Automatic Door Closer Adjusting

Most door closers have 2 3 different holes that you can use to attach the cylinder closer to or further away from the bracket to adjust the closing pressure.

Automatic door closer adjusting. Different door closer manufacturers tend to produce dissimilar products but all door closers have some sort of pressure adjustment. Door closer adjustment is a skill 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. Open the door 1 inch 2 5 cm if the closer is under too much tension to slide the pin out.

Bring a step ladder tall enough so that you can easily reach the door closer from the second or third highest step. To adjust the door closer. Spring adjustment is located on the end of the spring tube 5 32 allen wrench. You can adjust an automatic door closer using only a ladder and the appropriate tool screwdriver hex key or small wrench by making small turns less than 1 4 turn of one of the adjustment screws.

This article is primarily about commercial door closers but the ideas here can be applied to. If you can t see adjustment screws chances are the closer has a cover. Climb the ladder and examine the closer. 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.

We installed a commercial door closer for our office in a previous video and in this video we wanted to show two diff. It s common to try to solve door closing problems by simply adjusting the spring tension but tightening this tension can make the door hard to open and loosening it can make the door. A door closer has more adjustment possibilities than you might expect and getting a door to close just right may take several trips up and down a ladder. These screws will control the door s closing speed door delay and door latching speed.

Some models have separate adjustments for sweep s which.