February 23, 2012
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Home remodeling, renovation, and repair tips with Tom Tynan
Thankfully, not every sticking door is a sign of foundation problems. Sometimes, the cause is as simple as too many layers of paint jamming the door frame, moving soils that don't hurt your foundation, or just a bad door. But the door is still sticking. How do you fix it?
How about installing hinges that adjust to your shifting door? Bill Bragman has the QuickTip on how to install The Original Adjustable Door Hinge.
Quick Tips. The quick way to do things right. It's a plain shame what happens to a difficult door. One answer was to plane the door. Until now.
There's the original, adjustable door hinge. And Bill is here with us from the original, adjustable door hinge to explain. What is it, Bill, that makes a good door go bad?
There's a number of problems, Charlie. You can have a slight foundation issue that doesn't really call for lifting the house. You could just have a problem when the door was originally installed by a carpenter.
Got it. So how do we do this step by step?
Well, the hinge itself, a couple of working parts you need to keep in mind. The two knuckle side is always for the door. The three knuckle side is always for the frame, and it is reversible. You never take the door down totally off of the hinges. You replace the hinges one at a time. With the two hinge door, top then bottom.
When you go to install it, you want to take off the bottom acorn nut. You don't take the adjustable door hinge apart. You actually install it in one solid piece. Once this is done, then you'll adjust the height of the door by turning the top acorn nut, which is connected to a bolt, which will move the door up and down.
Close the door, and you'll shim the door to get the exact reveal or space between the door and the frame. And then you lock the door in place by tightening the bottom acorn nut.
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