On Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:36:33 +0100, John Williamson wrote:

Welsh Dog wrote:
On Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:09:34 +0000, bobarchitect39 wrote:

responding to
http://www.homeownershub.com/mainten...em-460077-.htm
bobarchitect39 wrote:
Sounds like your door is either old and needs to be replaced, or there is
some problem with your door frame letting in water.

Hmmm, the rain falls on it all the time. But why would it grow bigger?

Wood gets bigger when it gets wet. Paint gets porous when it gets old.
Add the two together, and you get a wooden door with old paint that gets
bigger when it rains. It's probably also going rotten at the bottom
and/ or the rainstrip's fallen off. If the frame's going rotten too,
then the top hinge pulls out of the frame slightly, which lets to door
drop and foul the sill.

For a temporary cure, take the door down, plane or sand a bit off the
bottom, and rehang it. If you can't get the screws to bite, then you
need a new frame and door.

sigh

Looks like a new door for me. I don't own a plane.
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