How to install a Pneumatic Screen Door Closer

all right in this video i'm going to show you how to install a pneumatic screen or storm door closer all right so we've got two of these we can't put this one on here because the uh the plunger would catch on the side so we have to use this one on this is it then the plunger will be here and you can open the door otherwise you can't open the door all right so we're going to attach this screen door closer at the very top onto the door frame so we just got to get it centered and mark our holes with a pencil and we're ready to go so anyway i used the shop back while we're drilling so all the metal shavings get sucked into it we don't have to worry about stepping on them next we're going to check the placement of our plunger holder and then we're going to go ahead and screw our screws in we've got four of them those are sheet metal screws and they go in pretty easy you just got to get them in there nice and snug and we're putting four on the front of the frame and then you've got two spots where you can put them on the side of the frame too all right so anyway we're going to get the plunger and we're going to hook the back of it onto that holder that we just attached the frame now what we've got to do is we've got to kind of extend it forward but we've got to put the front attachment on with the little pin that goes through it and that gravity holds it down alright so now what we got to do is we got to pull that plunger out a little ways about an inch or two forward and then get our mark on the actual door where we're going to put our screw and that's where we're going to drill and put the screw but we have to extend it we're going to pull it out there and then we're going to mark it hold it get it make sure it's center if you don't want it hitting the top of the door frame and then get your get your mark we go let me get your mark on there and then make sure that you got it right where you want it and then we're going to let it slide out and then we're going to drill the hole and then we're going to screw it on there all right so now once we've got that hooked on there i got to pull it forward so that he can get the screw in the hole and then screw it on there so there's tension on it because we've we've pulled it about an inch forward so you can feel it it's nice and tight and then we can adjust it we're going to show you how to do that all right so we've got the plunger or the closer on the top of the door on the door frame it's all set in both sides but as you can see it's closing very slow so what we've got to do is we've got to change the pressure or the torque on this and the way you do it is you go you stick your little screwdriver in there and you're going to see there's a little thing at the front there you can use a phillips head or a flat head and you're going to turn it counterclockwise to increase the pull to make the door shut a little bit stronger or a little bit faster okay before you put your pins in you got to make sure that you've got your stopper uh the right way on and ours was backwards so we had to put some wrench on this pull out the rod from the pneumatic cartridge and stretch it pull that thing off flip it around and then we had to put it back in and drop the pin back in so that we would have it in the right position so that we could uh have the door stopper hold the door open and i'm going to show you that in a second so now we got it on there you push it out you push that up against the cylinder and that's what holds the door open when you want to keep the door open and so don't forget that so anyway um we've also got to put a couple screws in uh the side of our attachment to the rod that comes out of that pneumatic pump so we had to go ahead and screw a couple holes in there and then we had to put the screws in on the top and on the bottom so that we would have a nice sturdy attachment to that pneumatic pump that pulls the door closed all right so anyway there's our door puller backer or you could also call it the closer i guess and as you can see you've got a pin that slides in there and gravity basically keeps it there this one too and we had to stretch it this way to get some tension on it he changed the tension by turning this screw inside of here clockwise or counterclockwise counterclockwise to make it stronger clockwise to make it loose this here is what holds that door open so if i open it like this all right and i want to keep it open like that i take this and i pull it here and then that holds the door as you can see right that's how you hold the door open and then if you want to if you want to um you know shut the door because right now this has got tension on it so what you would do is you got to push the door a little bit this way to take the tension off of it pull that back right and then all you do is let go of it and it she just uses yeah done got a perfect clothes on it let's look at it from outside if i open it up here all right there it is let go of it bam perfect and that's what the door looks like once it's in so here's our door we've got our latch on there's a lock works and this is working perfect and as i said before to change the pressure on it or the torque that pulls the door back you turn this counterclockwise to loosen it you turn it clockwise your pin set in there back here you got to make sure that this is facing the cylinder we got all of our screws in it holds that on there so that's working good and i think we did a pretty good job on this all right and you can see we already put all of our plants back up and uh we've got our all of our screen done and it looks fantastic all right uh when you're doing a job sometimes you make little itty bitty mistakes but that's part of doing the job so don't uh beat yourself up about small things you can fix them and we did and now it's working perfect and do it yourself save money alright if you like this video subscribe to my channel and check out my other awesome videos on how to 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Channel: Tom Leeman

Views: 55,997

Keywords: How to, install, attach, Pneumatic, screen, door, storm, closer, stopper

Id: bFFkSBjYWHg

Length: 6min 26sec (386 seconds)

Published: Wed Jun 09 2021