Over time french doors will start to loosen in their frame and hang crooked making it difficult to open or close.
Caradco french door adjustment.
If the opening where your french doors are located is perfectly.
Trim top shootbolt the same way you trimmed bottom shootbolt.
Install lock body and middle extension into mortise in door.
The goal is to make the lock fits the door.
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The horizontal adjust is found on the face of the door leaf.
If a swinging patio door isn t making proper contact when closed you may need to make adjustments to the hinges you ll learn how to adjust the hinges to ma.
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How to adjust french doors.
On a 93 caradco door using kit 4990237 as a replacement the top shootbolt should be approximately 1 3 4 too tall but double check.
Luckily leveling your doors is as easy as tightening or loosening your hinges until the doors are back in place.
French doors are elegant and allow natural light to fill your room but they can be difficult to adjust.
If you ve made your adjustments to the hinges and you still feel a draft coming inside you may need to add new weatherstripping on the inactive door to seal it.