Adjustment on folding patio doors

[Jever]

Afternoon all,

I had a set of bi-fold patio doors installed about ten years ago (see pics attached), which have worked well ever since.

However, over the past couple of years, the main access door (on the right from the outside) has dropped a bit and nudges the rubbers out when I open or close it.

I've been looking for where I might be able to adjust the doors but can't seem to find anything. Having watched a few youtube videos, there is sometimes adjustment on the door hinges with an allen key but that doesn't seem to be the case with mine (see second photo attached, I've photographed the top of one of the hinges).

I'm convinced there must be a way of adjusting them, as you'd need to be able to do it when installing, surely?

Is it just a case of screwing the left hand top further back into the wall to pull the bottom right upwards or am I missing something?

Grateful for any tips

Jever

 

[crank39]

Hinge adjustment isn't what's required here, the door needs toe and heeling, a process used to square the door up by using the glass

Take a look at this video, https://share.google/SGW0xIw0eW7SC7aIo

 

[Jever]

Nice one, thanks Crank.

 

[Jever]

Hi,

Following on from earlier discussion, I was originally going to find a contractor to do the toeing and heeling but then decided I might be able to do it myself (I've done similar with DG windows).

As it's an aluminium door, it appears to me that the beads are also aluminium (see pictures attached).

Could anybody suggest a tool kit I can order online and an instruction video that I could watch, so that I can get the beads in and out without chipping or damaging them otherwise?

Or is this a job best left to the pros?

Regards

Jever

 

[robinbanks]

On all the Aluminium ones I’ve ever encountered the rubber gasket is peeled out first, this loosens the bead enough for it to be knocked out by rotating it towards the glass (closing the gap that the rubber gasket was wedged in)

Refitting is a reversal of removal. Soapy water will aid refitting the rubber

The glass is a structural component of the door, and essentially is like the diagonal cross bar on a Z gate; the top corner furthest the hinges and the bottom corner nearest the hinges are well packed to allow the glass to help the frame resist slumping under gravity