Installing adjusting and removing a spring loaded hinge are important skills to know.
How to adjust spring loaded hinges for doors.
If the self closing door to your garage isn t closing hard enough to latch properly or the door slams shut you can adjust the spring hinge tension with a hex wrench and pliers.
Then add or release tension until you get the proper close rate photo 2.
A spring loaded hinge is ideal for use in a door leading to the basement garage entryway or any door in your home.
I ll bet that you never knew you could adjust a self closing door hing.
If your hinge has a tension pin inserted into the side of the hinge you need to pull the pin from the hinge with needle nose pliers.
Remove the locking pin.
You can adjust the mechanism inside the hinge to increase or decrease the speed.
Start by removing the locking pin photo 1.
However if your door slams or doesn t latch properly as it closes you may need to use a couple of tools to loosen or tighten the spring tension.
But installation and removal can be tricky and the hinge must be at the right tension in order to be both useful and safe.