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Subject:
home repair
Category: Miscellaneous Asked by: pistol01-ga List Price: $2.00 |
Posted:
13 May 2006 12:57 PDT
Expires: 12 Jun 2006 12:57 PDT Question ID: 728488 |
Why won't my bathroom door stay ajar?Everytime you open it it just closes over but not shut. It's a new masonite door. |
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Subject:
Re: home repair
From: pinkfreud-ga on 13 May 2006 13:10 PDT |
Very few houses have perfectly level floors. That is one reason why doors tend not to stay in place when left open. |
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Re: home repair
From: myoarin-ga on 13 May 2006 13:49 PDT |
If the door is new and just been installed, especially if the hinges in the door post or the whole door jam has been replace, talk to the installer, maybe it can be adjusted. If the hinges were replaced, he should have hung the door properly. It could be that the old door would also not have stayed ajar if the hinges had been new or oiled, but that the bit of additional friction kept it from closing. If the hinges were not replaced, and you think that this could be the case, you might try removing the door and degreasing the hinges. (Yeah, this is the unprofessional way I deal with household problems. :) |
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Re: home repair
From: edejl-ga on 13 May 2006 13:51 PDT |
You could try adjusting to taughtness (tightness) of the screws in the hinges etc. I think that might work..worth a try... I mean if the top hinge is pushed out mroe than the bottom, it might combat the mvoement, depending which way it goes...if you see what I mean. |
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Re: home repair
From: edejl-ga on 13 May 2006 13:51 PDT |
Or try ungreasing/roughening the hinge joints so they don't move as smoothly. |
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Re: home repair
From: stanmartin1952-ga on 13 May 2006 15:46 PDT |
To make a door stay open, you have to add a shim under the lower hinge or remove one from under the upper hinge. |
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