Hydraulic Door Closer Adjustment

How to adjust a commercial door closer.

Hydraulic door closer adjustment. Different door closer manufacturers tend to produce dissimilar products but all door closers have some sort of pressure adjustment. The back check prevents the door from hitting the adjacent wall when you swing it open. The most common door closer adjustments are. A hydraulic door closer has a spring modulated by a system of hydraulic valves.

The close swing or sweep speed adjusting the door closing speed. An hydraulic door closer is a mechanical device which automatically closes a door using springs and a system of chambers filled with a hydraulic fluids to control the motion speed of the door. The yale hydraulic door closer is a staple in many offices. You ll find adjustment screws that control spring tension closing speed latching speed and the amount the door will open.

Wanda asks we recently installed a storm door. The closer shuts the door automatically when you let go of the door. Make the necessary adjustments by turning the adjustment screw of your hydraulic door closer either clockwise or counter clockwise as needed. If your door is opening too slow increase the hydraulic pressure of your door closer by turning the adjustment screw counter clockwise.

Most of the adjustments to the commercial door closer are implemented by opening and closing hydraulic valves. Some models have separate adjustments for sweep s which. Many hydraulic concealed door closers have the same kinds of adjustments found on surface mounted hydraulic door closers. The tension feel when opening the door is known as back check.

When we open the door and let go it flies shut but then doesn t close all of the way to adjust a pneumatic door closer either move the bracket that attaches the closer to the door or turn the screw on the end of the closer. When it comes to turning the screws that operate these valves a little goes a long way. Often there will be holes in the cover plate that allow access to the adjustment screws. Read more for details.

We installed a commercial door closer for our office in a previous video and in this video we wanted to show two diff. Making an adjustment to a commercial door closer.