Enjoy the traditional elegance that French doors will bring to your home. At Associated Glass our UPVC French doors are suitable for use as a porch entrance as well as to provide convenient access to your garden or patio area. With low thresholds and slim sight lines our UPVC doors are an elegant choice for home improvements. They are robust and secure, with a multi-point locking and shoot-bolt security meaning possessions and well-being is kept safe from danger. UPVC French doors are a cost effective choice and with high thermal performance, they continue to save you money on heating bills. Choose from a variety of colours from high gloss UPVC finishes to wood grain effects, and design your doors just the way you want. Our aluminium French doors are a beautiful, secure and slimline, providing that important link between your home and your garden. At Associated Glass we off today’s modern, ultra sleek and highly secure aluminium French doors. Made to measure we can provide designs, hundreds of colours and are compatible with other windows and bi-folding systems that we install.
Like all products we only deal with high quality products and our aluminium doors are thermally broken meaning that the cold cannot bridge the gap. On top of that as standard we add A rated glass to ensure that the performance of the products are well above standard. Securities on these doors are at the highest of standards with multi-point locking and safety glass as standard to comply with UK regulations. Contact a member of staff for French door options on your project.- Does your pvc door catch on the frame. - On the side or the bottom- Does it get worse when the sun is shining- The darker colours and timber effects can be worst than white pvc as they attract more heat Once your door does drop or sag it can also effect how your lock works. If you have a multi point lock where you have to lift the handle to operate the lock. This action can get harder to do because your lock is now out of line due to your door sagging. This can happen to a lot of pvc doors over time.
The most common cause is that the hinges just need to be adjusted. Plus it can get worse if the sun is shining on the door because pvc expands with heat. To adjust hinges is an easy job which can be carried out by almost anyone. In most cases all that is needed is a set of Allen keys & a screwdriver Below is a guide on how to adjust some of the main door hinges used by window companies Flag Hinge : One of the most common hinges used in the UK & Ireland is the flag hinge. This hinge has 3 different adjustments. The first one is on the bottom if you use your Hex key and turn the screw on the bottom it will lift your door. The second is on the top first you will have to clip of a pvc cap than you will see the screw if you turn this it will tighten the door sash against the frame given you a tighter seal. This is needed sometimes because as time goes on you seal may shrink or flatten a small bit. So you use this adjustment to make sure you don't start getting a draught through your door.
The last one is on the side if you look into the hole on the side you will see a screw which will take a 5mm hex key. Turn the screw one way and the door sash will move to the left and turn it the other way and the door moves to the right.There are many different types of flag hinges but they all work in the same way. They may just look a bit different. T -Hinge : This is another type of hinge used on pvc doors. It has only 2 types of adjustments. The first one is on the top & bottom and this will tighten the seal against the frame. The other one in on the side and this will move it left or right depending on the way you turn the screw Butt Hinge : This hinge comes with only one adjustment. If you look at the side you will see a philips head screw. If you turn this it will move the door left or right. But before you try to turn this screw check to see if there is a small grub screw as this locks the hinge in place so the door won't move. Not all butt hinges have this but the door won't move unless you loosen this.
Plus a lot of the older Butt hinges have no adjustment at all. If this is the case you will have to reline the hinges. If you have tried adjusting the door hinges but your door is still catching. Than maybe you need new hinges. Remember new hinges don't cost a lot and are not to hard to replace. Most window companies will do this for you and it won't cost the earth. But just to be safe it is better to ring at least two company's to get prices Feel free to ask any questions by posting them in the comment box belowOur uPVC doors and porch components are all sourced locally here in Gloucestershire. All meet or exceed Building Regulations requirements for thermal efficiency and safety. All of our uPVC doors are available in smooth white, white wood grain, cream, rosewood, oak or black finishes with other colours available by special order. All our uPVC doors have a low PVC threshold as standard with aluminium for an even lower threshold being an option on entrance doors and French doors.
We supply and install uPVC entrance doors: Front doors with either flat or feature panels Side/back doors – fully glazed, half glazed or combinations Garage side doors – fully panelled or half glazed uPVC doors All doors can be supplied with or without additional furniture such as letter-plate, knocker, viewer and numerals in white, chrome, gold and silver (satin) finishes. Generally, feature panelled uPVC doors are best in white, rosewood or oak. A very wide range of feature panel styles are available. A good place to view the range is on the GBW Panels web-site. We supply and install uPVC garden doors: A pair of fully opening doors, sometimes with glazed side panels and normally opening outwards onto the patio or garden. Our uPVC French doors have multipoint locking and handle operated shoot-bolt mechanisms on both master and slave doors. For added security on French doors ask for our premier locking mechanism and dog (hinge) bolts to be fitted (optional for a small extra cost).
Due to the weight of the doors, the maximum opening width for a pair of doors is 1800mm. Wider openings can accommodate French doors but a side panel of some kind will need to be installed to reduce the door width to 1800mm or below. If space and brickwork permit then the doors can be designed to fold right back to minimise their intrusion on the garden and, if clipped back, reducing the risk of damage if wanting to leave them open on a slightly breezy day. Our sliding patio doors feature multipoint locking and anti-lift mechanisms plus we normally specify the sliding panel to be on the inside for added security. We can supply simple, two panel sliding doors with one fixed and one sliding panel or more complex multi-track multi-panel sliding doors. Sliding patio doors provide a smaller opening onto the garden than equivalently sized French or bi-fold doors but have the advantage of needing nowhere to store the open door and a very low risk of wind damage if the door is left in the open position.
Bi-folding, slide-folding or concertina doors make it possible to expose the whole opening onto the garden and truly give a sense of merging house and garden into the home. The doors feature multipoint locking and the doors fold onto themselves when open. The doors are usually installed to open outwards to ensure that the stowed open door does not take up valuable space within the home. With uPVC bifold doors, there is usually quite a high step over threshold due to the amount of frame required to support the heavy door panels. For a bi-fold door with virtually no threshold and an unobtrusive frame select an aluminium bi-fold door. We supply and install uPVC porches: We can mix and match uPVC (or composite) doors, panelling, windows and glass, polycarbonate or tiled roofing combinations to create customised porches to suit and blend in with your property. Contact us to discuss your specific requirements. About Our friendly, professional team offers more than 50 years combined experience in the window, door and building plastics industries.
We are skilled installers, suppliers and repairers of windows, doors and roofline products. Free No Obligation Surveys & Quotations! Contact us for your free, no obligation survey, advice and quotation now! Quality Our aim is complete customer satisfaction backed by peace of mind warranties and assurances. CWM Cirencester Ltd is a FENSA registered company and a member of the HPL Insurance Backed Guarantee scheme. Both our own company and our independent, insurance-backed warranties back our installations for 10 years. We ensure that all products that we install meet or exceed the current Building Regulations. Contact CWM Cirencester Ltd Love Lane Industrial Estate T: 01285 650 500 See our contact page for opening times and directions to our showroom and factory. “A company driven by quality, excellence and customer care” For more information on quality and customer care see our Quality page. Full details of our guarantees can be found on our guarantee page.