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Door Closer Specialists
Door closers are our specialism. CODORE repairs and replaces transom closers, floor springs, overhead closers and pivots on commercial doors across London, Surrey and Kent: the mechanism that keeps a commercial door closing, latching and secure.
On almost every commercial door, a closer does the quiet work: it pulls the door shut behind each person, controls the speed so it doesn't slam, and lets the latch and lock engage. When that mechanism wears or fails, the door starts to slam, drift open, stick on the threshold or refuse to secure, and a door that won't close properly is a security and fire-safety problem, not just an annoyance. Diagnosing and rebuilding these units is the work CODORE does day in, day out.
Concealed within the transom (the head of the frame), these are the closers you'll find on most aluminium commercial and shopfront doors. We work on both hold-open and non-hold-open units, replacing worn bodies, resealing leaking closers and re-setting the closing and latching speed. Axim, Dorma and Alpro units are our bread and butter, and we can usually match what's already fitted.
Set into the floor beneath the door, floor springs carry the weight of heavier aluminium and all-glass entrance doors. When they leak oil, lose tension or let the door hang out of square, we replace the spring, reset the pivot and re-hang the door so it closes cleanly and sits true in the frame.
Surface-mounted at the top of the door, overhead closers suit timber, steel and heavier commercial doors. We fit cam-action units for a lighter opening force where accessibility matters, adjust closing, latching and backcheck, and replace closers that have started to slam, stick or leak.
A closer is only as good as the parts it pulls against. We replace worn bottom pivots and pivot housings, side and back loading arms, and the brackets that tie a transom closer to the door. Getting these right is what stops a repaired door dropping or dragging again a month later.
Lost hydraulic control means the door swings closed hard, jarring the frame, the glass and anyone behind it. Usually a failed or leaking closer that needs re-setting or replacing.
The door stops short and the latch never engages, so it sits unlocked. Often weak spring tension, a mis-set closing speed, or an arm that's lost its geometry.
A pool of oil under a floor spring, or streaks from a transom or overhead closer, means the seals have gone. Once a closer is leaking it can't be adjusted back. It needs replacing.
A knock or click as the door operates points to a worn arm, loose fixings or a failing pivot. Left alone it accelerates wear on everything it's connected to.
A door catching on the frame head or dragging on the floor is often a dropped pivot or a tired closer letting the leaf sag, not just a "sticky door".
If the door won't sit square in the frame, the multipoint lock or shoot bolts won't throw. We get the door closing true so it secures every time.
Tell us the door and the fault and we'll get it closing safely again.
Call 07521 419817 Email for a quoteWe identify the closer type and make, and work out whether it can be adjusted and resealed or has reached the end of its life.
We match the correct Axim, Dorma or Alpro unit (or the pivot, arm or housing needed) so the replacement fits the door and frame properly.
We fit the closer, re-hang and realign the door where needed, and set the closing, latching and any hold-open action correctly.
We run the door through repeated cycles, confirm it latches and locks, and leave it safe and secure, same visit wherever the part allows.
We service closers on the full range of commercial doors: aluminium shopfront and entrance doors, all-glass doors on floor springs, timber doors on overhead closers, and uPVC commercial doors. If it's a commercial door with a closer, transom unit, floor spring or pivot, it's our field.
We cover closer and transom repairs right across our patch, from our base near Tadworth. Common call-out towns:
Also see our commercial door repairs and fire door repair services.
Call 07521 419817 or email admin@codore.co.uk if your question isn't answered here.
Tell-tale signs are a door that slams, won't close the last few inches, drips oil, or clicks and knocks as it moves. A closer that's only mis-adjusted can often be reset; once it's leaking or the body has failed, it needs replacing rather than adjusting. We'll tell you honestly which it is when we inspect it.
In most cases, yes. We identify the make and model that's fitted and replace it like-for-like, so the door behaves the same and the fixings and cut-outs line up. Where an old unit is discontinued, we fit the closest current equivalent that suits the door's weight and use.
We carry common closers, pivots and arms for the units we see most often, so a lot of jobs are completed on the first visit. For less common or heavier-duty units we source the correct part and return to fit it, having already made the door safe.
We regularly fit and repair Axim, Dorma and Alpro transom closers, along with floor springs and overhead closers from the main commercial manufacturers. If you know the brand on your door, tell us. If not, we'll identify it on site.
Yes. Floor springs, transom closers, overhead closers and the pivots and loading arms that go with them are all part of what we do. Leaking or sagging floor springs on glass and aluminium entrance doors are a routine job for us.
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