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Dealing with repairs in your home is just a fact of being a home owner. Ignoring issues that develop in your home is one way to go, but you can’t ignore door repairs. You may not need to fix your door right away, but it really depends on the type of repair in question and what door it is that needs fixing.

Older homes that have settled may develop door problems that a home owner will notice. The door frame may become off kilter as the house settles over time. If the settling of the house changes the way the doorframe is then you could end up with a door that doesn’t hang correctly. When a door isn’t hanging correctly you can end up with many different kinds of problems.

Sometimes it is an easy fix, but usually it will be a little more complicated and will require that you have the entire door frame replaced to provide a true solution. Depending on what is wrong with you door you may just need to replace the door itself, however with most door repairs you will need to replace the frame to get the door to work best over long haul.

It is best to have someone who is used to installing new doors and frames do the work for you. You can try to do it yourself, but if the door isn’t working properly due to the house settling it might be more difficult to install the new door and frame without the right tools. With the proper tools a professional can make sure that the door is properly aligned and will shut properly and not have excessive gaps around the frame.

Some repairs are a little easier to accomplish and may be something you can do yourself without professional help. Simple things like changing the hinges on the door or even just oiling the hinges if they seem to be the cause of the sticking door. You may even just need to sand the top and bottom of the door which can help it close more effectively.

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There are some kind of door hardware need to be installed even in the floor for the floor hinges, in the glass door itself and also in the opening frame. The floor hinges and patch fitting act as pivot, they working together in order to open and close. It will be automatically closed when it being open not more than 80 degree or it will be stop ( opened ) at 90 degree.

This is the hardware code from Dorma product, you can find it in their website, also the information about glass template to fixed up the patch fitting.
There are the kind of hardware for the common used :

• Floor Hinges : BTS-75, BTS-80 + cover plate
• Patch Fitting : PT20, PT10, PT21, PT24, PT30, PT40, PT41 L/R
• Lockset : US10 + cylinder
• Pull Handle : variable

If you want to install the 10-12mm frame less glass, you have to determine first about the Opening. The Opening with Wood, Brick, Marble or met with another glass have a difference patch-fitting. As describe at the picture below :

Note :

• Wood/Marble Framed : PT21
• Alumunium Framed : PT24
• Glass at Above : PT30
• Glass at Side and Above : PT40
• Glass at Side and Above with Rib Glass : PT41R/L

The Rib Glass :
The meaning is the the same with it named as a rib, it usefull for fixed the high frameless curtain wall. If another patch fitting only have 2D (XY) form, it have 3D (XYZ) form.

• Determine application. Wardrobe, Cupboard, Cabinet, or Room Divider.

• Choose Sliding Doors ( single ) door or Folding Doors ( joined pair of door )

• Choose fixing Method. Face Fixed ( into side of wall ) or Soffit Fixed ( into lintel or wall cavity )

Sliding Doors can be : Face Fixed with single line of tracks which allows access to the full width of the opening, but you need wall space where the door(s) can park.
Soffit Fixed with 2 lines of track which allows doors to by-pass each other, giving a partial opening.
Soffit Fixed single line of track for cavity installations
Folding Doors are normally Soffit Fixed where-there is no wall space for the doors to slide to

• Measure width of opening and determine track length

Face Fixed = width of opening x 2 ( to allow for door parking space )
Soffit Fixed = width of opening
Soffit Fixed ( cavity sliding doors ) = width of opening x 2

• Choose the door and note material of door

• Measure width and thickness of each door

Face Fixed note that the total width of the doors should be slightly wider than opening to prevent any gaps.
Soffit Fixed note that the total width of all the doors must be exactly equal to the width of the opening to allow proper closing

• Indentify howmany doors you need

• Indentify the weight of each single door.

• Choose correct gear and kit numbers

• Fix your door.

Also fix a pelmet along the length of the track to cover the track and hangers to give a pleasing appearance to your slidding door