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Correct a problem with a door.

  • 16-12-2019 10:06am
    #1
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,095 ✭✭✭✭


    I have a door that binds as it is closed. By that I mean that it resists as it closes. It is not binding on the frame, it feels as though somehow the hinges are resisting closing - maybe they are set too deep in the frame? The door will close and the catch holds it, but you get the sense that something is being strained.

    I understand the basics of hanging a door - I can correct a swinging door (one that swings open or closed rather than staying where it is put) but I am not sure what is causing this issue. If I put a shim (say a cardboard shim in all the hinges on the frame side) might this improve the situation? Am I thinking in the right direction?

    Any advice appreciated, thanks.


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  • #2
    disposableFish
    Closed Accounts Posts: 128 ✭✭disposableFish


    Sounds like it might be rubbing against the door stop on the hinge side of the jamb as the door is closing.
    This can be subtle enough - even when it looks fine when the door is closed or even when it's closing but the corner of the door swings out slightly and can rub on the inside of the stop.

    Did that make sense?

    Edit: you could of course be right re: the hinges - I find using thin bits of plastic handy, easy to get and stack to the right dept and they won't compress over time.


  • #3
    MrMusician18
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,755 ✭✭✭MrMusician18


    looksee wrote: »
    I have a door that binds as it is closed. By that I mean that it resists as it closes. It is not binding on the frame, it feels as though somehow the hinges are resisting closing - maybe they are set too deep in the frame? The door will close and the catch holds it, but you get the sense that something is being strained.

    I understand the basics of hanging a door - I can correct a swinging door (one that swings open or closed rather than staying where it is put) but I am not sure what is causing this issue. If I put a shim (say a cardboard shim in all the hinges on the frame side) might this improve the situation? Am I thinking in the right direction?

    Any advice appreciated, thanks.

    If the hinges are set too deep in the frame, you'll get a kind of bouncy closing, with a natural resting position of slightly ajar. You can build up with timber shims behind the hinges if this has happened to correct the issue.


  • #4
    whizbang
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,974 ✭✭✭whizbang


    I did this deliberatly years ago, to try to stop kids from closing or slamming them on fingers.

    Worked a treat for a short while.

    An empty cereal box works great to make up shims.
    Cut one hinge size piece carefully as a template, them make a bag of them.


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