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Internal door too tight at bottom of jamb

  • 30-07-2017 09:04AM
    #1
    nialldinho
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 802 ✭✭✭


    Hi

    One of our upstairs doors is too tight to the jamb (actually I think it's the door stop moulding) at the bottom on the hinge side. See pics attached.

    It closes but is stiff and makes a very loud creaking noise when doing so. And my 11 month old is moving in there so can't have all that noise when checking on him at night!

    Is there anything I can do to fix this easily?

    Thanks


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  • #2
    DublinDilbert
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,421 ✭✭✭DublinDilbert


    nialldinho wrote: »
    Hi

    One of our upstairs doors is too tight to the jamb (actually I think it's the door stop moulding) at the bottom on the hinge side. See pics attached.

    It closes but is stiff and makes a very loud creaking noise when doing so. And my 11 month old is moving in there so can't have all that noise when checking on him at night!

    Is there anything I can do to fix this easily?

    Thanks

    Probably the paint is catching, carefully pare back the paint on the door stop with a sharp standly knife, or just sand it back.

    I would move out the bottom hinge by a tiny amount too, to give extra clearance.

    If the door stop is catching it good and you don't want to mess with the hinge, take a small bit out of the timber with the standley knife


  • #3
    nialldinho
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 802 ✭✭✭nialldinho


    DublinDilbert wrote: »
    Probably the paint is catching, carefully pare back the paint on the door stop with a sharp standly knife, or just sand it back.

    I would move out the bottom hinge by a tiny amount too, to give extra clearance.

    If the door stop is catching it good and you don't want to mess with the hinge, take a small bit out of the timber with the standley knife

    Thanks.

    I thought it could be the paint but didn't want to go straight for it just in case!


  • #4
    Bonzo Delaney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,577 ✭✭✭Bonzo Delaney


    nialldinho wrote: »
    Thanks.

    I thought it could be the paint but didn't want to go straight for it just in case!

    I'd be going with Dublin Dilberts hinge option
    Saves messing with paint and 're painting.
    Just loosen the four screws on the frame side.
    Take out one fully and 'rescrew it in to the fresh timber to the side of the original screw hole this will move the door away from the door stop by about 2 mm then tighten up the other 3 screws. That should work. If not move out 2 screws.


  • #5
    nialldinho
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 802 ✭✭✭nialldinho


    On further inspection, it looks like the problem is that the door frame is moving out from the wall slightly with the door as it closes.

    I've seen suggestions to replace a screw in each hinge with a 3 inch screw to drive the frame securely into the wall timber again. Would this work?

    Thanks


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