Fire Door Closers Adjustment

View a wide variety of door closers in different sizes available at toolstation including door closers that are suitable for inward and outward doors and have closing and opening speed adjustment.

Fire door closers adjustment.

Hold open solutions for fire rated doors. Clockwise gives the closer more closing power which also makes the door harder to open and turning the screw counter clockwise will give the door less closing strength and makes the door easier to open. Door closers consist of a pneumatic cylinder which controls the speed of the door and a bracket which holds the cylinder to the door. The back check valve if featured will usually be set apart from the first two discussed and may be marked with a b or bc.

The sweep speed of a door is the speed taken for the door to move between 150 degrees and 18 degrees. Global door controls grade 1 duranodic commercial door closer. Fire life safety. It is used to adjust the spring strength force to close the door.

Door closers are essential for fire safety preventing doors banging reducing energy bills and protecting your door. Other door closer adjustments. Door closer adjustment is an art that requires knowledge patience and an ability to climb up and down a ladder several times but with these attributes and the appropriate wrench hex key or screwdriver you can do it yourself. Features broad portfolio with single point multi point and tri volt magnet offerings.

Spring adjustment is located on the end of the spring tube 5 32 allen wrench. We installed a commercial door closer for our office in a previous video and in this video we wanted to show two diff. Almost all door closers will have the above two adjustment hydraulic valves but some have additional features which can be adjusted similarly. After adjusting the valves on your door closer always check the doors function to ensure that it is opening and closing in a safe and controlled way.

How to adjust a commercial door closer.