Adjust both doors to ensure they are properly aligned with the door frame.
Gap in upvc french doors.
There should be another screw in the middle on the hinge to hold this in place.
Long story short they butchered the door which left me with the attached image.
When i open the french doors there are two metal locating blocks at the base of the doors.
If your door meets at the top and bottom of the frame but not in the middle your door is most likely to be warped and needs replacing.
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I had a local company out to take a look who advised as the doors couldn t be adjusted for them to trim down the keep post sorry don t know what its called.
Use the type of screwdriver that matches the heads on the hinge screws.
Open both of the french doors to expose the screws holding the hinges in place.
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The pin in the hinge should be knocked back in unless its bent.
Over time the screws on your hinges may come loose and cause your doors to sag.
As you can imagine a draft comes though this gap which needs to be eliminated.
Undo the screw fully reinset the pin and then lock the screw.
If your door meets at the top but there is a gap at the bottom then it could just need an adjustment to the hinge to pull it back into shape.
This adjustment works well if you have a gap between the french doors or the latch mechanism doesn t connect.
Remove the plastic covers from the corner bearings lower hinge.
Turn the upper hinge adjustment screw to even out the gap.
In order to adjust it you have to turn the corner bearing adjusting screw.
Check the seams of the french.
How to fix drafty french doors step 1.
Cheap upvc doors can warp.
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I ve some quite old upvc french doors in a bay which over the years started to drop.
I recently moved into a property and found the bottom of our french doors where the doors meet in the middle had a gap which measures 13cm w x 1 5 d on the inside.
The doors are french doors i think they aren t sliding doors and they are a bit like a standard pvcu front door apart from they are almost fully glass apart from the pvcu border and there are two doors.
Tighten all of the screws in each hinge with a screwdriver.
Over time doors can sag on the.
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Do this on both doors.
Install adhesive weatherstripping foam around the door frame where the french doors touch the frame.
