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Default rehabilitating crappy doors

On Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:04:47 -0600, Uno wrote:

On the hinge side, there is a quarter inch of room on all of them.


There is something wrong here.
Most prehung doors have a swaged hinge that does not require the
beveling of the hinge side of the door. When closed most will show
less than 1/8" gap at the hinge. If you take a hinge off and close it
until the leafs touch you will see a gap near the barrel or pin. The
doors shouldn't show any more gap than that assuming that they are
routed flush into the door and jamb.

My guess is that the hinges are coming loose from either the jamb or
door or both. Open the door about 90 and give it a good push back and
forth. If you feel movement there or if the door falls off in your
hand, you'll know what the problem is. About all you can do is fill
the holes with wood and glue (toothpicks can work) let it set up drill
a pilot hole and install the hinges again. That may or may not work
but it's worth a shot.

Mike O.