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Exterior Door frame is not plumb

  • 01-11-2020 6:22pm
    #1
    johndaman66
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    Hello All,

    I have a problem with the front door on an old house. It is an exterior door on a porch with windows and lower brick walls at either side, right facing the elements. The door frame is also butted up against window sills at either side.

    Was fitted incorrectly back in the day with no threshold fitted. Always let in water, if the rain is bad enough it comes in at a right rate. Fitted the threshold over a week ago which needed to be done either way. Unfortunately that does not rectify the problem as I just noticed in the last few days there is a gap at the bottom of the lock side between door stop and door when closed.

    Further investigation shows that the door frame is not plumb as can be seen in the photos. Appreciate that the ideal solution here is to remove the door frame and reset it plumb but I feel I would likely be out of my depth. There is a rubber seal around the door stop and it is bedded into a recess as opposed to stuck on as far as I can make out, albeit it looks a bit worse for wear. Is there any alternative way around this to rectify the gap (appreciate it will not be the ideal solution).

    Please don't go too hard on me here. Of course this should have being done properly day one and rectified years ago but this is not my house - I am just trying to do a favor for someone without calling in a carpenter if possible.


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