Interior Door Now Scraping Floor

Do not remove more than 1 4 to 1 2 of an inch 64 to 1 27 cm of wood.

Interior door now scraping floor.

This past weekend i fixed our bathroom door that was scraping the floor tile and rubbing the jamb. Houses settle over time which often causes a door to sag inside its frame. I have a wooden door for the downstairs bathroom and it is scraping the tile floor. If your door is a solid wood door you have more leeway in regards to how much wood you can remove.

Use a screwdriver to tighten the screws in the top hinge on the door and frame. The dragging door corner can scrape the floor or threshold. When your door opens only part way and scrapes on the floor not allowing it to open fully don t rush for the plane to remove part of the bottom of the door without trying. First run a piece of paper at the bottom of door to identify where is sticky.

It doesn t appear to be mis aligned with the door frame however i can t for the life of me figure out how to do this. Interior doors are often hollow with only 1 inch 2 54 cm of wood to stabilize the door. Here s a quick 20 minutes diy task to fix a door that is sticky. Do your prehung interior doors stick to the jamb rub the floor or just don t lock anymore.

Doors bind and scrape for several reasons but it s frequently due to loose hinges or slight movement in the building which throws door openings slightly out of square. A dragging corner makes a door difficult to open and close. The door problem was most likely a consequence of our kids hanging heavy wet towels on the door handle.