Door safety - finger guard installation guides.

All products are supplied with fitting instructions and can be easily fitted by a competent DIY'er. Here are examples of typical installation procedures

FingerKeeper Protect

Check condition of door, ie hinges, its vertical plumbness etc. If in poor condition please call us before fitting.

As 95% of doors are two metres high FingerKeeper is cut to 1.960 metres in length making cutting a very rare requirement during fitting.

If you need to cut to size ensure the FingerKeeper is not more than 20mm short of the door top or bottom, unless fitting for toddlers only, ensure no more than 20mm from the bottom.

Where foot plates or kickplates are encountered always try to fit FingerKeeper device over them, except in extreme cases where they are just too thick to get over and in these rare situations the installer must bring the matter to the attention of the customer, who must then decide to either remove, cut and refit the kick plate or run the risk of an accident.

1. With the door in the closed position, place the wooden marker block (supplied) vertically against the frame. With a pencil held at the side of the block on the frame side,slide the block from the top of the door to the bottom,ensuring that the pencil moves in conjunction with the block leaving a pencil mark guideline down the frame.

2. With the door still in the closed position, place the wooden marker block vertically against the door and repeat the same process of step 1, thereby leaving a pencil guideline on both the door and the frame

3. Now wedge the door in the fully open position. (For metal doors and kick-plates pre-drill with 2.5mm drill bit.)

4. Remove one layer only of the double sided tape from each side of the Fingerkeeper device.

5. Line up the edge of the Fingerkeeper parallel to the guideline/pencil line on the frame. Press firmly to hold in position before finally securing with the screws (provided) ensuring that there is a screw in every hole of the device

FingerKeeper Rearguard

Check condition of door, ie hinges, its vertical plumbness etc. If in poor condition please call us before fitting.

As 95% of doors are two metres high Fingerkeeper Rearguard is cut to 1.960 metres in length making cutting a very rare requirement during fitting. If you need to cut to size ensure the finger protecta is not more than 20mm short of the door top or bottom, unless fitting for toddlers only, ensure no more than 20mm from the bottom.

Where foot plates or kickplates are encountered always try to fit the device over them, except in extreme cases where they are just too thick to get over and in these rare situations the installer must bring the matter to the attention of the customer, who must then decide to either remove, cut and refit the kick plate or run the risk of an accident.

With the door in the closed position ,use a pencil/pen to draw a guideline on the door frame using the wooden measuring block provided.

Remove the protective coating from the tape.Line up the edge of the rear hinge GUARD parallel to the guideline on the frame. Press firmly to hold in position before finally securing with the screws provided (the screws should be fitted at approximately 300mm centres). Repeat this procedure to attach rear hinge GUARD to the door

Please ensure you use the screws provided or an exactly matching size and type of screw.

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Finger Protecta

A detailed installation sheet is provided with the product. Below is a quick visual guide.

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FingerKeeper Industrial

NOTE: Two guards are required for pivot doors (Fig.2)

Step 1.

Remove plastic coverstrips. Fold the guard so the aluminium edges meet (Fig.1). Clamp and machine to size.

Step 2.

With door fully open, position one side of guard on door face. Check to ensure other side of guard will will reach door jamb or stop then lightly screwfix in centre of every slot (Fig3.)

Step 3.

Position free end of guard on door stop or jamb and lightly screwfix in centre of every slot.

Step 4.

Open and shut door to check for correct latching, adjust as required then tighten all fixing screws.

Step 5.

Measure and cut coverstrip to size. Push in the seal cover strip.

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