Repairing Storefront Door Opener / Closer & Pivot Hinge in Newark, NJ

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Replaced & adjusted pivot hinges, and installed new concealed floor closer in Newark, NJ

Working on swapping out the storefront’s pivot hinge.

Our client’s storefront glass door, located in Newark, NJ,  was not working properly. The door was swinging too quickly, and was also  scrapping the ground. This poses several problems concerning our client’s safety. The foremost obvious problem is that the door could hurt somebody from slamming shut to quickly. Our commercial glass estimator diagnosed their problem and concluded that the door’s opener / closer was not working properly (hence the door dangerously slamming shut)  and that the door’s pivot hinge needed to be replaced (this keeps the door from scraping the bottom saddle).

Pictured are pivot hinges. The left the new and the right is the the old pivot hinge.

We also noticed that the floor closer was leaking oil. The faulty door pivot had put too much strain on their concealed floor closure.  A door closure for storefronts  are especially important for a persons safety-  a 500 pound door can seriously injure somebody.

Our technicians changed and re-adjusted the storefront door pivot. Our staff had to remove the door from its frame in order to change the door pivot and the concealed closer.

What are pivot hinges?

Pivot hinges, as pictured on the left, are used for storefront doors that have heavy hurculite doors with high traffic. Additionally, pivot hinges are concealed, thus adding to the elegance of the storefront’s door. Pivot hinges are able to carry more weight than butt hinges. Pivot hinges are effective with large doors because majority of the doors weight would be supported by the bottom pivot and the ground- this offsets majority of the weight from the door’s frame.

What is a Door Closer?

Door Closers  have many uses in managing the swing motion of doors. Door closer have the ability to hold a door open, delay a doors closing, and manage the speed of a door’s swing. In the majority of installations, commercial door closers are used on aluminum glazed storefront doors, hollow metal stand alone, or structural framed window systems. Door closer can either be surface mounted or concealed. Typically concealed door closers are used when there is a desire to provide a clean finished appearance. Boxed-surface mounted door closers are commonly found on top of the door. Surface closers can be found in fire doors and many interior commercial doors.  Installation, or replacement of a door closer requires advanced planning, and knowledge of the hardware’s capabilities, the doors limitations, and local ordinances / required provisions. Check out our process in changing a door closer in this article.

Moonachie Office

Whippany Office

Commercial Storefront Door Closer Replacement in Newark, NJ
May 14, 2017

Casement Window Repair & Replacement of Cranks in Maplewood
May 11, 2017

Window Sash Replacement & Foggy Pane Repair
April 18, 2017

A Basic Introductory of Glass and Best Practices of Glazing
April 7, 2017

What is Low-E: A Simple Window Glass Replacement in Hackensack, NJ | Dedicated Glass Works
March 22, 2017

Installing & Replacing a Large Picture Window Glass in Edgewater, NJ
March 21, 2017