upvc door

Hello, Completely new to this forum and I'm also a S**t DIY'er so please forgive my lack of knowledge. I wonder what is the best method to cover a gap between laminate floor and uPVC door (see photo). I recently had the flooring done but the builder misplaced the trim that was originally...

I have a UPVC door which is coming to about being 10 years old. The door appears to have developed a 2-3 mm gap between the door sseal and frame on the handle side around the middle section. The seal is tight at the top and bottom ends on the same side. As a result I'm getting quite a draft...

Just had a new door installed, the guy who fitted the door was not a professional door fitte, found there is a gap on the top left corner (handle side), when the door is locked the gap closes but still a debit card would slide in. Changed the old door because of draught issue and it seems will...

Hi, I have an issue with a gap at the top of out upvc french doors. I have had a look and it looks like the top plastic has snapped off. I have attached a photo if anyone can let me know if I can buy a replacement. Also the doors don't fully shut and a small gap at the top. Thanks in advance

Hello I've been trying to weather proof my front door and have had advice to fit a threshold kit. I have now purchased it but I'm not sure it should go in to a upvc door frame? Does anyone know if anything should sit in the bottom of the door frame? Picture for info but not mine. I was...

Hi, I need to replace a broken flag hinge. I've been told it's an Avocet model and have been given a replacement (in chrome). However, the replacement is quite different to the original and while most of the holes line up to the original, some do not. Unfortunately, the original hinge doesn't...

I am looking to change the cylinder locks on my French doors. The door on the right is easy to do, with removing the screw from inside. However on the left door, this is not accessible as easily. IMG_20191201_154426 by Phoebian posted 2 Dec 2019 at 8:00 AM From what I can see, this plastic...

Hi All, So I'm a student in a small uni town and the way some of the houses are here have a front door that opens directly into a ground floor bedroom i.e. my room. I've noticed now that the front door doesn't properly seal in the bottom right corner below the handle and it's leaving enough of...

Hi Working on an old bungalow renovation - Kitchen is very very cold, have noticed that a pvc door that was previously installed is very draughty and cold... rest of house is warm but this particular corner of the kitchen is barely getting heat despite being 2 foot from a rad. Door install is...

Hi, I am trying to remove a broken glass panel in a upvc door. I researched from other posters and purchased a chisel knife and a mallet. Trying to get under the beading is making a mess of the beading. IMG_20190930_121857_compress65 by Jenson7 posted 30 Sep 2019 at 3:54 PM Here are photos...

Hi need help I need to replace the UPVC door panel on this door what kind of door is it what is the specific name and also where can I buy replacement door panels as the panel is cracked and faulty thank you

Hi, I'm trying to replace the, what I assume is a solid, spindle with a split spindle in my front door. It's a multi-lock mechanism and a uPVC door. I've removed the two screws at the top and bottom of the back plate and this has given a few mm of play, but won't allow me to fully remove...

Looking at changing our door locks & handles and were trying to measure up the lock barrel we've borrowed my sister's barrel as she lives down the road and has the same house as ours shes got a Yale Platinum lock barrel 50/50mm do you reckon this is the correct size or would it be better to go...

So it would appear that the manufacturing company have provided the French doors for the Juliet balcony with concealed/bottom drainage holes instead of face drainage holes despite the fact that they knew it was for a Juliet balcony with no seal. The water gets blocked inside The trim...

Hi, I got an issue where my front door does not lock with the key from outside but using the thumbscrew inside you can lock and unlock the door. So I thought easy fix I will change the cylinder but when I change the cylinder you can lock the door but cannot remove the key? The old one works...

Hi all, just afer a quick bit of advice. Am looking to get some French doors installed in place of an existing window. Got someone in to measure up & quote for this. All ok so far, until the final measurements are taken Dude says we *must* have a fan light because the doors would be too...

To the left is the extension, on the right at 90deg to this is the original house wall. To the right of the patio door is next doors garden wall, running parallel with the extension. I have removed the existing concrete slab, which was less than 150mm below dcp level. We had no issues stepping...

We have a steel-framed, lean-to extension with a Metrotile (lightweight steel framed) roof. The extension is about 3 years old. There is a damp patch above our UPVC patio doors in the extension. It's been gradually building over months and months, no obvious drip/leak as such. I've had a...

One of the Georgian bars on the window of our UPVC door came off. The bar is held in place with these two white fixings (?) that the bar clips into. Could you tell me what they are called and where I might be able to get hold of a couple? 20180106_171406 by r_c posted 6 Jan 2018 at 5:19 PM

Hi all hoping somebody can solve my problem. We've noticed the kitchen is always cold again we had a similar problem last year that we just ignored. Took this pic last night hopefully you can see what im on about,where there's a gap in the seal which is letting a slight draft in. My dad...