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1. ADJUSTING DOOR STRIKE PLATE HOW TO
2. ADJUSTING DOOR STRIKE PLATE INSTALL
3. ADJUSTING DOOR STRIKE PLATE PLUS

This allows a tighter gap to be achieved when the door is closed. A leading edge is planing more off the side of the door edge that closes first, so it is tapered.

If the door just clips the frame as it closes rather than adjust a door in this instance you may get away with just applying a leading edge. If you have a Door Saddle and Block mark the door where it touches the frame, remove it, place in the saddle and plane the doors edge. If after first adjusting the hinges you find the door lining is tight and the door is too wide it will need to be removed and the edge trimmed in most instances with a planer (electric or smoothing hand plane).

ADJUSTING DOOR STRIKE PLATE INSTALL

This is why I install the architrave last, it allows me the opportunity to square or straighten the gap around the door first, cut off the wedges, tighten all the screws and then finally install the architraves to cover everything up neatly. After I have hung the door I can loosen the screws holding the door frame in place and bang small wedges in between the frame and wall.

I fit my door linings so they are a few millimetres too wide for the door. If the problem is the opposite, that the gap between the frame and door on the hinge side is too large, chop the hinge deeper into the door and or frame to close the gap slightly (try keeping them flush if possible, so start by chopping in the one that sits most proud if at all). This will in turn move the handle side of the door closer to the frame. If the gap on the hinge side is too tight, simply unscrew the hinges and put some thin cardboard behind to pack them out and make the hinge side gap larger. Good quality hinges like the ones with washers tend to be thicker so installing some better hinges may solve the problem for you as well (especially if the door is too tight against the frame as they are thicker). In either of these cases you want to adjust a door so it moves left or right and therefore sits more centrally within the frame. This could be because the hinges are chopped in too deeply, causing the edge of the door and the frame to 'bind' against each other when shutting the door.īecause there is no gap, the door wants to spring back open and this puts the hinge screws under a lot of pressure.Īlternatively it could be the case that the door doesn't bounce but when in the closed position the margins around the doors edge are not equal and it needs to be better aligned in the frame.

It can be the case that a door springs open on its own when you try and close it.

ADJUSTING DOOR STRIKE PLATE HOW TO

How to adjust a door by the hinges for better alignment More often than not when hanging doors they won't initially open and close perfectly and the margins are uneven (you want an even gap between the door and frame all the way around).Ī door rarely fits 100% perfect first time and it will need to be adjusted in some way.

ADJUSTING DOOR STRIKE PLATE PLUS

On this page I'll cover off adjusting cabinet doors, new & old timber doors, plus single, double & bi-fold doors too Weird, but sometimes if I am working in someones house and I'm not even there for the doors, I'll often fix them so they work properly because it's quick/easy and annoys the hell out of me in my own house! You can adjust a door several different ways and get it swinging and closing properly every time.