Due to the recent windy weather i have helped a number of customers with broken door.
How to keep french doors open in wind.
What door closers will keep doors from blowing open.
A french door consists of a frame around one or more transparent panels installed in either matching pairs or a series.
French doors typically use weather stripping at the floor level where the doors meet to prevent water ingress.
The adage you get what you pay for holds true for door closers.
The door restrictors provide adjustable resistance to stop your upvc door.
Hit the hinge pin with a hammer.
As the title says we have had some nice new french doors fitted that open outwards and wonder if there is such a product that looks nice to stop them being blown back from their hinges.
I have just had new windows and french doors fitted they open at 90 degrees.
French doors ease of access makes up for the amount of space they need to open.
To learn how to keep a door open shim the door and knock out the upper hinge pin.
But you don t.
Also as winds blows.
In summer when the doors are open the access door will be free to swing open and will not stop until the frame hits the reveal.
I m wondering what my options are to keep them from blowing open and shit in the wind as i have side panels too the hooks wouldn t be an option.
Find patio door stops.
If you enjoy having glass patio doors open worrying about the wind whipping them open and smashing the glass on the backside of the hinge swing is a constant concern.
When you open the door by swinging it outward onto the patioyou then kick the arm down and the rubber foot of the door stop hits the fllor surface or deck and stops the door from closing although if the door is not completely open and does not have spring hinges or a closure on the door then the wind xould blow the door all the way open.
The chain stops the door from opening beyond ninety degrees which will.
A wind chain will keep your door from blowing too far open while the door is opened.
If you want a door closer that will keep your doors from being blown open you may have to chip in a few extra dollars up front but it will pay off in the long run.
With patio door stops this is a worry of the past.
This will damage the frame and could even damage the hinges by leverage.
Just open the door install the patio door stop and it keep.
We have had bifold alu doors fitted at the back where it gets very windy.
The doors open to 90 degrees and there is wall either side of them if that helps on the ideas thanks in advance.
Bend the hinge pin.