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Fixing a door that always closes

jn_freedman | Posted in General Discussion on May 15, 2007 03:37am

I’ve re-hinged an old door (@1921) and it works great, except….

It always wants to close and my wife don’t like….

Any thoughts on a fix for this? I’ve thought of shimming the door to somehow balace it better. Before I do this, I want to check with the group.

Thanks,
JNF

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  1. Junkman001 | May 15, 2007 03:39am | #1

    Remove one or more hinge pins.  Set pin on garage floor, whack with a hammer to bow hinge ppin. Reinstall.

     

    aaaaamike

    Insert initially amusing but ultimately annoying catch phrase here.
  2. andybuildz | May 15, 2007 03:51am | #2

    That accidently happened to me years ago and every now and then I do it on purpose. I really like that feature on certain doors.
    Accidents will happen...sometimes for the best.

     

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    PeteDraganic | May 15, 2007 04:03am | #3

    If it is closing, it may actually not be hung perfectly.... or the jamb is out of plane/level/plumb.

    Shim it lightly and see if it corrects the problem.

     

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    McDesign | May 15, 2007 04:25am | #4

    Yeah; whack a pin or two.

    I've taken to hanging closet pre-hung doors slightly out of plumb so they close automatically - clients think it's cool; their kids think it's scary.

    Forrest

  5. DanH | May 15, 2007 04:26am | #5

    Yeah, one or more of the following:

    -- Bend a hinge pin or two.

    -- Shim under the bottom hinge

    -- Drive long screws through the top hinge, in place of the standard screws, pulling the door jamb tighter to the framing.

    -- Adjust the door frame relative to the plane of the wall -- the wall may be tilted slightly towards the "closed" side and the door frame may need to be slightly adjusted out of the plane of the wall to make it closer to true vertical.

    -- Use a door stop.

    So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable Creature, since it enables one to find or make a Reason for everything one has a mind to do. --Benjamin Franklin
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      IMERC | May 15, 2007 05:04am | #8

      remove the door...Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->

      WOW!!! What a Ride!Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!

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        Heck | May 15, 2007 05:05am | #9

        Amazing how you can always see to the heart of a problem._______________________________________________________________

        "The artist is not a person endowed with free will who seeks his own ends, but one who allows art to realize its purposes through him. As a human being he may have moods and a will and personal aims, but as an artist he is "man" in a higher sense - he is "collective man," a vehicle and moulder of the unconscious psychic life of mankind." - Carl Jung

         

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          IMERC | May 15, 2007 05:20am | #10

          he doesn't have a garge floor to bend the pins on...Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->

          WOW!!! What a Ride!Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!

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            Heck | May 15, 2007 05:23am | #11

            Makes sense. So to fix the door he should first build a garage.

            Problem solved._______________________________________________________________

            "The artist is not a person endowed with free will who seeks his own ends, but one who allows art to realize its purposes through him. As a human being he may have moods and a will and personal aims, but as an artist he is "man" in a higher sense - he is "collective man," a vehicle and moulder of the unconscious psychic life of mankind." - Carl Jung

             

  6. grpphoto | May 15, 2007 04:56am | #6

    If it always wants to close, the jamb isn't plumb. Open the door and place a 4' or 6' level against the stop moulding on the hinge side. Hold it so that you're checking to see if the stop moulding is plumb, not the jamb itself. I'll bet you the bubble is off. If that's the case, there's not a much you can do about it; unless you want to redo the jamb to make it plumb. What you can do is to hang the door on the other side of the opening. Then it will want to stay open.

    George Patterson

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    Heck | May 15, 2007 05:03am | #7

    So have you bent the hinge pin yet?

    _______________________________________________________________

    "The artist is not a person endowed with free will who seeks his own ends, but one who allows art to realize its purposes through him. As a human being he may have moods and a will and personal aims, but as an artist he is "man" in a higher sense - he is "collective man," a vehicle and moulder of the unconscious psychic life of mankind." - Carl Jung

     

  8. rpait | May 15, 2007 05:35am | #12

    did you check for Level?

    -worth exactly 2 cents!

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      Heck | May 15, 2007 05:36am | #13

      Cat's got his tongue._______________________________________________________________

      "The artist is not a person endowed with free will who seeks his own ends, but one who allows art to realize its purposes through him. As a human being he may have moods and a will and personal aims, but as an artist he is "man" in a higher sense - he is "collective man," a vehicle and moulder of the unconscious psychic life of mankind." - Carl Jung

       

  9. andybuildz | May 15, 2007 06:24am | #14

    You probably built the house out of plumb around the existing door : )

     

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  10. Piffin | May 15, 2007 01:28pm | #15

    it is not hung plumb at the hinge side

     

     

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    1. jn_freedman | May 17, 2007 03:55am | #16

      I went with the good ole door stop....JNF

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      PeteDraganic | May 17, 2007 06:17am | #17

      And it's probably not hung at all on the latch side.

       

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      1. MisterT | May 18, 2007 01:30am | #18

        Nothing beats a well hung door...hanger...I don't Know what I am doing

        But

        I am VERY good at it!!

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          PeteDraganic | May 18, 2007 02:13am | #19

          That's Mr. Door Hanger to you!...LOL

           

          http://www.petedraganic.com/

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