Artemus wrote:

Are the hinges mortised into both the jamb and the door like they are
supposed to be? Assuming they are you could make the mortises
deeper and close that 1/4" gap to a more normal 1/8".

Art, I haven't studied every hinge. I wouldn't dare take a light and
bang on it if need be with jenny there. She'd know something were up.

So, within 24 hours, I will have better diagnostic data, however, the
hinges that I looked at were not closed against each other as the door
was closed.

The mortising looked good from my cursory glances.
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Uno