Hinge Side Of Door Rubbing

If a door binds open it grasp the knob and lift up to see if a hinge is loose.

Hinge side of door rubbing. Close the hinge side gap by bending the knuckles. Because of the placement of the screw holes in a standard door hinge only. If it does tighten the hinge screws with a ratcheting screwdriver. Tightening hinges on a sticking or sagging door loose hinges are the primary causes of sagging doors.

If your door still binds or rubs slightly at the top after the top hinge screws have been tightened and replaced remove the bottom hinge. This will close the gap. Set an open ended adjustable wrench also called a crescent wrench just larger than the hinge knuckle. Before you grab your tools partly open the door from the outside and push the door up and down.

If the hinge screws arestripped turn and turn and never firmly bottom out replace the existing screws with longer ones. Make sure all the screws are tight tighten the hinge screws in the door and the jamb. Hinge screws loosen is the forced closing of a door that is rubbing on the frame shades of rube goldberg. If your door rubs near the top or drags on the floor use a screwdriver not a drill to tighten the screws.

Watch the hinge side of the door frame. Its rubbing on the door stop and that is usually caused by paint build up. And when doors sag they tend to stick because they rub against the door jamb on the latch side of the door opening. Simply open the door and run a razor knife down both sides of the door stop several times to cut through all the paint layers.

Now from the bottom use whatever tools you need to pry it loose from the jamb going upwards until you reach the top. On the latch side a door is cut at a slight bevel to make it easier to close. Remove the hinge pin and bend the door side knuckles toward the door handle. When the metal frame on the hinge side of the door comes loose or the molding itself loosens the door sags and scrapes against the other side of the frame usually near the top.

Almost all sagging doors are due to loose hinges. It can also be the case in this instance that the handle side starts rubbing on the frame floor carpet leaving a mark or rubbing off paint. Slip two or three cardboard shims into the mortises on. More often than not this is because the screws normally in the top hinge but sometimes all of them have worked their way loose with the constant weight of the door opening and closing over the years.

Check to see if this relieves the rubbing. If one is loose remove two or more screws and try driving in longer screws.