How To Adjust Self Closing Fire Door Hinges

Some tips and tricks can make your self closing hinge experience easier quicker and safer.

How to adjust self closing fire door hinges. A spring mechanism in the barrel allows the hinges to automatically close a door. However if your door slams or doesn t latch properly as it closes you may need to use a couple of tools to loosen or tighten the spring tension. Spring hinges are self closing hinges. With field adjustable closing power the spring hinge line consists of standard commercial grade door hinges.

In order to tighten the hinge spring first close the door. Step 2 increase the hinge tension. But installing removing or adjusting said hinge takes some practice and patience. If the self closing door to your garage isn t closing hard enough to latch properly or the door slams shut you can adjust the spring hinge tension with a hex wrench and pliers.

Self closing hinges have springs inside of them that force a door closed so you don t have to worry about shutting it yourself. Remove the locking pin. Start by removing the locking pin photo 1. Stanley spring hinges are ideal for wood and metal doors medium to heavy weight doors and low to medium frequency.

Spring hinges look like standard hinges but contain a tension spring mechanism that automatically closes a door each time it is opened. How to adjust a door by the hinges for better alignment it can be the case that a door springs open on its own when you try and close it. If the door closes fast and with a bang you need to loosen the hinge spring tension. This could be because the hinges are chopped in too deeply causing the edge of the door and the frame to bind against each other when shutting the door.

Then add or release tension until you get the proper close rate photo 2. Insert a nail set on a hole located beside the locking pin of the hinge adjustment spring. This self closing feature plays an important role in fire.