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Draughty Frech Doors

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  • 02-12-2008 4:15pm
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    kkelly77
    Registered Users Posts: 1,673 ✭✭✭


    Hello all,

    I have French doors at the rear of my house. Problem with them is that when they're closed there is still a slight gap between the 2 doors letting cold air in (or hot air out :) ). I'm assuming the door(s) are slightly warped hence they're not sealing tightly. Other than replacing the doors themselves is there another possible fix? Thanks.

    K.
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    Carpenter
    Registered Users Posts: 2,683 ✭✭✭Carpenter


    Hi
    Are they Hardwood or softwood


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    Lex Luthor
    Registered Users Posts: 11,220 ✭✭✭✭Lex Luthor


    I have a teak front door and the seals keep falling off.

    I need to replace them with good quality ones...any suggestions?


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    kkelly77
    Registered Users Posts: 1,673 ✭✭✭kkelly77


    Carpenter wrote: »
    Hi
    Are they Hardwood or softwood

    Good old uPVC


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    Minder
    Registered Users Posts: 2,774 ✭✭✭Minder


    You should be able to get them adjusted to close the gap - look up upvc windows in the golden pages and ring around. I had similar problem - upvc double doors that had dropped since installation - engineer that came was able to sort the doors in a hour.

    If you think they are warped, put a spirit level on them and take a look. Common problem in installation is the window is not packed into the frame - so the frame will fall out of square over time - dropping and causing gaps at the top of the frame.


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