Adjusting Self Closing Door Mechanism

The primary reason for self closing drawer failure is improperly installed guides or a drawer that was built out of square.

Adjusting self closing door mechanism.

This video shows you how to adjust the tension on your automatic door closer. Latching speed adjustment controls how fast the door closes for those last few inches. Open the door completely and watch as it closes. The successor to the spring is called a.

Older screen door closer mechanisms consisted of a simple spring. We installed a commercial door closer for our office in a previous video and in this video we wanted to show two diff. European hinges first determine what kind of hinge is installed on your cabinet. In the case of an adjustment tab make sure that the mechanism is pushed in all the way.

Swing speed adjustment controls how fast the door closes from fully open to within about five degrees of closed. Set the latch speed. Once the door was opened the spring forcefully closed the door when it was released. Only adjust the hinge by 1 position at a time so you don t overtighten or break the hinge.

If it does not fully close the hinge will need tightening. How to adjust a commercial door closer. It is adjusted using a small valve marked with a c or s turn this valve clockwise to make the door close more slowly or counterclockwise to increase closing speed. This can cause the drawer to skew to one side and fail to close all the.

If it closes too quickly or violently the hinge will need loosening. Press the wrench down firmly to engage the locking mechanism inside the hinge. Set the adjustment hinge to a lighter setting if you have smaller cabinet doors. The speed that the door moves from fully open to just before it latches is known as closing or main speed.

If you have a lever mechanism make sure that it s facing the side wall of the cabinet. Turn the wrench clockwise if you want the door to close faster. Back check adjustment controls the amount of resistance to opening the door past a selected point. Push the adjustment lever or tab in so that it stays retracted.