The best way to adjust the hinges on your door depends on what kind of problem your door has.
How to adjust andersen french doors hinges.
Proceed to hinge and hardware adjustment below for operation check and hinge adjustment instructions.
Over time french doors will start to loosen in their frame and hang crooked making it difficult to open or close.
If your frenchwood or a series inswing patio door rubs against the frame or the sill you can adjust the door panels horizontally and vertically within the frame.
Andersen frenchwood hinge adjustment.
Check tightness of horizontal adjusting screws on all hinges by turning counterclockwise until snug.
The manufacturer s guide to andersen hinge adjustment included below can be utilized on hinged doors from the frenchwood series manufactured by andersen before november of 2005.
Learn how to adjust hinges on the andersen frenchwood outswing patio door for optimal and smooth door operation.
Andersen frenchwood hinge adjustment.
Remove hinge remove screws from hinge being replaced on frame and door panel using a phillips screwdriver.
Apply new hinge to door apply replacement hinge to door panel and fasten using four 10 x 1 3 4 screws.
If your door won t close tighten the screws on the hinges and replace the middle screw on the top hinge with a 3 inch 7 6 cm screw.
Hinge replacement hinge and hardware adjustment guide 2 hinge replacement for andersen a series hinged inswing and 400 series frenchwood hinged inswing patio doors 1.
If you ve made your adjustments to the hinges and you still feel a draft coming inside you may need to add new weatherstripping on the inactive door to seal it.
Applies to the a series or 400 series fre.
Download the adjustment instructions below for frenchwood inswing hinged patio doors manufactured before 2005.
Luckily leveling your doors is as easy as tightening or loosening your hinges until the doors are back in place.