Сегодня пластиковые двери и окна можно увидеть everywhere - in offices and shops, in schools and office buildings. The advantages of these structures were appreciated by the owners of apartments and houses - the absence of dust and noise, a spectacular appearance, simple care, an affordable price.
But over time, plastic doors can fail. In some cases, repairs can be carried out with their own hands.
When may repair be required?
Even the highest quality plastic productsafter a certain period of operation, repair (or adjustment) will be required. Quite often, the repair of plastic windows and doors may be required earlier than the time stated by the manufacturer, for example, in the case when they are installed in the first year after the building is commissioned, which can sag. In this case, a skewed profile can be observed.
Repair of plastic entrance doors, as a rule,required less often, but subject to a number of conditions. For the front door is especially important the quality of its installation. Unskilled and even simply inexperienced installers, without knowing all the subtleties of this process, can make many serious mistakes.
In addition, unscrupulous manufacturersoften use poor-quality, cheap accessories. As a result of this saving, a gap appears between the wall and the door, its subsidence, the curvature of the opening, and also the loose fit of the sash.
Entrance doors
Such models differ from interroom doors in thickness of a double-glazed window and profile, but loops are similar to them. From the balcony models differ in the absence of a folding mechanism, the type of loops.
Three hinges are usually installed on the entrance doors. They may differ in design and clamping mechanism, and therefore - the method of adjustment.
Door skew
Consider the case when plasticthe doors. Repair must begin with the removal of the decorative strip on the loop, which is installed on the canvas. First, the door is pushed open and the screw that holds the bar is unscrewed. After that, the door is closed and the bar is removed. Under it, you will see six mounting screws (for a screwdriver) and one adjusting screw (for hex). Twisting or twisting it, you can adjust the offset of the door relative to the vertical by 5 mm (in any direction).
How to lower or raise the sash?
Sometimes over time they begin to cling.plastic doors plastic. Repair in this case involves raising the sash. To do this, use the adjusting screw (turnkey), which is located in the lower end of the loop.
It is closed by a decorative strip, which is easily “unfastened”. Thus, the door can be raised by four millimeters or lowered by one millimeter.
How to adjust the clamp?
There are two types of such adjustment:
- Fine adjustment. It is carried out within one and a half millimeters with the help of a screw located in the upper end of the loop.
- Coarse adjustment. In this case, the door is removed from the hinges, and then the part of the hinge mounted on the box is adjusted with a screw.
Repair of plastic balcony doors
The problems of this type of door are very similar toproblems of input models. Over time, they may twist, which is largely due to the temperature difference (especially when the balcony is not glazed or insulated). Therefore, the repair of plastic balcony doors is carried out on the same principle.
Different manufacturers of accessories may havesome differences in adjustment methods, but mostly they are similar. Horizontal adjustment to the left or right is carried out with the help of two screws that are in the upper or lower loop. With the flap open, both screws are clearly visible. The bottom is located in the support part of the loop located on the box.
Vertical adjustment is carried out usingscrew that can be seen in the bottom loop. It is covered with a decorative strip. Unscrewing or screwing it in, the door can be raised or lowered. The clamp is adjusted by turning the eccentrics, which are located in the end (vertical) door leaf.
Common faults
Repair and adjustment of plastic windows and doors have quite a lot in common. The most common problems with plastic doors are:
- handle breakage;
- breakage of the rod;
- slack loops;
- problems with the closer.
Let us consider them in more detail.
Pen repair
Это самая главная беда пластиковых дверей.If you come across it, we recommend that you replace it. Make it easy. Rotate the plate (decorative) at the base of the handle ninety degrees. Then, using a screwdriver, unscrew all the screws and install a new one in place of the failed handle.
Now a natural question arises:Is it necessary to replace the whole mechanism in all cases? No, not at all. When the handle is intact, but it turns too hard, it is enough to treat all moving mechanisms with a special lubricant.
Door sagging
Consumers often face saggingdoors. This problem is easy to handle. Adjust the position of the door first. You need an Allen key for this. Insert it into the bottom loop and rotate clockwise. So you easily and quickly lift the door leaf to the desired position.
Rod repair
This is a common problem with whichfaced by people who have installed plastic doors. Repair of the lever rod is not always possible on its own. As a rule, owners face its bending, kink, sticking in joints, or damage to the fastener. You need to know that without the help of specialists, you will be able to repair only some of the breakage bar. Usually, welding is used in these cases. If you understand that you can not cope with this task, contact the company that is engaged in the repair of plastic windows.
Door closer repair
Break down can and door closer.This small mechanism provides quiet, smooth door closure. You can repair it yourself. But often this malfunction can cause leakage of working fluid from it. More often it happens in the cold season after the depressurization of the seals. As a result, the door loses its smoothness when opening and closing. You must be very careful - the closer does not provide for disassembly, so in this case it is better to replace the mechanism completely.
Window
We told you about the repair of plastic doors. Repair windows is carried out similarly. But there are some features.
Quite often in plastic windows with timegum seal located around the perimeter of the flap abrades. This violates the tightness of the window, deteriorates sound insulation, the design begins to pass air.
Sealing may interfere with heat exposure.deformations. That is why you should periodically adjust the window. When closing the sash, in order to strengthen the sealing, it is necessary to turn the trunnion (a protruding cylinder of a rounded shape). It is located in the slots of the metal plugs. Turn it to the inside of the window. If you need to reduce the seal, then rotate this element to the outside.
