Repair or replace? UPVC door?

[TheMitchells]

We have a very poorly fitting UPVC door which leaks lots of heat,mainly at the top and bottom, we can see daylight through the top! It was built in 2002 when we had the garage and utility built on the side of the house.  I dont think it was a very good one but was okay initially.  We dont heat the utility room as it would be a waste of time, but we are trying to make changes to improve the temperatures in there. 

Would the recommended advice be to repair/mend or replace witha new one.

Is there something we can do to improve the seals?  If so, what? thanks.

 

 

[markc]

Seals can be replaced and doors (hinges and locking plates) can be adjusted. If the door is still sound I would get a local window place in for a couple of hours to sort it out, plus re seal around frame.

[Iceverge]

If you pop the plastic on top of the hinges off there should be a cam type adjustment in there similarly on the frame there should be adjustable recesses for the door catches. 

 

Get a piece of paper and slide it into all the gaps between the door seal and the frame and adjust until the paper is trapped with a nice seal ( no too tight) 

 

Get some of this and use it to seal up the gaps between the frame and the brickwork. Do the same internally if there's any gaps. 

 

 

Trim it level and cover the joint with something like this. Be careful here, you may need to mask any of the frame you don't want to be touched. You can repeat inside too. 

 

 

Get some silicone spray like WD40 and give the rubber seals a good going over. 

 

 

 

Finally get some clear spray grease and lightly grease the hinges and all moving parts. 

 

 

 

If all this doesn't help get new seals or else a new door. 

[TheMitchells]

Thanks for all that info.  will give it all a go! certainly worth a try. 😁

[Temp]

Also worth Googling for uPVC door seals. Lots of different replacement sections available. The difficulty is finding the one you have. 

 

 

[TheMitchells]

Illbruck items ordered. 😁