On a 93 caradco door using kit 4990237 as a replacement the top shootbolt should be approximately 1 3 4 too tall but double check.
Caradco french door adjustment.
Genuine caradco replacement parts.
French doors are elegant and allow natural light to fill your room but they can be difficult to adjust.
Install lock body and middle extension into mortise in door.
Over time french doors will start to loosen in their frame and hang crooked making it difficult to open or close.
Trim top shootbolt the same way you trimmed bottom shootbolt.
Luckily leveling your doors is as easy as tightening or loosening your hinges until the doors are back in place.
Caradco windows doors are manufactured in rantoul il.
If you ve made your adjustments to the hinges and you still feel a draft coming inside you may need to add new weatherstripping on the inactive door to seal it.
Caradco windows doors produces the following products.
The horizontal adjust is found on the face of the door leaf.
The best way to adjust the hinges are to set the middle hinge vertical adjustment first to align the door reveal then snug up the other two hinges vertical adjustment screws so all three hinges are taking some portion of the door weight.
The goal is to make the lock fits the door.
How to adjust french doors.
If the opening where your french doors are located is perfectly.