New composite door issue?

[Pat Testing]

I’ve just had a new front door installed and am wondering if this looks right. There is quite a large gap between the weather bar and frame at one end. It’s large enough to put a finger in and reach down to the seal on frame. installers say it should be like that, but it doesn’t seem right that the seal would be left open to the elements.

[Kwackersaki]

If they are too close to the frame they can foul as you open and close. Some are closer and angled to overcome this but yours look about right and same as mine.

[Pat Testing]

Should the seal be exposed? It doesn’t seem right that it’s open for any rain to run off into

[J6542]

That’s standard, there are drainage holes if any water gets in the bottom.

[blueg33]

After buying two composite doors and having problems with both repeatedly we now bite the bullet and have them made out of actual wood. Much better.

[037]

that's normal.

[Pat Testing]

After an exchange of emails where the company first said all was fine, they sent an engineer whose first comment to me was ‘I can see the weather bar is misaligned’.

On closer inspection of the door it seems that it’s flush to the frame in 3 corners, but in the bottom corner where it opens the door isn’t flush to the frame. The company tell me all is good and there’s a manufacturers tolerance with these things. Looking from the outside the seal between door and frame is compressed as expected but towards the bottom the compression is a lot less. I feel they are trying to fob me off again.

[J6542]

You can increase the compression by adjusting the keepers. The door doesnt look to be fitted very well, so it might have been fitted with a twist in the frame.

[blueg33]

Pat Testing said:

After an exchange of emails where the company first said all was fine, they sent an engineer whose first comment to me was I can see the weather bar is misaligned .

On closer inspection of the door it seems that it s flush to the frame in 3 corners, but in the bottom corner where it opens the door isn t flush to the frame. The company tell me all is good and there s a manufacturers tolerance with these things. Looking from the outside the seal between door and frame is compressed as expected but towards the bottom the compression is a lot less. I feel they are trying to fob me off again.

That’s how ours looked when they warped. 3 months argument with the company about what constitutes warped.

[Pat Testing]

Blueg33 what was the outcome after 3 months?

[J6542]

It wont be warped unless you don t lift the handle every time you close it. And since its a new door it wont be warped.

It s more likely to be badly fitted. Are all the margins around the door equal? The compression should tighten when you lift the handle. The compression can be adjusted. But if it s been fitted with a bad twist then you won t fix it with adjustment. It will need to be taken out and redone.

Edited by J6542 on Friday 30th January 01:11

Edited by J6542 on Friday 30th January 01:13

[blueg33]

Pat Testing said:

Blueg33 what was the outcome after 3 months?

New door slabs. One of which has been replaced twice.

[blueg33]

J6542 said:

It wont be warped unless you don t lift the handle every time you close it. And since its a new door it wont be warped.

It s more likely to be badly fitted. Are all the margins around the door equal? The compression should tighten when you lift the handle. The compression can be adjusted. But if it s been fitted with a bad twist then you won t fix it with adjustment. It will need to be taken out and redone.

Edited by J6542 on Friday 30th January 01:11

Edited by J6542 on Friday 30th January 01:13

We lift the handles of ours every time. The doors warped to the extent that they became difficult to lock. They also leaked badly.