Wednesday 14 December 2016

Some common problems with UPVC Doors

Because of their low maintenance and durable life, UPVC Doors in recent times have emerged as the highly preferred door configuration by almost every household throughout the world. Whether a person is remodeling his existing house, or constructing a new house or replacing the existing doors, UPVC doors are the first choice of every buyer. But, as coin has two sides heads and tails, similarly UPVC doors also have some drawbacks associated with them and if you do not pay attention towards these problems, which in beginning seems to very simple, they might get complicated on ignoring them. It would therefore be better to get such issues resolved at the earliest as soon as you come to know about them.


  • Sometimes you would have noticed that despite of unlocking your door, the handles still do not open accordingly. This is mainly due to breakage of multipoint locking system which stops the handles at one point. Although, by putting little force on the door you can open it, but it adversely impacts the working of your door’s mechanism. To get rid of this problem the best way get rid of this problem is to hire the service of some expert carpenter and get the damaged parts replaced with the new parts. 
  • Another problem which is mainly faced with UPVC doors is that they expand and shrink according to changing temperature, this impact their alignment. To know about this problem at your door, check the joints merged at the corners of the door. If the joints are not attached with each other, it is an indication that door has lost its alignment and need to be aligned according to position of the door. Always, ignoring any problem pertaining with door will make you un-install the door and carry it to carpenter, which could be a daunting task for you.
  • It is also possible that the condition of your door might look good, but when you insert key to lock or unlock it, you might feel that either the key is not working properly or is working from one side only. If this is happening the with lock mechanism of your door, it is an indication t hat there is some problem in the cylinder of lock and it needs to be changed. However, it is also possible to repair it, if the problem is not very serious. But, that will be possible only when you hire the services of any expert locksmith who expertise in profession of repairing UPVC Doors Sussex.
  • One of the most common problems which could even happen with any type of doors configuration is missing of keys.  This is not exception with even with UPVC Doors, to cater this problem get another set of keys developed by the locksmith instead of unlocking the door forcefully.