Swing gates are the most common option to enter the country, in the private house or in the garage. This design is very convenient, practical and universal. The gate is easily manufactured, they are completely easy to install, the main thing is that they are made of high-quality and durable materials. In order for the products to serve without malfunctions as long as possible, you need to properly monitor them – clean the mechanisms from pollution, lubricate and adjust the system. But over time, it is not possible to avoid small breakdowns, even subject to the ideal care, various parts of a solid construction begin to wear out.
Device of swing gate
Before reaching the repair of the gate, it is necessary to figure out how this design is arranged.
Absolutely all types of swing structures do not fail without the following items:
- reference pillars;
- goal sash;
- hinges;
- Shut-off mechanisms.
Some designs are also equipped with a special swing mechanism, which is secured at the bottom of the rim.
Breakdowns in swing structures there is not too much, and repair you will probably be able to perform yourself with your own hands, for this you only need to be able to handle the main repair tools.
Breakdown options and elimination
The most common breakdowns in swing structures are the drowshes of supports, sagging of sash, jamming and breakdown loops, malfunction of the locking mechanism.
Repair of loops
Data breakdowns of elements are quite frequent, which is associated with constant high loads on them.
Damage can be as follows:
- Loop displacement may occur;
- can relax the fastening;
- can break the rod;
- can be deformed loop;
- loop may be damaged by corrosion.
The loop can also break, this happens in cases where it was poorly fixed on the support post. Another reason is the factory marriage loop. To eliminate the breakdown, it will be necessary to remove the goal sash and replace either the loop mount, or install a new loop (in the case of a factory marriage).
If, due to a sufficiently large pressure of metal sash, a loop or rod deformation occurred, they are also better to replace them, because the partitioning of these parts will take much time and will not give warranties that the breakdown will be eliminated.
Often meets the problem of system jamming. It is most often caused by a long “downtime” of the gate – the period when they were not at all. The loop could fall on the loop, settle the condensate due to the temperature difference, as a result of which loops may lose their property of smooth rotation, and they begin to jam. You can eliminate this moment by drilling a liquid solidol into the loop mechanism or machine oil, while simultaneously sash must be gradually routing so that their move is completely unlocked.
Repair of support pillars
In those situations where the goal sash is a long time in open form, the support pillars may occur. In order for this not happened, it is required to establish protection – drive a wedge between the ground and the edge of the shielded.
If the skew of the support pillars has already occurred, fix this defect will be quite difficult. To do this, you will need to remove the goal sash with the loops and reinstall the support pillars, strengthen the soil and reinstate them to cement.
Repair of saflifts
This malfunction is found in the metal gate. This is due to the deformation of the structure, which, in turn, is caused by the absence of the cross in the frame of the flaps.
In order to eliminate provisis of sash, it will be necessary to remove them from the loops, disconnect the frame from the canvas, align and strengthen it, then install cross. Next, you can back up the cloth and install the goal flaps.
Repair of the locking mechanism
This breakdown is rare enough, but still delivers many inconveniences.
In cases where the gate constipation is a design of eyeperson and valves – repair will not be much labor. The problem in such cases is to curvathes one of the elements. Therefore, it is enough will only straighten a deformed detail.
If there is a mortise locking mechanism in the opening gate, its repair will require more strength and time. It will be necessary to remove the mortise mechanism and give it to repair, if it is not subject to repair – replace the new.
Prevention measures
If you have in a private house, in the country, in the garage or any other place, swingled gates are installed, do not forget that their service life will be directly dependent on the frequency of opening and closing of the sash. It should be powered as less as possible, And even more so it is impossible to leave the flaps open for a long time. This advice is universal for all varieties of systems.
Also, in order to avoid many damage, it is very important to carefully care for the loops of the system – to lubricate them with special means that impede the occurrence of corrosion.
Summing up, we can conclude that most of the breakdowns of the swollen gate eliminate enough enough, and you can cope with it yourself. In case of more serious breakdowns, or if you use complex swing structures to which the automatic NICE systems include, it is best to apply for help to professionals.
How to repair the swollen gate, look in the following video.
