JT! Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 Door in our house is slightly too high. The top scrapes on the door frame at the top and the latch thing is just a few millimeters higher than the hole. Problem is if I take the door off and move it down a tiny but, I know that when I screw the hinges back in, the new screw holes are going to be a couple of mill away from the old holes and that's going to cause problems on the cheap wood. Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukasMcNeal Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 Move the latch and sand the top of the door off? What sort of latch? Picture of the door would help muchly! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewEH1 Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 (edited) Might sound a tad silly, but has the door been hung the upside down? Edited March 13, 2012 by AndrewEH1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robwalker Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 Wait for the warmer weather and the doorframe to expand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Vandart Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 Plug the old screw holes with wood glue and matchsticks, seriously this works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 Move the latch and sand the top of the door off? What sort of latch? Picture of the door would help muchly! I'd do it this way. If it was hung upside down it'd be inches off, not millimetres, and having it not work as a door for a season isnt really right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isitafox Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 Unscrew the top hinge and pack it out slightly. Should lower the top corner and the latch though it may be too much out for this to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted March 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 Move the latch and sand the top of the door off? What sort of latch? Picture of the door would help muchly! Moving the latch is probably going to be much more complicated and the door is sitting way to high. Might sound a tad silly, but has the door been hung the upside down? Nope. Wait for the warmer weather and the doorframe to expand. It does the same thing all year round. Plug the old screw holes with wood glue and matchsticks, seriously this works. Sounds like a plan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted March 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 Fixed. It needed to come down 6-7mm so the old holes wren't actually a problem. Thanks everyone! f**king cheap shitty house with cheap shitty doors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted March 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 Now because the mother in law and the wife will take 10 years to get used to it shutting properly every time they shut the door it sounds like it's about to rip out the frame. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 What a lot of your posts make me think of... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Vandart Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 I thought you lived in a trailer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 (edited) ? Edited March 14, 2012 by Muel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted March 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 Haha, not quite. The tires on this place deflated and rotted ages ago. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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