How to repair swing gates?

Swing gates - this is the most common option for entering a country house, in the courtyard of a private house or in the garage. This design is very convenient, practical and versatile. Gates are easily made, it is not difficult to install them, as long as they are made of high-quality and durable materials. In order for the products to serve without failures as long as possible, it is necessary to follow them correctly - clean the mechanisms from contamination, lubricate and regulate the system. But over time, minor breakdowns can not be avoided, even with perfect care, various parts of a solid construction start to wear out.

Before proceeding with the repair of the gate, it is necessary to understand how this design is arranged.

Absolutely all types of swing constructions are not complete without the following elements:

• support pillars;
• gate leaves;
• hinged hinges;
• locking mechanisms.

Some designs are also equipped with a special swing mechanism, which is fixed at the bottom of the gate.

The most common breakdowns in swing constructions are distortions of supports, sagging of the valves, jamming and breakage of hinges, malfunctions of the locking mechanism.

Breakage of these elements are quite common, which is associated with constant high loads on them.

Damage may be as follows:

• offset loops may occur;
• may weaken the mount;
• the stock may break;
• the loop may be deformed;
• loop can be damaged by corrosion.

The loop can also break, this happens in cases where it was poorly fixed to the support pole. Another reason - loop factory marriage. In order to eliminate the damage, it will be necessary to remove the door leaves and replace either the hinge only or install a new hinge (in the case of factory defect).

If, due to the sufficiently high pressure of the metal flaps, a deformation of the hinge or stem occurred, it is also better to completely replace them, since sorting these parts will take a lot of time and will not guarantee that the failure will be rectified.

Often there is the problem of jamming the system. It is most often caused by a long “downtime” of the gate - a period when they were not used at all. Precipitation could fall on the loops, condensate could settle because of the temperature difference, as a result of which the loops may lose their property of smooth rotation, and they begin to jam. This moment can be eliminated by dropping liquid grease or engine oil into the loop mechanism; at the same time, the sash should be gradually swayed so that their stroke is completely unlocked.

In those situations when the door leaves are open for a long time, the support posts can be tilted. In order to prevent this from happening, you need to install a protection - drive a wedge between the ground and the edge of the open door leaf.

If the distortion of support columns has already occurred, it will be rather difficult to correct this defect.To do this, it will be necessary to remove the leaves of the gate from the hinges and reinstall the supporting pillars, strengthen the soil and re-cement them.

This fault occurs in metal gates. This is due to the deformation of the structure, which, in turn, is caused by the absence of crossbars on the sash frame.

In order to eliminate the sagging of the sashes, you will need to remove them from the hinges, detach the frame from the canvas, level and strengthen it, then install the crossmembers. Then you can reassemble the canvas and install the door leaf.

This failure is quite rare, but still causes a lot of inconvenience.

In cases where the gate constipation is a construction of eyelets and valves, repair will not be difficult. The problem in such cases is the curvature of one of the elements. Therefore, it will be enough just to straighten the deformed part.

If a locking mechanism is provided in the swing gates, its repair will require more time and effort. It will be necessary to remove the mortise mechanism and return it for repair, if it is beyond repair, replace it with a new one.

If you have swinging gates installed in your private house, in the country, in the garage or any other place, do not forget that the period of their proper functioning will directly depend on the frequency of opening and closing of the doors. They should be actuated as little as possible., and the more you can not leave the sash open for a long time. This advice is universal for all types of systems.

Summarizing, we can conclude that most of the damage to swing gates is eliminated quite simply, and you can handle it yourself. In the event of more serious breakdowns, or if you use complex swing structures, which include Nice automatic systems, it is best to turn to professional help for repair.

For how to repair swing gates, see the following video.