward as it might seem at first glance, because doors can not close well for several reasons.

• In half of the cases, the reason is really in the hinges, and here adjustment of the hinges is necessary;
• The second in the rating of breakdowns is the skew of the door frame;
• Among other things, the reason may lie in the castle.

What to do if the hinges are not adjustable

Hinges are adjustable and non-adjustable. The simplest dad / mom garage hinges are considered non-adjustable. A part of the mechanism with a pin (dad) is welded to the door frame, and the second part is welded to the door leaf.

Such hinges are deservedly considered one of the most reliable, but over time, the door leaf slightly sinks under its own weight and begins to cling to the threshold of the box.

This problem can be solved in two ways. If the canvas has literally sagged by 1 - 2 mm, then you need to find a grower of a suitable diameter and put it on like a gasket on a pin. Steel growers have a fairly high quality metal and can withstand both pressure and friction, a simple washer will quickly fray and become unusable.

If the door has sunk significantly, then there is another way to raise the hinges. You will need to find a bearing ball of a suitable diameter and lay it inside the hinge. Fill the hole in the hinge with grease, insert the ball there and put the door leaf on the hinges. The metal in these balls is even stronger than in the growers.

Adjusting the hanging hinges

On relatively inexpensive, but still fairly high-quality doors of domestic production, an adjustable version of hinged hinges is installed. Thus, you can center the door leaf horizontally, that is, right - left.

When the door is open, from the inside you can see a small turnbuckle screw on the side of the hinge, it loosened first. As a rule, an internal hexagon is used for this purpose.

As soon as the gimbal screw is loosened, go to the front side of the doors, after which the doors close and you will need to slightly loosen the adjusting screw, which is located at the bottom. Now the door leaf can be moved up to 3 mm to the right or left.

When leveling the web, it is not necessary to loosen the adjusting screws on all hinges, usually the upper or lower loop is left clamped, only the middle one is loosened and the one closer to which the problem arose.

Having aligned the door leaf, everything is repeated in the reverse order, that is, first clamp the adjusting screw, and then fix it with the tilting screw.

Adjustment of entrance plastic doors

Plastic doors are entrance and so-called balcony doors. If the balcony door does not close well, then there are a number of reasons and ways to eliminate them, you can read about this in detail, and also look at the video in this article. We will analyze a simpler option for adjusting the entrance doors.

The hinge mechanism on plastic doors is closed by a box and the adjustment of the entrance doors begins with the removal of this box. To remove the box you need to open the doors and remove the small screw on the inside of the hinge. In almost all models, there is a screw for an internal hexagon.

To remove the protective box from the hinge, you need to unscrew the screw from the inside.

When the box is removed, at the end of the mechanism you will see an adjusting screw, it is also made for an internal hexagon only of a larger section. When unscrewing or tightening this screw, this sector of the door leaf will move to the right or left, respectively.

But that's not all, with the same hinges you can set the gap at the top, bottom and the clamp. To get to the adjustments, you will need to remove the decorative hinged plugs. Such plugs can be unscrewed with a screwdriver or simply pulled out.

Then everything is just as simple, the corresponding hex number is inserted inside and with its help the mechanism is adjusted. Do not forget to grease the door hinges after completing all adjustments, for plastic doors motor oil is usually used.

Adjusting aluminum doors is somewhat similar to adjusting plastic doors, moreover, sometimes similar hinges are installed on them, but in most cases there are special hinges there, and how to set them up is shown below in the video in this article.

Another headache with aluminum and plastic doors is the lock area. Often you don't need to do anything with the lock itself, you should adjust the strike plate, it is not difficult to do this, the process is shown in the video below.

The counter and clamping bar of the lock is quite easily adjustable with screws.

How to adjust a Chinese door

The most attractive characteristic of Chinese doors is their affordable price, everything else is, to put it mildly, not very high quality. Such a door cannot be called an iron door; it looks more like a constructor made of aluminum, polymer, and it is not yet known what the parts are made of.

Most craftsmen do not undertake to repair these structures at all, so the economical owners of such a miracle have to do everything with their own hands.

We will not argue that absolutely all door assemblies can be configured here, but we will tell you in detail how to adjust the hinges on the Chinese cloth so that the door closes normally.

Such doors first need to be lubricated and then adjusted. As we already mentioned, the easiest way to lubricate hard-to-reach mechanisms is by lifting the door a little with a crowbar.

By the way, when buying Chinese doors, you need to carefully look at the equipment. So under the bearing pins of the hinges, compensating washers are installed, in each mechanism there should be 2 such washers.

Quite often, the Chinese put 2 washers on only one or two hinges, the rest of the hinges come with one washer, as a result, the load is not evenly distributed and the doors warp.

Each pin must have 2 expansion washers at the bottom.

There are internal hinges in Chinese doors, there are 4 fixing screws for an internal hexagon around the perimeter, so these screws must be loosened first.

Unscrew carefully, some of these screws are not tightened at all, but the second part is screwed tightly and when you try to unscrew, the key can "lick" the edges. If the screw does not give way, try splashing WD40 and wait, this measure often helps.

As shown in the diagram below, an adjusting screw is installed in the center of the hinge; in normal hinges, this screw is clamped with a 17 nut. The nut must be loosened, after which the mechanism is adjusted with the screw. Inside, such a screw is made in the form of an eccentric, and due to this, the design is adjustable.

To adjust the hinges, you must first loosen the fixing screws for the internal hexagon.

But since we are talking about Chinese designs, from experience we can assure you that in most of these doors this screw does not affect anything, although you still need to release the nut.

To move the doors to the side, you can insert a powerful flat screwdriver alternately above and below the hinge and wielding it like a lever to try to slowly move the plates of the structure. When you are satisfied with the result, tighten all the hexagons around the perimeter, and then fix the nut on the adjusting device in the center.

How the door leaf pressure is regulated

Door problems can be caused by improper installation or even overly thick sealing tape. So if your new door it closes tightly, with effort, it is better to endure a couple of weeks, perhaps the thick sealing tape will sit down a little and everything will fall into place.

The sealing tape around the perimeter of the door must adhere tightly to the door leaf.

It is worse when the masters made mistakes during installation and the clamping of the canvas along the perimeter of the box is not uniform. To find out, you first need to visually inspect the box with the doors closed, an uneven gap is usually visible.

Once you spot the inconsistency you need to figure out the extent of the problem. To determine the size of the gap, a regular A4 sheet of paper is used, it is inserted into the problem area and the doors are closed, if in any place the sheet is freely pulled out, then in this place the box needs to be leveled.

It is not easy to level the box, usually craftsmen attach such structures to anchor bolts, plus this method is that, if necessary, the bolts can be loosened or even unscrewed, after which some manipulations with the doors can be carried out.

But if iron crutches are driven in instead of anchors, then they will have to be cut off with a grinder, and then re-drilled through holes in the fasteners and the wall in order to drive normal anchors there at the end of the repair.

It is better to fasten the door metal box with anchor bolts.

When the anchors are loosened, the metal box can be bent a few millimeters. If the rack is squeezed out towards the wall, then you can bend it with a crowbar or a pry bar, in much the same way as we raised the doors while lubricating the hinges.

If the box is bent inward or vice versa outward, then you need to take a powerful hammer and some kind of board as a spacer. After that, apply the plank to the problem area and level the stand with a hammer. When the desired result is achieved, the anchors are clamped back.

Such a radical impact can cause cracks in polyurethane foam, which is blown around the perimeter for sealing. So, so that the gap does not appear on the other side of the box, "walk" for reliability again with polyurethane foam.

Output

Normal home master it is quite possible to adjust the doors with your own hands. In conclusion, I would like to note that sometimes people mistakenly take the poor work of the door closer (if any) for door breakage, you can find out the subtleties of setting up the closers.