Adjusting French patio door

newfy

I have a French patio door that have dropped in the frame, they were hitting bottom of frame when I was trying to close them but I have managed to fix that by adjusting an Allen key at the bottom of hinge to raise both doors,

now is the handle , when I pull it up to engage the locking mechanism it’s very hard to pull up, it’s pretty much been always like this since I’ve had the doors! 

any solution to this ? Is there some way of adjusting the hinges to make locking door easier to pull handle up?

C. Eastwood

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058255100/adjusting-french-patio-door

It is necessary to adjust the doors with an Allen Key

newfy

That’s what you use to adjust the hinges

C. Eastwood

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119357730#Comment_119357730

I understand that.

To get the bolts of the lock to line up with the receiver plate, the doors must be adjusted at the hinges with an Allen key.

If that does not work, I usually lift off the door and fit spacers on to the frame hinge.

I make the spacers with a 10 c Coins, with a hole drilled in the centre. The diameter of the hole is a similar size as the shaft of the hinge.

6 coins on the 3 hinges.

This needs at least 2 people to lift off, and replace the door after fitting the coins.