Deactivating spring door hinges. Advice for a layman please.

oldscoil

Hi Folks.

Can anyone help me out with this one?

The doors in my apartment have spring hinges on them.

These are really handy in some rooms, bathroom, kitchen, etc.

However its quite annoying on our TV room, everythime you go in or out it slams behind you.

Anyway, does anyone have any info on how a layman such as myself can deactivate the spring mechanism on these using simple tools?

Here is a picture of the type of hinge it it.

Thanks in advance Folks,

Brian

Theta

Couldnt tell you how to disable them but I thought they were there for fire safety reasons no?

oldscoil

irlmarc wrote: »

Couldnt tell you how to disable them but I thought they were there for fire safety reasons no?

Hi Marc.

Thanks for your reply.

To be honest I don't know, but they may well be as the doors in the apartment are heavy bastrads, like fire doors.

Thats part of the annoyance as the TV room door doesn't close properly. So when it closes and catches in the frame it makes a thundering shudderin noise that just sends shivers up my spine.

Hence why I just wanna deactivate the door so it swings free.

Thanks Marc.

mukki

try a door jam

kippy

They are there for safety reasons. They are usually on fire doors.
Had a thread on this a good while ago here.
Not really adviseable on disabling them but if you really want to, screw out the four screws that anchor the "spring" to the door jam.

Victor

Can things be adjusted so it doesn't slam?

Theta

oldscoil wrote: »

Hi Marc.

Thanks for your reply.

To be honest I don't know, but they may well be as the doors in the apartment are heavy bastrads, like fire doors.

Thats part of the annoyance as the TV room door doesn't close properly. So when it closes and catches in the frame it makes a thundering shudderin noise that just sends shivers up my spine.

Hence why I just wanna deactivate the door so it swings free.

Thanks Marc.

Yeah I only know because my sister has a three story house and they were fitted on all her internal doors for fire safety.

You could pop the door off and plane a small bit off it to stop it hitting the frame?

And then but some of the thin foam strips to put on the frame to keep draughts out to stop it slamming in the frame.

oldscoil

Victor wrote: »

Can things be adjusted so it doesn't slam?

Hi Victor.

That would be ideal.

I slight slow closing motion would be great.

Honestly teh banging door is like nails down a black borad to me, it drives me nuckin' futs.

mint man

you just need an allen key ,on top hinge(usually) and turn anti clockwise

oldscoil

mint man wrote: »

you just need an allen key ,on top hinge(usually) and turn anti clockwise

Excellent Mint Man.:pac:

Thanks very much. I take it it would be a standard allen key?

Thanks again,

Brian

mint man

oldscoil wrote: »

Excellent Mint Man.:pac:

Thanks very much. I take it it would be a standard allen key?

Thanks again,

Brian

yeah ,just pushdon on it an let it turn,

oldscoil

mint man wrote: »

yeah ,just pushdon on it an let it turn,

Hi Mintman.

I gave that a shot, but I've come across a little problem.

See on the centre shaft there is a pin right in the middle of the top "axil".

This pin runs right through the outer metal casing and into the centre shaft.

This actually stops me from turning the allen key, even though I can see the arrow on the top of the hinge.

How do I get that pin out and spin the inner shaft?

Thanks in advance Mintman or anyone else that can throw some light on this.....