Adjustment of conservatory door?

[Roger465]

Picture below. What happens is that the door jams at the top when the weather is very cold.

I'm assuming it's the pointed pin on the top sticking up a tiny bit too high...

I believe it's adjustable - can anybody tell me how please?

 

[Notch7]

Have a look and see what the margins are all around the door/s

It could be that the door isn’t sitting parallel or it could be the frame is out of square or the head is bowed down a bit.

You might have to adjust the bottom hinge to reduce gap at the lower part of the hinge side of the door which will create a bigger gap where the shoot bolt is.

 

[Roger465]

Hhmmm, all seems to be parallel and correct, as far as I can tell... so can you adjust that pin at the top please?

 

[DIYspanner]

Try taking each lock point off the door frame one at a time and see how well the door closes into the frame with the lock points removed. From the photo, the sliding pegs look fixed so I'd guess any adjustment is on the door frame.

If you have a locking spike at the bottom too, compare how far that retracts into the door compared to the top one.

Is the door square in the door frame both side and top/bottom? If the door is glazed, is the glazing packed properly.

The doors at my sister's house having locking spikes top and bottom too. They're linked to the lock by slots in the connecting bars so are likely adjustable.

Plenty of how to stuff on YT.

By the way, I'm not a door/windows installer. I've learnt by doing my own house.

 

[crank39]

Assuming it is just the tip of the shootbolt thats catching and not the door itself then you can split the shootbolt from the mechanism and lower the sliding shootbolt down a tooth, in your picture the last screw at the bottom of the picture holds a plate on which joins the two, remove screw and slide or spin the plate out ot the way, you'll see some serations, seperate the two and move the shootbolt down a tooth, you MAY need to cut some off the serated part on the main mechansim to allow the shootbolt to come down.

 

[Roger465]

Assuming it is just the tip of the shootbolt thats catching and not the door itself then you can split the shootbolt from the mechanism and lower the sliding shootbolt down a tooth, in your picture the last screw at the bottom of the picture holds a plate on which joins the two, remove screw and slide or spin the plate out ot the way, you'll see some serations, seperate the two and move the shootbolt down a tooth, you MAY need to cut some off the serated part on the main mechansim to allow the shootbolt to come down.

Thanks! Yes it's just the tip which catches. If I loosen a screw, it isn't the sort of thing where little bits and pieces are likely to fall down inside the door or anything is it? I get nervous about that sort of thing

 

[DIYspanner]

If its any use, a shootbolt reset video.

 

[crank39]

No its ok, remove all the screws from the joint and upwards so 3 screws and remove the shootbolt completely, depending on the make of the shootbolt it MAY go over the top of the door by 2 or 3 inches with 2 more screws along the top. With it removed you could try the door to see if its not catching now, if not then reposition the shootbolt one tooth lower down when you join it back together with the main mechanism

 

[Roger465]

Thanks guys, will give it a go when I'm feeling brave, and the temperature rises above absolute zero...