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Any cure for this or suggestions? A bottom rail or some sort of threshhold? When they’re closed and there’s a window open, they rattle…pretty annoying. They’re solid wood doors hung with Johnson hardware. Thanks for any ideas. Tina
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Tin, two things may help you. First, there should be a plastic guide at the bottom of the pocket that holds the door straight. If it is missing you should be able to pick one up at a home center. If it is there maybe it is to wide for the door and can be adjusted a little tighter. If it is there and snug, you might put a piece of door stop, similar to the door stop on a hinged door, on each side of the door on the jamb side that the door closes against creating a small pocket for the door to enter in the closed position. I think any bottom rail or threshold would be a tripping hazard or uncomfortable under the feet if stepped on.
Good luck,
Jim
*Tina, if there is enough room in the pocket you could try gluing a strip of felt weather stripping to each side of the pocket. Not necessarily the hard felt unless that is all that you can find but something similar to the soft strip that you see in commercial aluminum entrance doors.
*TinaOne of my handy hardware installer guys doesn't like installing the guides provided in most of the kits and makes a U-shaped guide out of some brass astragal brush sweep (typically 1/2", varies) that stops the potential marring of the finished door, looks good, stops the dust bunnies and holds the door in the opening with a very light touch when centered and becomes firm in holding when the door gets pushed from side to side on opening and closing.This would stop your vibrations and be a retrofit solution. Might work for you. Note: Sometimes you will have to lift the first piece of trim to place the brush so that it remains in contact with the door.
*Hey TinaG,See, it never ends. You finally get your house done, and stuff starts to bug you all over again.It's possible that the door rollers may not be centered properly, and the door is slightly tilted, which is not a problem until the wind blows it a tad, then it easily returns to the position it prefers until the wind allows it to bump back. If that's the case, bummer, but you'll have to undo your trim and move the rollers a little bit.I like the first solutions to help quiet the problem. If they don't get it done, you can either try this or just live with the rattling door. I suppose you'd rather not keep the window closed, eh?