Bifold Doors Install Cock-up ~ RESOLVED! 

This is the exact reason I do literally everything my self, takes me ages but at least I know it's going to be done how I want it.

I honestly feel better knowing it's not just me this crap happens too. Sometimes it's as if wanting people to do there job properly is too much too ask.

16 dislikes, is that the window company's fitters😂😂😂 Well done on putting it right👍

Literally have no intentions of ever fitting these doors, however it's great to watch some one with such skill and knowledge on jobs like this. Nice one.

It's great that you show that not everything goes to plan, there are so many RU-vid channels which act like everything goes perfectly. You fixed it and put it right. You care about your clients.

When I built my extension in 1989 I had new aluminium framed windows and I had to fix the rubber gasket in and my friend who was a glazier said spray some window cleaner on the gasket as it help it slide in. They were constructed differently to those as the trims had the gasket on and the rubber was on the inside. Great video and tips, thanks for sharing your expertise and knowledge, sometimes if you want a job done correctly you have to do it yourself. 👍

I've been trying to fit aluminium windows today, manufacturer instructions non existent. Finished the day without a single glazing unit installed, stressed as anything. Trying to research this topic on RU-vid without success...but wait... It's Roger Bisby from skill builder with WITHOUT DOUBT the best aluminium window fitting video on RU-vid. Thanks for everything Roger, continually saving the day for builders everywhere!

I have to install a 5 panel door system now. This is going to be very helpful. Thank you. Told in the manner of a genuine craftsman. Well done.

Good advice on toe and heeling, You are 100% right on others not caring. Good video 👍🏻

Great advice, re positioning wedges and honestly presented - thanks.

Your videos are great. We all cock up occasionally but you hit the nail on the head when you talk about caring. A good builder is the one for whom the outcome of the job supersedes the financial gain by a mile. They love it when the get it right. Cheers

Great show good to know there's people out there who can put their hand to anything.

I've just had pario doors supplied and fixed. Because of your vid, I double and treble checked all the measurements before ordering. All went well, so a big thanks to you!

Great effort Rodger , loving your determination to do it right 👍👏👏👏

Great work Roger, I feel you would talk and act exactly the same way even if you weren’t filming for a RU-vid vid 😂

Lovely Roger. Never done aly doors so good to know!

Thanks. I'm having patio doors made and installed now. I'm checking everything they're doing, and have found mistakes and omissions already (they have yet to be made). Thanks to you! I'm no their case!

Well done Roger. You called it right - you care many don’t

Mate I wish all my contractors were as caring about their work as you are. A star to be sure 👍

Keep up the great work - helpful and insightful content Roger. 👍🏽

Wow Roger your videos are amazing what you manage to do! Would love to see more bifold doors resolving install mistakes! I want to reverse the way my doors open!

Great job Roger! That's how things should be done! Cheers.

U talk in a really realy good way , u definitely deserve a salute from me👍👍👍👍

Thanks Roger, priceless advice given time and time again.

Good work and attitude Rodger.

Very true the checking up bit. Alot of guys out there just dont care!. Nice vid. Cheers

Great work Roger. It’s certainly beyond my very average DIY skills. I had my installed by a local company who are a subsidiary of Sutton Windows. Fortunately, they did a good job.

Great video Roger. Any plans to show the patio construction. I have something similar to do and would like to see how you decked up to and onto the main wall, the ledger plate fixings etc.

fantastic learning ... and understanding of pic doors & Glazing .. great stuff

An excellent lesson & explanation of "Toe & Heel" for a door

very informative

Nice job Roger. There is a knack to those beads alright. Put the glass side in first, then keep pressure on the front edge and then a bit of a tap of a non marking rubber hammer. A spray of soapy water helps with the rubber seals too.

"Care" being the operative word....Nice job

nice clear description on packing the glass in the frame. thanks

Well done! Thinking man's builder. A very rare animal these days.

Well done Roger glad you showed the toe and heal way of weight transfer of the glass have watched some on hear who don`t explain this in there videos and yes there are still lots of duff so called tradesmen out there who just don`t come back, thing is they get payed? whats all that about l don`t take any money until the job is complete and the customer is happy don`t get me wrong there are a lot of tradesmen who are worth there salt and have a lot of pride in the work they do and a lot of good youngsters who will fill us old uns boots, have been putting builders work right for 35 yrs so have seen many foul ups some big named company`s who should know better as well, great video well worth the watch

Saw this video when it came out. Bloody glad I remembered seeing it today, helped me cure a sagging door in no time. Thank you Roger. :)

Brilliant channel

I think you're right when using just the pressure from your hands getting the beads to snap in and seat nicely, using a mallet can easily dent them.

Massive respect Roger for going to the trouble of actually raising the lintel .That size opening certainly isn’t a quick fix to sort it . Dead lucky it was 2 separates 👌🏼. Pride in your work is very important and a good habit to have but it is sadly lacking a lot nowadays 😕 Great video 👌🏼🧱👍🏼

Good work

Good stuff

Great problem solving..

Really clear introduction to bifold doors installation.

I still think it was his mattress with the £20s 😂 😂 😂

Love it

Welldone Roger I would of been spitting feathers over that,you hit the nail on head when you said it wasn't that your better it's just that you care more,I'm a carpenter from sheppey and I tend to watch more furniture making and shop projects than building,But I simply love this channel your a great bloke welldone and all the while you can keep it up.

rog when you mark your beads number them per sash 1t 1b 1r 1L easier than LL LR RR RL gets confusing especially when you have more openers,and when you put the gasket in use glass cleaner as lubricant if there tight ...keep up the good work.

Have similar problem with a simple double door but with double glazing. Our (wooden) house was prefabricated with doors and windows pre-mounted. I suspect that the guys mounting the windows and doors did a "quick and dirty", no time to lose, on to the next......They went bankrupt a couple of years ago. Guess what, nobody wants to service to finally solve the problem....I am reluctant to pull out a triple glaze pane of say 1.20 * 2.00 mtrs.....seems like it is the only way to solve the problem though....Thanks for your very clear explanation Roger. Wish we had a trustworthy guy like you around the corner.....

Great video and you share the same anxiety I do about my level threshold. no one seems to have either the knowledge or experience to have any confidence with level thresholds. Particularly the slotted drains needed on the outside above dpc. It would make a great video to evaporate the mystique with this issue in relation to building control and mitigation of moisture away from bifold/sliding doors and brickwork beneath. Please please please produce this video.... I’m sure you’ll get a million views 🎉🎉 In the meantime keep up the good work you do on all fronts

Great tips roger, especially the packers

Hello Roger, I am a plumber myself but im amazed with your work! ive sat here watching your videos for hours! you take such pride in your work and its lovely to see. If i was to have a house built id defiantly want you doing it haha! Where are you based? All the best Roger!

Setting out I get you totally ❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍beautiful,, and yes very drastic

Nice one Rog'

Exactly what my dear old dad said to me. Great video as usual.

Roger, you raised my blood pressure today. We had (had to pay 100% up front of over £11,000) 3 sets of aluminium 3 metre wide bi-fold doors installed in our extension, we gave them measurements of openings, they said they measure themselves to prevent mistakes. The doors came the wrong size, , then the last set came too short, missing locks and keys, installed using a clear silicone sealant around the frame showing all the coloured wedges, then the door seals were all binding, there were door seals cut too short, the locking mechanisms were too tight, screws missing in guides, screws that were fitted were stripped threads. The sills were the main problem, we gave them the measurements of floor height like you did, they f----d the height and we have a 10mm high sill which is a pain, nobody was interested. Thanks for getting as stressed as us.........😆

I like the fact that you are "old school" Roger, we hardly out source any work on contracting as they just don't care, I will do a job a different way if I know it will last 30yrs not 15. in our job anyone can make a mistake, it takes a tradesman to get over it! the guy on the patio behind you could have offered you a beer!!

Did you check the low E was on the correct side, I would also advise packers on both jambs. This will keep the glass aligned with no tilt and makes forcing the door more difficult.

Well done Roger old chap! 👍🏼

Ball ache on every job somewhere, too many people about that don't care enough to get it right first time.

Nice one roger window fitters always in such a rush

Roger, I've had water coming in the back door, water coming in the front door, and through the roof. ......... Previous owner had some shody work done..... The back door is UPVC, I'm going to swap it for a nice timber door when I get the time, I've bodged it for now drilling new weep holes through the threshold and masticing the sides of the threshold, it's working well. I swapped the front door, it had this concete step with holes that the frame dropped into and a recess for the door to close against (obviously it opens inwards) which sounds nice from the perspective of drafts but was just a recipe for water ingress, I've had the frame out, new frame in, filled the holes in the step and set the new frame further forwards so the door is further forward and doesn't close into the recess in the step but is above it on the raised part of the step, got it done just in time for the recent storms and no water ingress! Now just into the loft the patch the ripped felt, hopefully that will stop the water running down the cavity until I can get on the roof in better weather to check the tiles..... This was flagged by the mortgage company as rising damp and this is why people think rising damp and damp treatment is a con, I don't dispute it exists but more of than not it's penetrating damp not rising damp.

NICE ONE.

Any work with a civils component always has these issues, having a backup plan in mind always helps.

You'll never runout of clients Roger. All my DIY is a bit pants.

No one expects miracles but everyone must do a good job for it to be a brilliant job in the end!

When we `heal and toe` our doors, once they are in the correct position we also pack the stiles as sometimes when your knocking in the beads the glass can move slightly and you can lose the parallel line of the gasket to the frame on the stiles.

Hi I’m looking for some bi folds doors with your experience is there a particular company you would recommend I’m not looking for cheap doors I’m looking for a high quality and well made product . Love your channel Many thanks Darren

Hello from serbia can you tell me what is in quality deference between Bifold Aluminium door upper hinges. And lower hinges what is beter.

The old saying goes....."We do everything right....because we do it TWICE " . Technicians hate doing FOLLOW-UP jobs from another tech because it takes twice as long to find out where the first worker screwed up . Thanks for the video. We can always appreciate ways to learn CORRECTLY. JwgK

Great Stuff! V. Enjoyable. Subscribed

Brilliant follow up and explanation about the glazing being used to transfer the load Roger 👍 I remember when you first talked about moving the lintel, it was beyond fair play. Be interested to know how you packed under the sill?

It's also good practice to pack out the area between the lock and the glass. Can help with the locking mechanism. Especially on PVCU doors.

Interesting comment, never trust anyone always check your self. Problem is if you are Joe (not a builder) Public how do you do that? I follow a number of channels where price, what you should charge etc comes up. How do people make an informed choice if you don’t know what you are looking for? Even yourself, bet the guys who did that job lifestyle were not the cheapest, yet caused you a massive headache and number of hours to correct the work Really enjoy the content, keep up the good work Robin and you do. Nice to see people do things well and care!

Never trust anyone. Had a puncture the other day and yes you’ve guessed it the spare was the wrong wheel for the van. Brought from a dealer but of corse just out of warranty. Excellent videos thanks.

Hi Roger. You want to try the origin bifolds. They are amazing to work with and fit. The company I work for are a premium installer for them. We've been fitting them in the Thames Valley area for years. If your ever in the Reading area pop into our show room where we have 3 different sets on show and I'll show you some of the features that make them easier to fit and miles ahead of the competition. The problem you had with the ffl we avoid by using a specific survey form that shows all the threshold and cill dimensions and the head detail. Once the survey is completed a copy is emailed to all parties involved so everyone is working to the same details.

Well done ! thanks for sharing . I have the same problem with my aluminium 3 pane bi fold doors and I got lots of condensation and it gets moulded all around the frame of the wall. Like you I don’t trust anyone wish I could do it myself . Paid for good product but workmanship is rubbish .

I am dead chuffed for you, and your client it all worked out in the end Rodger, But it must have cost overall a small fortune, in time sweat, and some cash, to raise the lintels,i have never heard of such a thing,, you really are a hero to the trade.

Saludos de madrid España

Hey roger, i would love to see a video on how you store your tools. I have so many varied tools for all kinds of jobs, may use some of them once every 5 years. But i struggle to find them at that time. Do you have a system or some tips to share?

what suction pads are they?

Great channel, love it. How did you remove the ally beads?

But safe to say, you won't busing them again. Good problem solving though, even if it was totally unavoidable by other parties.

Glad everything has turned out ok👍. Looked like a bit of graft. You probably needed a biscuit after lifting that lintle.

Great patience in the end eh mate! I know why you originally let the other team do the windows as like you said it can be a right ball ache. Paying someone to do a good job is ok if it goes right! Pat on the back though for being a perfectionist. J

I fit Bi folds quite often, tip for getting gasket in is use the glazing paddle between the glass and the bead and space a couple of 5mm packers inbetween, if the glass has integral blinds then can usually only use a 3mm packer, sweat and a few choice words my be needed

Had similar ball aches meself Rog.

Good video 👍🇮🇪🍀👏

Another interesting vid well done Roger. Can someone give Roger his own TV show please. Top bloke :)

So what your saying with doors is its best not to knock it until you've tried it?

Nice job in the end Roger! To achieve the level threshold on the outside does the decking overhang the cill or butt up to it?

Which manufacturer are the bi-folds Roger?

Care and pride Roger, it the 2 things that make a man a proper tradesman ... Would of expected them more likely been 10mm short so had wiggle room . Was a right cockup and no idea how they measure any door fitment well if don't know the sill measures :-/ anyway you put it right, serious ballache but you more more man and more knowledge because of it ... Keep up the good work 👍

So how did you manage to loose the 30mm from the brickwork coursing above the lintel

Good video. Very interesting about the toe-ing and heel-ing. Must admit I'd ask the fitters to come back to at least help rebuild the door

How do you replace the rubber seal at the bottom part of the frame ? The one that the doors close onto.

Anyone know what brand the suction lifters are? Cheers

Try bohle triples glass suckers this what we use when fitting glass. much better then the pump ones

Little tip always make sure the packers are the same depth as the glass because if u dont get the packer under both pains of glass will cause a crack. Always check the bi folds have track drainage as alot dont so you have to drill face drainage in yourself. To allow the water to run out of the track onto the cill Also with the gaskett spray glass cleaner on the glass wen ure pushing the gaskett in helps it to pop in much easier. And also wen glazing always place a 2mm packer on the bottom then pack the top then pack the 2 sides as you are able to get a few more mm in lift if required. Hope this also helps.

I hate having trusted another "trade" with something, then having to redo a job myself, because they've ballsed it up. Recently been working on a job with contractors i've never used ( clients choice ) and the sparky drill straight through a 4" wall 4 times where the other side we'd had been just plastered and finished and had a 'window fitter' go through a ceiling one weekend, all of which we had to arrange to get repaired. Thats why i stick to people we know and trust, with quality workmanship.