How to install the closer on the plastic door

When using the doors, few people are thinking about how to use them to preserve its mechanisms in integrity. We often observe how the doors clap from the draft or the opposite are not closed.

To achieve a smooth movement of the door when closing and however, it is possible to provide a dense clamp with the help of a well-known device - a door closer. But how to choose the necessary device and install it yourself, let's try to figure it out.

Appointment of the mechanism

Confusion device

Let's figure out in more detail how the closer is arranged, and what function it performs. This is a device that provides a gradual smooth closing of the door up to its full clamping. This creates a lot of amenities and priorities:

• silent movement of the canvas;
• Always tight door closing;
• performing the heat conservation function in the cold time;
• In some cases, ensures the automation of the structure.

In products that have been produced recently and are improved, ventilation and blocking functions are provided.

Separation

Types of closens

There are many types of devices that differ in certain characteristics. If we deal with them on the principle of installation, we get:

1. Devices that are superimposed on the door canvas (overhead). Usually they are placed at the top and connect either with a box or with a wall.
2. If the product is placed at the bottom of the door and connects with the floor, then it is called outdoor.
3. There are also products that are placed inside the canvas or in the outdoor device. They are not visible, so called hidden. This mechanism is independently independently impossible.

Also, they are distinguished by the principle of operation:

• lever. This is one of the simplest devices. Consists of a spring and hydraulic system;
• Slide. It works due to the occurrence of friction force, which reduces the closing speed of the web.

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On the device of the internal mechanism, the closers for cam and gears are subdivided. The gradual movement of the canvas provides the mechanism of pero type, so it is priority to install it on slide closers. The toothed is rougher in its device, so it is installed on heavy metal canvas.

How to choose correctly

Correct the load on the closer

Choosing a closer, it is necessary to take into account many factors. Be sure to take into account the width of the canvas and its weight. Depending on these indicators, its class is set. Otherwise, the mechanism may not withstand the load and will very soon come into disrepair. It should also be firmly solved which functions must be ensured for the proper operation of the door. The more they are, the more expensive the mechanism will cost.

The range of closers on plastic doors is quite wide. Therefore, it is necessary to carefully familiarize yourself with all its characteristics, and only then make a choice.

Montage of the closer

Installation

Installing closers on a plastic door - a simple process, but requiring some knowledge on the principle of its installation, since depending on the features of the installation of the door design, the method of installation of the mechanism is selected.

First of all, we pay attention to how the opening has a door leaf: from ourselves or on yourself.

Overhead devices are universal, so they can be installed both from one and on the other side.

So, if the design opens on itself, then the mechanism should be located on the placement of the loops. When opening from you, it should be installed on the box, and the lever is attached to the canvase.

Classic Closer Installation Instructions

This instruction will help to decide how to install the closer on the door:

1. First you need to place places for fasteners, with which the box will be mounted. Very often included there is a markup pattern to be attached to the doorway and mark the necessary points.
2. In the marked places we drill holes.
3. Mount the box using screws.
4. By the same principle, mounted the lever on the door frame.
5. The next step is the combination of the housing with the lever. This process is performed so that with the closed doors between these web and the lever, a straight angle was formed.
6. Next, proceed to adjust the installed device. They produce it with screws that are placed in the end of the housing. With this adjustment, you set the necessary door closing speed and the climate option: with or without slamming, blocking opening and so on.

After mounting the closer, it can be disguised. There are special overlays on sale.

Installation of the outdoor mechanism

Outdoor mechanisms are very comfortable

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The process of mounting the closer on the floor is a bit more complicated. The mechanism itself is installed on the floor and is connected to the lower part of the door cloth.

• Very often, the floor closer is equipped with only the instructions, the product itself and several keys. All elements of fittings and fixtures are not provided with a complete set. Therefore, you have to acquire the missing items yourself;
• It should also be considered that its thickness is about 4 cm, therefore, so as not to stumbling constantly about it, it is necessary to drag the device into the floor. It is best to provide for construction. Otherwise you will have to perform a number of works on the preparation of a niche in the floor for the mechanism;
• For an outdoor closer to its lower and upper part, there is a different type of fittings. For the lower part, the accessories is mounted in the floor, and then attached to the device. The top has two parts, one of which joins the box, and the second to the door canvase;
• For unhindered installation there is an adjusting bolt. It works for this principle: first the bolt is twisted, while the pin is interpreted, and after installing the canvas, the bolt is released, and the pin is connected to the device on the door. In this way, the bottom and upper part are connected.

Basically, the closer of this type is established in office buildings. They can be used for glass, plastic and wooden doors. Review of popular outdoor closers See in this video:

Installation of a hidden mechanism

The most difficult process is to put a hidden closer. It is embedded in the doorway inside, so requires additional effort and tools. They are needed for the deepening device in the door canvase.

Next, the mechanism is installed in the prepared niche, and the second part is attached to the box. This is a rather laborious process, and many prefer to contact the specialists. Read more about the edge of the closer on the door, see this useful video:

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Alternative installation methods

How to establish a closer if the applied instruction for it is not suitable for any reason. Come out of position using the following ways:

1. By mounting an overhead closer, use an extra corner, which is attached to the box, and the lever is already mounted. On the contrary, the mechanism box is attached to the corner, and the lever is attached to the door canvase.
2. Use a special plate for mounting. Its use has three variations:
3. The plate is fixed to the upper door to the door so that some of its part performed. The box of the closer is attached to it, and the lever is attached to the box.
4. The plate is mounted along with the mechanism to the box, and the lever to the door.
5. Box attach to the door. The plate increases the width of the slope, and then the lever is fixed to it.

As you can see, there are many ways to install the door closer. You only need to choose the right to choose the device and install it in a way that is optimally suitable taking into account the installation of the door frame and the door itself.