Hinge Side Of Door Rubbing

Simply open the door and run a razor knife down both sides of the door stop several times to cut through all the paint layers.

Hinge side of door rubbing.

Before you grab your tools partly open the door from the outside and push the door up and down. And when doors sag they tend to stick because they rub against the door jamb on the latch side of the door opening. If it does tighten the hinge screws with a ratcheting screwdriver. Almost all sagging doors are due to loose hinges.

Now from the bottom use whatever tools you need to pry it loose from the jamb going upwards until you reach the top. Tightening hinges on a sticking or sagging door loose hinges are the primary causes of sagging doors. Slip two or three cardboard shims into the mortises on. If your door still binds or rubs slightly at the top after the top hinge screws have been tightened and replaced remove the bottom hinge.

Set an open ended adjustable wrench also called a crescent wrench just larger than the hinge knuckle. Hinge screws loosen is the forced closing of a door that is rubbing on the frame shades of rube goldberg. If the hinge screws arestripped turn and turn and never firmly bottom out replace the existing screws with longer ones. Remove the hinge pin and bend the door side knuckles toward the door handle.

More often than not this is because the screws normally in the top hinge but sometimes all of them have worked their way loose with the constant weight of the door opening and closing over the years. This will close the gap. On the latch side a door is cut at a slight bevel to make it easier to close. You may use a drill with a screwdriver head attachment but you need to be careful not to overdrive the screws and break or strip them.

If your door rubs near the top or drags on the floor use a screwdriver not a drill to tighten the screws. Because of the placement of the screw holes in a standard door hinge only. Watch the hinge side of the door frame. It can also be the case in this instance that the handle side starts rubbing on the frame floor carpet leaving a mark or rubbing off paint.

If one is loose remove two or more screws and try driving in longer screws. Its rubbing on the door stop and that is usually caused by paint build up. Lift the door by grasping both handles and gently putting upward pressure. Make sure all the screws are tight tighten the hinge screws in the door and the jamb.

With a drill you re more likely to over tighten the screw and strip the screw holes or chew up the screwheads. If a door binds open it grasp the knob and lift up to see if a hinge is loose.