Wasn't sure whether to put this in plumbing or doors forum, so decided on here, hope it's ok....
Have a bi-fold shower door, installed maybe 5 years ago, and the hinges are beginning to go a bit wonky.
The side where it's fixed, those 2 hinges seem to be fine.
In the middle, where it folds, it seems with the opening and closing, that it's continually loosing (I tighten the screws, and with one movement of the fold, it seems to loosen, and doesn't seem to tighten back, so it's continuously loosening; probably not supposed to loosen and tighten in the first place). Also, when the screws are fully tightened, there is still a bit of a gap, is seems one of the plastic/nylon parts has deformed slightly.
On the other side where it's supposed to slide across as the door opens, the top hinge also loosens like the middle hinges, and the bottom one seems to have stiffened up, and has actually come out of it's guide, because it wasn't rotating correctly.
So are parts like these hinges readily available, are they fairly standard parts used by various manufacturers? I don't think it was a named brand, but when I was looking at doors in B&Q and a few other places recently, the sizes, shapes and parts all looked the same.
Or if I can't get parts, any tips that might enable me to get a bit more life out of the doors? Frame and glass are fine and solid otherwise, would be a shame to have to replace the whole lot because parts worth only a few quid are faulty.
Have a bi-fold shower door, installed maybe 5 years ago, and the hinges are beginning to go a bit wonky.
The side where it's fixed, those 2 hinges seem to be fine.
In the middle, where it folds, it seems with the opening and closing, that it's continually loosing (I tighten the screws, and with one movement of the fold, it seems to loosen, and doesn't seem to tighten back, so it's continuously loosening; probably not supposed to loosen and tighten in the first place). Also, when the screws are fully tightened, there is still a bit of a gap, is seems one of the plastic/nylon parts has deformed slightly.
On the other side where it's supposed to slide across as the door opens, the top hinge also loosens like the middle hinges, and the bottom one seems to have stiffened up, and has actually come out of it's guide, because it wasn't rotating correctly.
So are parts like these hinges readily available, are they fairly standard parts used by various manufacturers? I don't think it was a named brand, but when I was looking at doors in B&Q and a few other places recently, the sizes, shapes and parts all looked the same.
Or if I can't get parts, any tips that might enable me to get a bit more life out of the doors? Frame and glass are fine and solid otherwise, would be a shame to have to replace the whole lot because parts worth only a few quid are faulty.
