door closing by itself (flea, AC, installed, bathroom)

[himain]

My bathroom doors creeps closed and I'm wondering what can I do to stop it??? I thought it might be due to the ac but it happens when its not on. Do I tighten a screw in one of the hinges?? TIA

[Ultrarunner]

Originally Posted by himain

My bathroom doors creeps closed and I'm wondering what can I do to stop it??? I thought it might be due to the ac but it happens when its not on. Do I tighten a screw in one of the hinges?? TIA

Most often the door is no longer "Plumb"... you can check it with a level to see how far off from square it is and reset the hinges to bring it back to plumb.

It is fairly common in older homes that have settled a little over the years.

[Flamingo13]

Oh, don't even get me started on this issue - hubby is anal, LOL He has worked on the downstairs bathroom door to no end, it still creeps, but I can't take it anymore (his banging, swearing, etc. ) - I say let it creep. (I'm looking on EBay and flea markets, etc for a cool art deco door stop that'll fit the theme).

[BigJon3475]

Simple fix.
Take off the screws from the bottom hinge.
Place a piece of cardboard cut to size in between hinge and door frame. and rescrew.




If it's due to A/C there may not be enough of a undercut under the door. If the cardboard doesn't fix it reply back and I'll have the A/C solve for you.

[BigJon3475]

If you think you can't make the card board sized to be hidden for eye sore....then buy wooden shims. Cut majority of the fat section off and use skinner section and two of them top and bottom and rescrew hinge to frame.

[tamcim72]

our new house has this problem on the laundry room doors which is the path to the garage so I keep it open all the time. I had a bootle of fabric softner trying to hold it open. I asked the construction man and he told me to take out the "pin", lay it down on the cement, whack a few times with hammer until it had barely bent, put it back in the hinge. It worked for one of mine but not that darn laundry room (he told me not to spray wd40 which I did all over before) Installed a magnetic door stopper thing that has one piece on the bottom of the door and one piece on the baseboard. Works like a dream.

[BigJon3475]

All because the carpenters were to slack to use a level.

New construction should not have this problem. Buildings that settle can initiate the problem. I can't believe he "told" you to do it.....I would never call them again.

[cdelena]

EASY FIX....

After all the advice to get it plumb, etc. etc. I found the answer to my problems a couple of years ago...

Remove the hinge pins one at a time and bend them every so slightly which will create friction. It may take one or all three but it will allow the door to stay where you put it.

[jimboburnsy]

My grandfather used to make subtle adjustments to doorframes by placing a piece of 2X4 over the doorframe in the spot that needed adjustment and giving it a few "gentle" whacks with a 6 lb. hammer. Done and done, grandpa.

[BigJon3475]

Originally Posted by cdelena

EASY FIX....

After all the advice to get it plumb, etc. etc. I found the answer to my problems a couple of years ago...

Remove the hinge pins one at a time and bend them every so slightly which will create friction. It may take one or all three but it will allow the door to stay where you put it.

Not trying to be an azz......

take a look at that fix. You are taking a cyl. and a picn that fits in it and bending it....once bent you then put that back into this used to be round cylinder...The pin doesn't increase in size but the cyl in fit's in will. After a certain period of time and warping of the cyl you will either need a bigger pin or to just change out the whole hinge.

Watch this old house his fix isn't bending the pin...it's placing a shim in one or more of the hingest to put tension on the whole hinge so if it does warp anything it all warps together.