draught around warped composite door

gamston

had a composite door fitted about 4 years ago, its warped at the top and bottom by about 5mm each end running about 200 mm along door,
the door only has the direct sun early morning till about 9am and the weather normally hits back of house not the front.
I've tried putting new rubbers, I've added brush strip pile, of different sizes, still getting a draught/cold air front bottom up to about 200m, and top down about the same
I was thinking about removing the extra brush strip pile I've put on the frame, then applying silicone sealant to the frame allowing the skin to harden, putting masking tape around edge of the door then close it on to the (semi hard) silicone,
once hard that should have the gap down to the thickness of the masking tape, then leaving the hardened sealant in place use it as a guide to different lengths any added brush strip pile needs to be


anyone get any idea's please

Aylesbury_Duck

Why not call the company that fitted it and ask them if they'll help? The door from my kitchen to the conservatory did the same thing after three years. The company (local, independent) came out and made some adjustments and fixed it.

If you start experimenting by packing out the gaps, you might end up just worsening the warp.

TheCyclingProgrammer

Do you always engage the hooks on the door when it's closed?

If so it shouldn't have warped, is it still under warranty?

Aylesbury_Duck

TheCyclingProgrammer wrote: »

Do you always engage the hooks on the door when it's closed?

If so it shouldn't have warped, is it still under warranty?

Exactly right. In my case, the company said that I was leaving the door open too much during the summer and recommended closing it fully every night, making sure the hooks engaged to pull the door tightly into the frame and keep it straight.

TheCyclingProgrammer

I would say you should be engaging the hooks every time you close the door, not just at night. I'm sure our Door Stop care guide said this was necessary to prevent thermal distortion. For the sake of lifting up the handle it's probably best to always do it. It will also ensure there is a tight seal.

Aylesbury_Duck

We leave ours fully open during sunny days to allow the heat from the conservatory to enter the house. You're right that when closed, it should always be properly engaged. Otherwise it's fixed at one point only which will cause the distortion.

gamston

not under warranty,
only engaged the hooks when we locked the door, (so usually only at night)

Aylesbury_Duck

gamston wrote: »

not under warranty,
only engaged the hooks when we locked the door, (so usually only at night)

Ok, so that's the cause.

Can you get some help to push the door closed at the top and bottom to engage the hooks? If so, can you use another door for a while and see if it pulls back into shape?

I can't see how your DIY fix is going to work and could simply exacerbate the problem.

TheCyclingProgrammer

gamston wrote: »

not under warranty,
only engaged the hooks when we locked the door, (so usually only at night)

There's your problem then. You should always engage the hooks. If it was under warranty they'd probably say it's not covered anyway.

You can try and adjust the compression and the keeps to see if you can get it to close more firmly against the gasket. Depends how much gap there is to make up.

Failing that the only real solution is a new door.

gamston

I can close the door and lock using the hooks, not tried if there is any movement once "locked"
maybe I could "lock" door and put levers against door and inside wall to try to bend door back straight

Aylesbury_Duck

If you can, leave it locked for a while and see if it comes back into shape. If it doesn't, you've probably got little choice but to replace it.