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DerbyDad03 wrote:

On Feb 9, 9:31=A0pm, (Charles Bishop) wrote:
I have a door that has never been painted or sealed. After 30+ years it's
sagging against the strike side of the jamb. My idea is to take it off th=
e
jamb and square it up, glue any loose joints, clamp until the glue sets
and rehang it. This is the Plan:

I'll take the door down and lay it on a sheet of plywood. The plywood wil=
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have a jig made of either 1x2 or 2x4 in an "L" shape, where the corner is
known to be square. Using this square corner, I'll wedge the door into it=
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then square up the other 3 corners, checking to insure the sides are
parallel. Set glue into the joints (What about the side on the plywood?),
pipe clamps across the door and possibly wedge the free sides so they
can't move.

Any suggestions or corrections?

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charles

Do you know for sure that it's the door that it out of square and not
the jamb itself?

It could be a little of both, but a square shows the jamb is mostly
square. If it's not, I can reset the strike side of the jamb. (Bigger
hammer)

What are these "joints" that you speak of? You didn't describe the
door. Is it a raised panel door, with stiles and rails?

Sorry, it's an entry door, raised panel, 9-light, 6'8, 1 3/4. The "joints"
are at the junction of the top, bottom and central rails and the stiles.

How do plan to "set glue into the joints"?

Dunno. Maybe a glue hypodermic. There are spaces visible now making it
obvious that the joint failure has caused the sagging. (The hinge stile
still has a fairly even gap between itself and the jamb. The lockset stile
has a huge gap between itself and the top of the jamb.

It's worth a shot, rather than buying a new door.

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charels, unless the cats get out, bishop