Hinge Side Of Door Rubbing

Remove the hinge pin and bend the door side knuckles toward the door handle.

Hinge side of door rubbing.

Lift the door by grasping both handles and gently putting upward pressure. 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. Close the hinge side gap by bending the knuckles. Now from the bottom use whatever tools you need to pry it loose from the jamb going upwards until you reach the top.

With a drill you re more likely to over tighten the screw and strip the screw holes or chew up the screwheads. And when doors sag they tend to stick because they rub against the door jamb on the latch side of the door opening. If one is loose remove two or more screws and try driving in longer screws. This will close the gap.

On the latch side a door is cut at a slight bevel to make it easier to close. If your door rubs near the top or drags on the floor use a screwdriver not a drill to tighten the screws. If a door binds open it grasp the knob and lift up to see if a hinge is loose. Make sure all the screws are tight tighten the hinge screws in the door and the jamb.

Check to see if this relieves the rubbing. 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. 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. If it does tighten the hinge screws with a ratcheting screwdriver.

Slip two or three cardboard shims into the mortises on. Hinge screws loosen is the forced closing of a door that is rubbing on the frame shades of rube goldberg. 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. Watch the hinge side of the door frame.

Almost all sagging doors are due to loose hinges. Because of the placement of the screw holes in a standard door hinge only. You may use a drill with a screwdriver head attachment but you need to be careful not to overdrive the screws and break or strip them. Set an open ended adjustable wrench also called a crescent wrench just larger than the hinge knuckle.

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. Its rubbing on the door stop and that is usually caused by paint build up.