Deactivating spring door hinges. Advice for a layman please.

oldscoil · 25-11-2009 10:48AM #1

Hi Folks.

Can anyone help me out with this one?

The doors in my apartment have spring hinges on them.

These are really handy in some rooms, bathroom, kitchen, etc.

However its quite annoying on our TV room, everythime you go in or out it slams behind you.

Anyway, does anyone have any info on how a layman such as myself can deactivate the spring mechanism on these using simple tools?

Here is a picture of the type of hinge it it.

Thanks in advance Folks,

Brian

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Theta · 25-11-2009 10:50AM

Couldnt tell you how to disable them but I thought they were there for fire safety reasons no?

oldscoil · 25-11-2009 12:26PM

irlmarc wrote: »

Couldnt tell you how to disable them but I thought they were there for fire safety reasons no?

Hi Marc.

Thanks for your reply.

To be honest I don't know, but they may well be as the doors in the apartment are heavy bastrads, like fire doors.

Thats part of the annoyance as the TV room door doesn't close properly. So when it closes and catches in the frame it makes a thundering shudderin noise that just sends shivers up my spine.

Hence why I just wanna deactivate the door so it swings free.

Thanks Marc.

mukki · 25-11-2009 01:21PM

try a door jam

kippy · 25-11-2009 01:23PM

They are there for safety reasons. They are usually on fire doors.
Had a thread on this a good while ago here.
Not really adviseable on disabling them but if you really want to, screw out the four screws that anchor the "spring" to the door jam.

Victor · 25-11-2009 01:24PM

Can things be adjusted so it doesn't slam?

Theta · 25-11-2009 01:28PM

oldscoil wrote: »

Hi Marc.

Thanks for your reply.

To be honest I don't know, but they may well be as the doors in the apartment are heavy bastrads, like fire doors.

Thats part of the annoyance as the TV room door doesn't close properly. So when it closes and catches in the frame it makes a thundering shudderin noise that just sends shivers up my spine.

Hence why I just wanna deactivate the door so it swings free.

Thanks Marc.

Yeah I only know because my sister has a three story house and they were fitted on all her internal doors for fire safety.

You could pop the door off and plane a small bit off it to stop it hitting the frame?

And then but some of the thin foam strips to put on the frame to keep draughts out to stop it slamming in the frame.

oldscoil · 25-11-2009 02:31PM

Victor wrote: »

Can things be adjusted so it doesn't slam?

Hi Victor.

That would be ideal.

I slight slow closing motion would be great.

Honestly teh banging door is like nails down a black borad to me, it drives me nuckin' futs.

mint man · 25-11-2009 11:17PM

you just need an allen key ,on top hinge(usually) and turn anti clockwise

oldscoil · 26-11-2009 03:26PM

mint man wrote: »

you just need an allen key ,on top hinge(usually) and turn anti clockwise

Excellent Mint Man.:pac:

Thanks very much. I take it it would be a standard allen key?

Thanks again,

Brian

mint man · 26-11-2009 06:04PM

oldscoil wrote: »

Excellent Mint Man.:pac:

Thanks very much. I take it it would be a standard allen key?

Thanks again,

Brian

yeah ,just pushdon on it an let it turn,

oldscoil · 01-12-2009 12:33AM

mint man wrote: »

yeah ,just pushdon on it an let it turn,

Hi Mintman.

I gave that a shot, but I've come across a little problem.

See on the centre shaft there is a pin right in the middle of the top "axil".

This pin runs right through the outer metal casing and into the centre shaft.

This actually stops me from turning the allen key, even though I can see the arrow on the top of the hinge.

How do I get that pin out and spin the inner shaft?

Thanks in advance Mintman or anyone else that can throw some light on this.....

Deactivating spring door hinges. Advice for a layman please.

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