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Door catching on sill Noozer 07-29-2007
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Posted by Noozer on July 29, 2007, 4:29 pm
The back door in my house is catching on the aluminum door sill. It's
starting to pull the steel skin on the door. I'd like to fix this before it
gets any worse, but I'm not sure how I should go about it.

The door opens outwards, and is fitted into a double door opening. The other
half of the opening is a door sized swing out window.

I'm guessing that the door wasn't installed properly originally and the
framing isn't square.

So, short of pulling the door right out and starting over, what can I do?



Posted by dadiOH on July 29, 2007, 4:37 pm
Noozer wrote:
> The back door in my house is catching on the aluminum door sill.
> It's starting to pull the steel skin on the door. I'd like to fix
> this before it gets any worse, but I'm not sure how I should go
> about it.
>
> The door opens outwards, and is fitted into a double door opening.
> The other half of the opening is a door sized swing out window.
>
> I'm guessing that the door wasn't installed properly originally and
> the framing isn't square.
>
> So, short of pulling the door right out and starting over, what can
> I do?

Tighten the screws in the hinges, especially the top hinge. If that
doesn't help, shim out the bottom hinge with a thin piece of aluminum.

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Posted by Oren on July 29, 2007, 4:38 pm

>The back door in my house is catching on the aluminum door sill. It's
>starting to pull the steel skin on the door. I'd like to fix this before it
>gets any worse, but I'm not sure how I should go about it.
>
>The door opens outwards, and is fitted into a double door opening. The other
>half of the opening is a door sized swing out window.
>
>I'm guessing that the door wasn't installed properly originally and the
>framing isn't square.
>
>So, short of pulling the door right out and starting over, what can I do?
>

Is it the knob side scraping? You could try putting a dense cardboard
shim between the bottom hinge and jamb to see if the other side moves
up a tad.

--
Oren

"If things get any worse, I'll have to ask you to stop helping me."

Posted by mm on July 29, 2007, 7:06 pm

>The back door in my house is catching on the aluminum door sill. It's
>starting to pull the steel skin on the door. I'd like to fix this before it
>gets any worse, but I'm not sure how I should go about it.

They're probably right, but get your cheek down on the floor and see
exactly what is grabbing. I tried using logic to deduce what the
problem was with my door and it didn't work.

Maybe you have one particular part of the door which has gotten bent
down and it is doing the grabbing. You can only tell by looking.

Posted by Oren on July 29, 2007, 8:59 pm
wrote:

>
>>The back door in my house is catching on the aluminum door sill. It's
>>starting to pull the steel skin on the door. I'd like to fix this before it
>>gets any worse, but I'm not sure how I should go about it.
>
>They're probably right, but get your cheek down on the floor and see
>exactly what is grabbing. I tried using logic to deduce what the
>problem was with my door and it didn't work.

But did you try levels over logic?

>
>Maybe you have one particular part of the door which has gotten bent
>down and it is doing the grabbing. You can only tell by looking.
--
Oren

Hofstadter's Law - It [a task] always takes longer than you expect, even when
you take into account Hofstadter's Law.

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