I've recently had a chap come round to take a look at my upvc french doors at the front of our house which seem to catch in hot weather and are ok when it's cold out.
He took the door apart and came to the conclusion that the door hadn't dropped, but packed an extra (think it was 1mm) wedge in anyway). This didn't make any difference, so the problem can't be resolved by toe and heeling the door.
Unfortunately, he also explained that the door has been installed with hinges that are non-adjustable.
His only suggestion was to remove the hinges on both doors, re-drill the holes slightly further apart and refit the doors to create a greater clearance between the two.
Incidentally, he mentioned that the clearance between the two doors where they meet in the middle should be about 13mm, and in my instance the clearance is more in the region of about 5mm. Likewise, when the door is closed the frame should overlap each door where the hinges are by at least 8mm, and it's more like 5mm again. Do these figures sound right?
My question for you guys is whether his suggestion of refitting the hinges in a different position really is the only method available of doing this?
He took the door apart and came to the conclusion that the door hadn't dropped, but packed an extra (think it was 1mm) wedge in anyway). This didn't make any difference, so the problem can't be resolved by toe and heeling the door.
Unfortunately, he also explained that the door has been installed with hinges that are non-adjustable.
His only suggestion was to remove the hinges on both doors, re-drill the holes slightly further apart and refit the doors to create a greater clearance between the two.
Incidentally, he mentioned that the clearance between the two doors where they meet in the middle should be about 13mm, and in my instance the clearance is more in the region of about 5mm. Likewise, when the door is closed the frame should overlap each door where the hinges are by at least 8mm, and it's more like 5mm again. Do these figures sound right?
My question for you guys is whether his suggestion of refitting the hinges in a different position really is the only method available of doing this?