When you use the L-Vinyl as a strike on the sides of the door
to make the door swing outwards only, then it is nice to rotate
the hinge pin so that the door closes tighter against the vinyl.
This is a Vienna Hinge in Brushed Nickel
Notice that the body is 90 degrees to the Base Plate.
This
is how to reverse the hinge Pin:
If you door glass is already installed. You will have
to remove the glass. Put wood shims under the glass. Remove
the screws and cover plates, then carefully take the glass
out and set it aside on wood 2x4 blocks until you are
ready to reinstall the glass. Caution the glass may explode.
Not
all hinges are reversible. But most are and most of
them reverse according to this procedure.
Rotate the
body ninety degrees to the base. Some hinges are pretty
stiff. If you use pliers to rotate the body then protect
the hinge metal with cardboard. You will see the set
screws on the back of the body.
2.5mm Allen
Wrench will loosen the set screws.
The
body of the Hinge will drop down, away form the hinge
pin.
Flip
the body over.
Note the springs that close the door automatically are
located in the block which is attached to the mounting
plate. This is removable but it's not necessary to remove
it to reverse the hinge pin. If you removed the springs
the door would be free swinging.
Set the Body back on the Hinge Pins.
Re tighten the Allen Set Screws
If
your hinge looks like this and the screws are on the are
on the right then the the tilt is backwards. You must
take it apart again and rotate the body as in the picture
at right.
If this doesn't work then some sort of four dimensional
manipulation is your only hope.
The hinge should be tilted towards the inside of the
shower which has the cover plate screws.
You can
see that the Body of the hinge is 5 degrees out of plumb.
The door will close further into the shower and if you
use the SDTL
vinyl, then the door will close tighter against the
vinyl and open outwards only.
The whole point of this is to make the door close tighter
against the SDTL
vinyl.
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If
your hinge looks like this and the screws are on the are
on the right then the the tilt is backwards. You must
take it apart again and rotate the body as in the picture
at right.
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