XFORT® Satin Chrome Concealed Door Closer for Internal Doors, Soft Close, Auto Close

Quiet difficult to fit but managed and working perfectly

The instructions said that you had to drill a hole 26mm in diameter to be able to fit this in. luckily for me, I measured the diameter of this item. Had I drilled 26mm instead of 22mm, it would have ben a sloppy fit. It did the job (ish). One by itself is not sufficient for solid fire doors. Design: Limited space to fit it. Hidden away between door and frame

Looks really effective. Very technical fitting instructions probably needs a professional to fit it.

I had to watch a YouTube video on how to install this and basically the message was, be careful and use the provided tool to hold the spring. There is no easy way to install. You need a little bit of brute force to slowly lengthen the spring (install the door end first). The tool was flimsy and the spring snapped back a couple of times - my error and my fingers! With vice grips and leverage, I finally managed to pull the chain out enough to secure it to the door jamb. Just be sure that you have the spring adjusted before you do this part though, otherwise you are in to repeat this a couple of times. And mind your fingers! Time taken was about 15 minutes.

They do the job but they are difficult to get the tension right. The fitting is fine however it is difficult to apply tension and complete.

It is not possible to adjust this mechanism to close the door gently. I have a panel door between the kitchen and the dining room. The door is quite light. With this device at its lowest possible tension, it still slams the door shut with a loud bang. The tensioning system is a threaded pin that reduces the tension when turned anti-clockwise. I set the tension to the lowest setting before installing the barrel in the door. It still slams. if you attempt to reduce the tension while the barrel is in the door, you risk the pin disengaging from its holding nut, and it is a very fiddly job to get it rethreaded (and you must remove the barrel to do so). It should not be possible for the pin to disengage. This would be a simple fix. However, the main problem is that the pin itself is too short. It needs to be significantly longer to allow more reduction in tension (or the internal spring needs to be lighter gauge). It may work better for heavier doors, but for light (standard) doors it lacks the possibility of proper adjustment. I can't say if other manufacturers have the same design flaws as XFORT, but if I can't get the tensioning system sorted, this will be useless and I will just have damaged the door for nothing.

The item fitted my 1993 made outer door ( replaced the older one) Fitting was a bit nightmare, you need to use the tool to release the tension of the chain to fit the outer part, after fitting the door part. Otherwise working well now

The closer works well once installed. Suggest replacing screws into door with more substantial no 8 x 40mm csk wood screws, as serious force is needed to pull spring loaded chain out. Use the claw of a 12" pry bar to lever out plate and chain, and use long handled pliers to slide the retaining clip in place whilst you screw the plate on the door frame.

Veer moet in gat van 26 mm in deur, wat fors is eenmaal gemonteerd liep de ketting bout los na 14 dagen. Alles weer los gehaald en extra moertje on draadend gemonteerd probleem verholpen jammer dat dit niet gelijk erbij zat.

Ottimo prodotto molto funzionale finalmente la porta sta chiusa

Restituito perché per il mio scopo e troppo forte come molla.

utile ma non semplice da montare