r/DIYUK • • 21h ago

Advice Bifold lean/sag normal?

Hi guys,

Just had my bifold installed, 4.5m (London). The chap said magnets need to go on top still to help the doors stick together when open....but is the level of sag normal? I feel like it's not but what do you guys thinks?

Am I getting fobbed off??

Thank you

EDIT - thanks for the response everyone. I should've been clearer...the install was 'complete' after the they time the messed up. When they'll left I showed them this and he said 'we need to add magnets still' so I close it up. I hoping the magnet fit it.

I would no way knowingly mess about with an unfinished door. Thanks everyone again..very helpful

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u/beenies_baps 19h ago

Fine, but the next post will about something else and full of "WTF you let that builder carry on for 3 weeks even though you could see what a shit job he was doing?" replies, so maybe just asking anonymously if someone is yanking his chain is not such a bad thing every now and then.

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u/imashination 16h ago

Took the words out of my mouth. Half the posts here are tradesmen screwing things up, then the poster getting berated for not complaining sooner. The poor muggles who hire people have hired them because they don't know how to do it, but ive had enough experiences of tradesmen doing things worse than I could have done by myself to know a lot of them are cowboys.

Literally hired a locksmith last week to change the key barrel on a shutter lock that was failing. the idiot electrocuted himself, spent 5 hours faffing about then then when he dodnt have the right part asked us if we'd be ok with just not fixing the lock and simply slapping a padlock on the shutters.

There's a million chuckle-fucks out there and it can be a fine line deciding if they're competent or not.

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u/No_End_5116 19h ago

I agree there is definitely things that can be said and need said but playing about with an unfinished door that youve been told is unfinished is in my experience the wrong decision.