Once you have your equipment ready the process of toeing and heeling your customer s door can begin.
Toe and heel french doors.
How to toe and heel a door properly.
Toe and heeling works by supporting the double glazed unit on the lock side with packers or small rubber blocks.
To stop a door dropping the glass itself has to be braced diagonally corner to corner by the insertion of plastic packers placed in the gap between the glass and frame behind the glazing beads around 150mm from the corner edge.
It s best to start with the longer.
Begin to toe and heel the door.
Kick things off by removing the beading strips that hold any glass or panels to the door.
Ok so we used the word properly and this although maybe a provocative statement hopefully will not only instruct but also be helpful in training up any double glazing fitter or fitters mate reading this.
Replacement door parts can be purchased from upvc spares 4 repairs.
It is imperative that a bi folding door is correctly toe and heeled first time.
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Placed at opposite diagonal corners on the inner frame of the window or door packers help to brace the glazing within the frame reducing.
A video tutorial on how to toe and heal a upvc door.