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.
Interior door now scraping floor.
Use a screwdriver to tighten the screws in the top hinge on the door and frame.
Interior doors are often hollow with only 1 inch 2 54 cm of wood to stabilize the door.
The dragging door corner can scrape the floor or threshold.
Here s a quick 20 minutes diy task to fix a door that is sticky.
Not swollen i can only surmise that i have to tighten the door hinges or something.
First run a piece of paper at the bottom of door to identify where is sticky.
Do not remove more than 1 4 to 1 2 of an inch 64 to 1 27 cm of wood.
The door problem was most likely a consequence of our kids hanging heavy wet towels on the door handle.
Over time these screws can work their way loose causing the bottom of the door to drag on the floor.
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.
If your door is a solid wood door you have more leeway in regards to how much wood you can remove.
A dragging corner makes a door difficult to open and close.
Houses settle over time which often causes a door to sag inside its frame.
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.
I have a wooden door for the downstairs bathroom and it is scraping the tile floor.