Toe And Heel French Doors
Begin to toe and heel the door.
Toe and heel french doors. Placed at opposite diagonal corners on the inner frame of the window or door packers help to brace the glazing within the frame reducing. Once you have your equipment ready the process of toeing and heeling your customer s door can begin. Kick things off by removing the beading strips that hold any glass or panels to the door. Toe and heeling works by supporting the double glazed unit on the lock side with packers or small rubber blocks.
It s best to start with the longer. How to toe and heel a door properly. Become an approved installer today to offer your customers the best in class. That s why it s necessary to toe and heel glazing when fitting windows and doors.
It s a relatively simple process so it shouldn t take up too much of your time. 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. Replacement door parts can be purchased from upvc spares 4 repairs. 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.